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Preeti Gupta

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The AI Shadow War: SaaS vs. Edge Computing Architectures

The very DNA of AI architecture presents conflicting paths: centralized cloud-based models (Software-as-a-Service) versus decentralized edge AI (local processing on consumer devices). This paper analyzes the competitive battleground across computational capability, energy efficiency, and data privacy. Recent breakthroughs show edge AI challenging cloud systems on performance, leveraging innovations like test-time training and mixture-of-experts architectures. Crucially, edge AI boasts a 10,000x efficiency advantage: modern ARM processors consume merely 100 microwatts forinference versus 1 watt for equivalent cloud processing. Beyond efficiency, edge AI secures data sovereignty by keeping processing local, dismantling single points of failure in centralized architectures. This democratizes access throughaffordable hardware, enables offline functionality, and reduces environmental impact by eliminating data transmission costs. The edge AI market projects explosive growth from $9 billion in 2025 to $49.6 billion by 2030 (38.5% CAGR), fueled by privacy demands and real-time analytics. Critical applications including personalized education, healthcare monitoring, autonomous transport, and smart infrastructure rely on edge AI's ultra-low latency (5-10ms versus 100-500ms for cloud). The convergence of architectural innovation with fundamental physics confirms edge AI's distributed approach aligns with efficient information processing, signaling the inevitable emergence of hybrid edge-cloud ecosystems.

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An integrated language-vision foundation model for conversational diagnostics and triaging in primary eye care

Current deep learning models are mostly task specific and lack a user-friendly interface to operate. We present Meta-EyeFM, a multi-function foundation model that integrates a large language model (LLM) with vision foundation models (VFMs) for ocular disease assessment. Meta-EyeFM leverages a routing mechanism to enable accurate task-specific analysis based on text queries. Using Low Rank Adaptation, we fine-tuned our VFMs to detect ocular and systemic diseases, differentiate ocular disease severity, and identify common ocular signs. The model achieved 100% accuracy in routing fundus images to appropriate VFMs, which achieved $\ge$ 82.2% accuracy in disease detection, $\ge$ 89% in severity differentiation, $\ge$ 76% in sign identification. Meta-EyeFM was 11% to 43% more accurate than Gemini-1.5-flash and ChatGPT-4o LMMs in detecting various eye diseases and comparable to an ophthalmologist. This system offers enhanced usability and diagnostic performance, making it a valuable decision support tool for primary eye care or an online LLM for fundus evaluation.

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