Jari Laru is a University Lecturer and researcher at the University of Oulu, Faculty of Education and Psychology. His work centers on learning sciences, digital pedagogy, and AI literacy in teacher education, and he was part of the team that established the STEAM minor subject in the faculty. He also works in the Generation AI project (STN), which has developed educational tools such as the GenAI Teachable Machine, Somekone, and the Breakable Machine to foster AI literacy in schools and teacher education.