diff --git a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
index 3babf90b3c..81df0c97ac 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
@@ -1155,38 +1155,6 @@ (define-public eigen-for-tensorflow
                  (substitute* "test/CMakeLists.txt"
                    (("ei_add_test\\(stddeque") "#")))))))))))
 
-(define-public eigen-for-tensorflow-lite
-  ;; This commit was taken from
-  ;; tensorflow/lite/tools/cmake/modules/eigen.cmake
-  (let ((commit "d10b27fe37736d2944630ecd7557cefa95cf87c9")
-        (revision "1"))
-    (package (inherit eigen)
-      (name "eigen-for-tensorflow-lite")
-      (version (git-version "3.3.7" revision commit))
-      (source (origin
-                (method git-fetch)
-                (uri (git-reference
-                      (url "https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen")
-                      (commit commit)))
-                (sha256
-                 (base32
-                  "0v8a20cwvwmp3hw4275b37frw33v92z0mr8f4dn6y8k0rz92hrrf"))
-                (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-                (modules '((guix build utils)))
-                (snippet
-                 ;; Ther are test failures in the "unsupported" directory, but
-                 ;; maintainers say it's unsupported anyway, so just skip
-                 ;; them.
-                 '(begin
-                    (substitute* "unsupported/CMakeLists.txt"
-                      (("add_subdirectory\\(test.*")
-                       "# Do not build the tests for unsupported features.\n"))))))
-      (arguments
-       (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments eigen)
-         ((#:phases phases)
-          `(modify-phases ,phases
-             (delete 'disable-some-tests))))))))
-
 (define-public xtensor
   (package
     (name "xtensor")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
index c9bc5e8b68..15fe4be995 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages machine-learning)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages adns)
   #:use-module (gnu packages algebra)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages assembly)
   #:use-module (gnu packages audio)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages machine-learning)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ninja)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ocaml)
   #:use-module (gnu packages onc-rpc)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages opencl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages parallel)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages machine-learning)
   #:use-module (gnu packages swig)
   #:use-module (gnu packages time)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages vulkan)
   #:use-module (gnu packages video)
   #:use-module (gnu packages web)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
@@ -2642,7 +2645,7 @@ (define-public tensorflow
 (define-public tensorflow-lite
   (package
     (name "tensorflow-lite")
-    (version "2.5.0")
+    (version "2.12.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -2652,35 +2655,53 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1jdw2i1rq06zqd6aabh7bbm0avsg4pygnfmd7gviv0blhih9054l"))))
+         "051knmq6ysg4936d9baaqsx6j3rfsp4ffi2pwrxx4llan682rvpi"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #false                  ; no "check" target
        #:build-type "Release"
        #:configure-flags
        (list
-        "-DTFLITE_ENABLE_GPU=OFF"
-        "-DTFLITE_ENABLE_RUY=OFF"
+       	;"--trace"
+       	;; Use Guix's own versions of library dependencies.
+       	"-DTFLITE_ENABLE_INSTALL=ON"   ;; so cmake can be used to find this from other packages
+       	"-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG=ON"
+        "-DTFLITE_ENABLE_GPU=ON"
+        "-DTFLITE_ENABLE_RUY=ON"
+
+        ;; TO DO: turn on Farmhash
+        ;"-DSYSTEM_FARMHASH=ON"
+
+
+        (string-append "-Dabsl_DIR=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "abseil-cpp")
+        	"/lib/cmake/absl")
+        (string-append "-DEigen3_DIR=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "eigen")
+        	"/share/eigen3/cmake")
+        (string-append "-DFlatBuffers_DIR=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "flatbuffers")
+        	"/lib/cmake/flatbuffers")
+        (string-append "-DNEON_2_SSE_DIR=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "neon2sse")
+        	"/lib/cmake/NEON_2_SSE")
+        (string-append "-Dcpuinfo_DIR=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "cpuinfo")
+        	"/share/cpuinfo")
+        (string-append "-Druy_DIR=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "ruy")
+        	"/lib/cmake/ruy")
 
         ;; TODO: The build system attempts to build xnnpack from source.  We
         ;; would like to use our xnnpack package here, but this requires more
         ;; work.
         "-DTFLITE_ENABLE_XNNPACK=OFF"
 
-        ;; Pretend we've already fetched abseil.  We won't actually build it
-        ;; but use the existing package.
-        "-Dabseil-cpp_POPULATED=TRUE"
-
-        ;; Don't fetch the sources.  We have already built flatbuffers.
-        "-Dflatbuffers_POPULATED=TRUE"
+        ;;; Don't fetch the sources.  We have these already
+        "-Degl_headers_POPULATED=TRUE"
+        "-Dfp16_headers_POPULATED=TRUE"
+        "-Dopencl_headers_POPULATED=TRUE"
+        "-Dopengl_headers_POPULATED=TRUE"
+        "-Dvulkan_headers_POPULATED=TRUE"
 
         "-DFFT2D_SOURCE_DIR=/tmp/fft2d"
-        "-Dneon2sse_SOURCE_DIR=/tmp/neon2sse"
-        "-Dneon2sse_BINARY_DIR=/tmp/neon2sse-bin"
         "-DFARMHASH_SOURCE_DIR=/tmp/farmhash"
         "-Dgemmlowp_SOURCE_DIR=/tmp/gemmlowp"
-        (string-append "-DRUY_SOURCE_DIR="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "ruy-src")))
+        )
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (add-after 'unpack 'chdir
@@ -2689,20 +2710,19 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
            (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
              ;; Use external cmake finders instead of these stubs that won't
              ;; find anything but the bundled sources.
-             (delete-file "tools/cmake/modules/Findabsl.cmake")
-             (delete-file "tools/cmake/modules/Findeigen.cmake")
 
+             ;; TO DO: properly use Guix's pthreaqdpool
+             ;; roght now not using pthreadpool because
+             ;; we are not enabling xnnpack
+             (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
+              (("if\\(NOT DEFINED PTHREADPOOL_SOURCE_DIR\\)")
+               "if(false)"))
              (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
-               (("find_package\\(eigen REQUIRED")
-                "find_package(eigen REQUIRED NAMES Eigen3"))
-             (substitute* "tools/cmake/modules/Findflatbuffers.cmake"
-               (("get_target_property.*")
-                (format #false "set(FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIRS ~a/include)\n"
-                        (assoc-ref inputs "flatbuffers"))))
+              (("if\\(NOT TARGET pthreadpool\\)")
+               "if(false)"))
 
              ;; Don't fetch source code; we already have everything we need.
              (substitute* '("tools/cmake/modules/fft2d.cmake"
-                            "tools/cmake/modules/ruy.cmake"
                             "tools/cmake/modules/farmhash.cmake"
                             "tools/cmake/modules/neon2sse.cmake"
                             "tools/cmake/modules/gemmlowp.cmake")
@@ -2718,10 +2738,9 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
                (invoke "tar" "--strip-components=1"
                        "-xf" (assoc-ref inputs "fft2d-src")))
 
-             (copy-recursively (assoc-ref inputs "neon2sse-src")
-                               "/tmp/neon2sse/")
              (copy-recursively (assoc-ref inputs "gemmlowp-src")
-                               "/tmp/gemmlowp/")))
+                               "/tmp/gemmlowp/")
+             ))
          (add-after 'copy-sources 'prepare-shared-library-build
            (lambda _ (chdir "c")))
          (replace 'install
@@ -2738,9 +2757,21 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
                   (find-files "." "\\.h$")))))))))
     (inputs
      `(("abseil-cpp" ,abseil-cpp-20200923.3)
-       ("eigen" ,eigen-for-tensorflow-lite)
-       ("flatbuffers" ,flatbuffers)
-       ("python" ,python)))
+       ("cpuinfo" ,cpuinfo)
+       ("eigen" ,eigen)
+       ("fp16" ,fp16)
+       ("flatbuffers" ,flatbuffers-next-shared)
+       ;("gemmlowp" ,gemmlowp)  ;; TO DO
+       ("mesa-headers"  ,mesa-headers)
+       ("neon2sse" ,neon2sse)
+       ("opencl-clhpp" ,opencl-clhpp)
+       ("opencl-headers" ,opencl-headers)
+       ("opencl-icd-loader" ,opencl-icd-loader)
+       ("pthreadpool" ,pthreadpool)
+       ("python" ,python)
+       ("ruy" ,ruy)
+       ;("xnnpack" ,xnnpack)     ;; TO DO: properly use Guix's copy of xnnpack
+       ("vulkan-headers" , vulkan-headers)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("gemmlowp-src"
@@ -2756,17 +2787,6 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
              (sha256
               (base32
                "1sbp8kmr2azwlvfbzryy1frxi99jhsh1nc93bdbxdf8zdgpv0kxl")))))
-       ("neon2sse-src"
-        ,(let ((commit "a1652fd5253afbf3e39357b012974f93511f6108"))
-           (origin
-             (method git-fetch)
-             (uri (git-reference
-                   (url "https://github.com/intel/ARM_NEON_2_x86_SSE")
-                   (commit commit)))
-             (file-name (git-file-name "neon2sse" (string-take commit 8)))
-             (sha256
-              (base32
-               "1q8gkxag9wlnwdwad2pclsrkwzrdjy94hyrkayrsvxyj7szb5y8i")))))
        ("farmhash-src"
         ,(let ((commit "816a4ae622e964763ca0862d9dbd19324a1eaf45"))
            (origin
@@ -2782,24 +2802,12 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
         ,(origin
            (method url-fetch)
            (uri (string-append "https://storage.googleapis.com/"
-                               "mirror.tensorflow.org/"
-                               "www.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ooura/fft2d.tgz"))
+           		   "mirror.tensorflow.org/github.com/petewarden/"
+           		   "OouraFFT/archive/v1.0.tar.gz"))
            (file-name "fft2d.tar.gz")
            (sha256
             (base32
-             "1jfflzi74fag9z4qmgwvp90aif4dpbr1657izmxlgvf4hy8fk9xd"))))
-       ("ruy-src"
-        ,(let ((commit "9c56af3fce210a8a103eda19bd6f47c08a9e3d90"))
-           (origin
-             (method git-fetch)
-             (uri (git-reference
-                   (url "https://github.com/google/ruy")
-                   (commit commit)
-                   (recursive? #true)))
-             (file-name (git-file-name "ruy" (string-take commit 8)))
-             (sha256
-              (base32
-               "1cfd5gk6kaj8kbl3h98gx1ap8czd59y6p8qq8nr28fklpyzf5cis")))))))
+             "1jfflzi74fag9z4qmgwvp90aif4dpbr1657izmxlgvf4hy8fk9xd"))))))
     (home-page "https://tensorflow.org")
     (synopsis "Machine learning framework")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index c6fabf1973..25a7b61156 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ (define-module (gnu packages maths)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix git-download)
-  #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module ((guix build utils) #:select (alist-replace))
   #:use-module (guix build-system ant)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/serialization.scm b/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
index 39954d6764..268a5d3d9b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
@@ -748,6 +748,18 @@ (define-public flatbuffers-next
                (base32
                 "1z3a6l8g2y53i5xzraswfs2i0i3kk52zv7nzc2q3fgisbyiri3pz"))))))
 
+(define-public flatbuffers-next-shared
+  (package
+    (inherit flatbuffers-next)
+    (name "flatbuffers-shared")
+    (version "23.1.21")
+    (arguments
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments flatbuffers-next)
+       ((#:configure-flags  flags)
+         ;; make C++ fiels compiled with -fPIC, needed for shared lib".
+              #~(cons "-DFLATBUFFERS_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC" #$flags))))))
+
+
 (define-public python-feather-format
   (package
     (name "python-feather-format")
