How Did We Go From Large Language Models to Large Behaviour Models? | by Cobus Greyling | Nov, 2024
Large Content & Behaviour Models (LBM / LCBM) integrate language & vision to simulate & understand both ontent (like text, images, or videos) and behaviours (such as user interactions or…
Perform outlier detection more effectively using subsets of features | by W Brett Kennedy | Nov, 2024
Identify relevant subspaces: subsets of features that allow you to most effectively perform outlier detection on tabular dataThis article is part of a series related to the challenges, and the…
Data Science in Marketing: Hands-on Propensity Modelling with Python | by Rebecca Vickery | Nov, 2024
All the code you need to predict the likelihood of a customer purchasing your productPhoto by Campaign Creators on UnsplashPropensity models are a powerful application of machine learning in marketing.…
Building Sustainable Algorithms: Energy-Efficient Python Programming | by Ari Joury, PhD | Nov, 2024
6 techniques for reducing the computational cost of Python algorithmsYou can get your Python performing better by using these techniques. Image generated with Leonardo AIA junior software developer shall be…
The Evolution of AI Agents & Agentic Systems | by Cobus Greyling | Nov, 2024
Cognitive Architectures: Episodal Memory refers to the ability to store and recall specific events or experiences, like remembering a recent conversation.Semantic Memory stores general knowledge about the world, such as…
Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Computer Use Framework (AI Agent) | by Cobus Greyling | Nov, 2024
Claude Computer Use utilises a reasoning-acting (ReAct) paradigm to generate reliable actions in the dynamic GUI environment.Observing the environment before deciding on an action ensures that its responses align with…
Revolutionising AI Agents With Computer Use Tools | by Cobus Greyling | Nov, 2024
Anthropic’s New Framework for Seamless Computer Use Is a good example for what is to come.The future of AI Agents isn’t just about better language models — it’s about integrating…
Spoiler Alert: The Magic of RAG Does Not Come from AI | by Frank Wittkampf | Nov, 2024
Why retrieval, not generation, makes RAG systems magicalQuick POCsMost quick proof of concepts (POCs) which allow a user to explore data with the help of conversational AI simply blow you…
Open the Artificial Brain: Sparse Autoencoders for LLM Inspection | by Salvatore Raieli | Nov, 2024
|LLM|INTERPRETABILITY|SPARSE AUTOENCODERS|XAI|A deep dive into LLM visualization and interpretation using sparse autoencodersImage created by the author using DALL-EAll things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time…
The Focus Is Shifting From AI Agents To AI Agent Tool Use | by Cobus Greyling | Nov, 2024
As models become utilities, tool-enabled frameworks and environments are emerging as key, with leading AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic exploring AI Agents that use computer GUI navigation to accomplish…
Writing LLMs in Rust: Looking for an Efficient Matrix Multiplication | by Stefano Bosisio | Nov, 2024
Starting from Karpathy llm.c, I wonder myself “Could I write this in Rust?” Here are the lessons I learned and how I am writing llm.rust. In this first article, let’s…
Building Conversational AI Agents By Integrating Reasoning, Speaking & Acting With LLMs | by Cobus Greyling | Nov, 2024
1. When an agent seeks user guidance to refine its search strategy, it actively involves the user in defining the best approach, improving accuracy by ensuring its search aligns with…
My Medium Journey as a Data Scientist: 6 Months, 18 Articles, and 3,000 Followers | by Yu Dong | Nov, 2024
Real numbers, earnings, and data-driven growth strategy for Medium writersI started writing data science and AI content on Medium in May 2024. This is my sixth month and I just…
AdaBoost Classifier, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Examples | by Samy Baladram | Nov, 2024
ENSEMBLE LEARNINGPutting the weight where weak learners need it mostEveryone makes mistakes — even the simplest decision trees in machine learning. Instead of ignoring them, AdaBoost (Adaptive Boosting) algorithm does…
Core AI For Any Rummy Variant. Step by Step guide to a Rummy AI | by Iheb Rachdi | Nov, 2024
Identifying and Collecting key DataI explored several algorithms to optimize and reduce the search space for all possible combos. However, the fact that each card can appear twice increased the…
An Introduction to VLMs: The Future of Computer Vision Models | by Ro Isachenko | Nov, 2024
Building a 28% more accurate multimodal image search engine with VLMs.Until recently, AI models were narrow in scope and limited to understanding either language or specific images, but rarely both.In…
Language Models Emerging Technologies | by Cobus Greyling | Nov, 2024
What Trended in 2024 — Six Technologies Which Dominated TimelinesIn 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, we saw the technology focus shifting from 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 (𝗖𝗼𝗧) approach to 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹-𝗔𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗥𝗔𝗚), reflecting the need…
Anthropic ACI (AI Agent Computer Interface) | by Cobus Greyling | Nov, 2024
An AI Agent Computer Interface is a tool in an Agent’s toolbox which enables the agent to leverage a web browser as a human would.This interface often supports seamless, context-aware…
When Machines Think Ahead: The Rise of Strategic AI | by Hans Christian Ekne | Nov, 2024
Image generated by the author using Canva Magic StudioGames have provided an amazing proving ground for developing strategic AI. The closed nature of games makes it easier to train models…
Beyond Skills: Unlocking the Full Potential of Data Scientists. | by Eric Colson | Oct, 2024
Image created through DALL-E / OpenAI by author.Unlock the hidden value of data scientists by empowering them beyond technical tasks to drive innovation and strategic insights.[This piece is cross-posted from…
Should you learn how to code in the next decade? | by Ivo Bernardo | Nov, 2024
Or will AI eat up all the software in the world?Photo by steinart @unsplash.comMany people today are facing a dilemma: if you’re young, should you pursue a software engineering degree?…
What’s Your Definition Of An AI Agent? | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
About 18 months ago I wrote my first article on AI Agents. It was based on AI Agent frameworks created by LangChain. Fast Forward to the last few weeks, and…
Make Every Application An AI Agent | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have revolutionized LLM-based agents by enabling them to interact directly with application user interfaces (UIs).This capability extends the model’s scope from text-based responses to visually…
Contrasting RPA, Chatbots & AI Agents | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
A whole host of application types are now integrating agentic capabilities, allowing software to act with a degree of autonomy.These agentic systems don’t just follow preset rules but can make…
A Guide To Linearity and Nonlinearity in Machine Learning | by Manuel Brenner | Oct, 2024
…and their roles in decision boundaries, embeddings, dynamical systems, and next-gen LLMs“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”— Lex Talionis, Codex HammurabiThe famed Lex Taleonis is a…
How to Negotiate Your Salary as a Data Scientist | by Haden Pelletier | Oct, 2024
And how much I made my first yearPhoto by Amy Hirschi on UnsplashCongratulations, you have landed a data science position!You open your offer letter and …Well, you’re a bit disappointed.This…
Gen-AI Safety Landscape: A Guide to the Mitigation Stack for Text-to-Image Models | by Trupti Bavalatti | Oct, 2024
There is also a large area of risk as documented in [4] where marginalized groups are associated with harmful connotations reinforcing societal hateful stereotypes. For example, representation of demographic groups…
Meet Git Stash: Your Secret Chest of Unfinished Code | by Zolzaya Luvsandorj | Oct, 2024
Mastering GitA powerful Git feature for temporarily saving code in progressImagine discovering a critical bug that needs an immediate fix while you are working halfway through a code change. Your…
AI Agent Computer Interface (ACI) | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
After reading Anthropic’s blog on Claude’s ability to use software like a human, I found the implications of this advancement really exciting.Claude’s capacity to navigate graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and…
The Advent Of Open Agentic Frameworks & Agent Computer Interfaces (ACI) | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
Agent S In A NutshellAgent S solves for the following challenges in creating an Agentic Framework…Domain Knowledge & Open-World LearningAgents must handle a wide variety of constantly changing applications and…
Windows Agent Arena (WAA). And The Multi-Modal Agent Called Navi | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
Lastly, below is an example of an agent prompt, within the WindowsAgentArena environment with the Navi Agent.You are Screen Helper, a world-class reasoning engine that can complete any goal on…
Evaluating Model Retraining Strategies | by Reinhard Sellmair | Oct, 2024
How data drift and concept drift matter to choose the right retraining strategy?(created with Image Creator in Bing)Many people in the field of MLOps have probably heard a story like…
Visualization of Data with Pie Charts in Matplotlib | by Diana Rozenshteyn | Oct, 2024
Examples of how to create different types of pie charts using Matplotlib to visualize the results of database analysis in a Jupyter Notebook with PandasPhoto by Niko Nieminen on UnsplashWhile…
UI-Focused AI Agent
The UFO AI Agent aims to seamlessly navigate applications within the Windows OS and orchestrate events to fulfil a user query.Initial ObservationsThis Windows OS based AI Agent called UFO can work…
Revisiting Karpathy’s “State of Computer Vision and AI” | by Dr. Leon Eversberg | Oct, 2024
Looking back at AI progress since the 2012 blog post “The state of Computer Vision and AI: we are really, really far away”President Barack Obama jokingly puts his toe on…
A Novel Approach to Detect Coordinated Attacks Using Clustering | by Trupti Bavalatti | Oct, 2024
Unveiling hidden patterns: grouping malicious behaviorClustering is a powerful technique within unsupervised machine learning that groups a given data based on their inherent similarities. Unlike supervised learning methods, such as…
AI Feels Easier Than Ever, But Is It Really? | by Anna Via | Oct, 2024
The 4 Big Challenges of building AI productsPicture by ynsplt on UnsplashA few days ago, I was speaking at an event about how to move from using ChatGPT at a…
Gaussian Naive Bayes, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Examples for Beginners | by Samy Baladram | Oct, 2024
CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMBell-shaped assumptions for better predictions⛳️ More CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM, explained: · Dummy Classifier · K Nearest Neighbor Classifier · Bernoulli Naive Bayes ▶ Gaussian Naive Bayes · Decision Tree Classifier…
Building 5 Machine Learning Models: From Simplicity to Optimization
Building, comparing, and optimizing models.Model SelectionNow we are moving to the second part of our project on Machine Learning Model Selection in Multivariate Analysis with Anonymized Data.This second part is…
Implementing Sequential Algorithms on TPU | by Chaim Rand | Oct, 2024
Accelerating AI/ML Model Training with Custom Operators — Part 3.APhoto by Bernd Dittrich on UnsplashThis is a direct sequel to a previous post on the topic of implementing custom TPU…
Demystifying Large Language Model Function Calling | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
Large Language Model (LLM) Function Calling enables models to interact directly with external functions and APIs, expanding their utility beyond language processing.Before diving into demystifying LLM function calling, just a…
Exploring How the New OpenAI Realtime API Simplifies Voice Agent Flows | by Sami Maameri | Oct, 2024
Setting up a Voice Agent using Twilio and the OpenAI Realtime APIAt the recent OpenAI Dev Day on October 1st, 2024, OpenAI’s biggest release was the reveal of their Realtime…
Top 5 Geospatial Data APIs for Advanced Analysis | by Amanda Iglesias Moreno | Oct, 2024
Explore Overpass, Geoapify, Distancematrix.ai, Amadeus, and Mapillary for Advanced Mapping and Location DataKyle Glenn in Unsplash (Source: https://unsplash.com/es/@kylejglenn)Geographic data is important in many analyses, enabling us to decide based on…
Efficient Testing of ETL Pipelines with Python | by Robin von Malottki | Oct, 2024
How to Instantly Detect Data Quality Issues and Identify their CausesPhoto by Digital Buggu and obtained from Pexels.comIn today’s data-driven world, organizations rely heavily on accurate data to make critical…
LLM Symbolic Reasoning For Visual AI Agents | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
These symbols can represent spatial realities (for example, chair next to table), allowing the model to reason logically about tasks & answer questions based on these spatial observations. This helps…
Chain-Of-Symbol Prompting To Improve Spatial Reasoning | by Cobus Greyling | Oct, 2024
Redundant natural language and irrelevant information also can hamper the performance of LLMs.Using symbols to represent spatial relationships in word sequences can provide a clearer and more understandable framework for…
What I Learned in my First 9 Months as a Freelance Data Scientist | by CJ Sullivan | Oct, 2024
Photo by Persnickety Prints on UnsplashI can’t believe it has already been 9 months since I have been working as a freelance data scientist! I originally wrote about making the…
GenAI with Python: Build Agents from Scratch (Complete Tutorial) | by Mauro Di Pietro | Sep, 2024
with Ollama, LangChain, LangGraph (No GPU, No APIKEY)Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash(All images are by the author unless otherwise noted)IntroPrompt Engineering is the practice of designing and refining prompts…
Exploring the Link Between Sleep Disorders and Health Indicators | by Mary Ara | Sep, 2024
A Python analysis of a MIMIC-IV health data (DREAMT) to uncover insights into factors affecting sleep disorders.14 min read·17 hours agoPhoto by Benjamin Voros on UnsplashIn this article, I will…
Model Deployment with FastAPI, Azure, and Docker | by Sabrine Bendimerad | Sep, 2024
A Complete Guide to Serving a Machine Learning Model with FastAPIpixabay.comWelcome to this third article in my MLOps series. In the first article, we explored Docker and how it simplifies…
The Role of Small Models in the LLM Era | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
LLMs are highly versatile, able to handle a wide range of tasks with only a few training examples.In contrast, smaller models tend to be more specialised and studies show that…
What 15 Data Scientists Say About Key Skills | by Egor Howell | Sep, 2024
Going over the main skills you need to be a “good” data scientistPhoto by Campaign Creators on UnsplashWhat are the essential skills to be a “good” or even “great” data…
Small Language Model (SLM) Efficiency, Performance & Potential | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
Focusing on transformer-based, decoder-only language models with 100 million to 5 billion parameters, researchers surveyed 59 cutting-edge open-source models, examining innovations in architecture, training datasets & algorithms.They also evaluated model…
Run and Serve Faster VLMs Like Pixtral and Phi-3.5 Vision with vLLM
Understanding how much memory you need to serve a VLMAn image encoded by Pixtral — Image by the authorvLLM is currently one of the fastest inference engines for large language…
AgentLite Is A Lightweight Framework for Building AI Agents | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
The study also states that LangChain is a popular library for developing applications with large language models (LLMs), offering built-in tools to create various agent types.But says it tends to…
Hands-On Numerical Derivative with Python, from Zero to Hero | by Piero Paialunga | Sep, 2024
Here’s everything you need to know (beyond the standard definition) to master the numerical derivative worldPhoto by Roman Mager on UnsplashThere is a legendary statement that you can find in…
Build a WhatsApp LLM Bot: a Guide for Lazy Solo Programmers | by Ian Xiao | Sep, 2024
TLDR: I built and deployed a WhatsApp LLM bot in 12 hours to learn English better and faster. I am exploring how to make LLM useful in our everyday lives.…
Outline-Driven RAG & Web Research Prototype | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
The theory of questioning emphasises that while answering existing questions deepens understanding of a topic, it often leads to new questions.To initiate this dynamic process, STORM simulates a conversation between…
The Evolution of Grounding & Planning In AI Agents | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
In this example above, is a real-world web automation for maps, WebAgent receives an instruction and the webpage’s HTML code. Based on these, it predicts the next small task and…
The Shifting Vocabulary of AI
The vocabulary of Generative AI and Conversational AI is evolving at a rapid pace. The challenge with such swift technological advancement is that new terms are constantly being introduced, shaping…
An AI Agent Architecture & Framework Is Emerging | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
We are beginning to see the convergence on fundamental architectural principles that are poised to define the next generation of AI agents…These architectures are far more than just advanced models…
Introducing NumPy, Part 3: Manipulating Arrays | by Lee Vaughan | Sep, 2024
Shaping, transposing, joining, and splitting arraysManipulating an array as imagined by DALL-E3Welcome to Part 3 of Introducing NumPy, a primer for those new to this essential Python library. Part 1…
Applications of Rolling Windows for Time Series, with Python | by Piero Paialunga | Sep, 2024
Here’s some powerful applications of Rolling Windows and Time SeriesPhoto by Claudia Aran on UnsplashLast night I was doing laundry with my wife. We have this non-verbal agreement (it becomes…
Bayesian Linear Regression: A Complete Beginner’s guide | by Samvardhan Vishnoi | Sep, 2024
A workflow and code walkthrough for building a Bayesian regression model in STANNote: Check out my previous article for a practical discussion on why Bayesian modeling may be the right…
Emergence of Large Action Models (LAMs) and Their Impact on AI Agents | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
While LLMs are great for understanding and producing unstructured content, LAMs are designed to bridge the gap by turning language into structured, executable actions.As I have mentioned in the past,…
Strategic Chain-of-Thought (SCoT) | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
As LLMs evolve, I believe that while CoT remains simple and transparent, managing the growing complexity of prompts and multi-inference architectures will demand more sophisticated tools and a strong focus…
Market Basket Analysis Using High Utility Itemset Mining | by Laurin Brechter | Sep, 2024
Finding high-value patterns in transactionsIn this post, I will give an alternative to popular techniques in market basket analysis that can help practitioners find high-value patterns rather than just the…
Logistic Regression, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Examples for Beginners | by Samy Baladram | Sep, 2024
CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMFinding the perfect weights to fit the data inWhile some probabilistic-based machine learning models (like Naive Bayes) make bold assumptions about feature independence, logistic regression takes a more measured…
Python QuickStart for People Learning AI | by Shaw Talebi | Sep, 2024
Many computers come with Python pre-installed. To see if your machine has it, go to your Terminal (Mac/Linux) or Command Prompt (Windows), and simply enter “python”.Using Python in Terminal. Image…
Small Language Models Supporting Large Language Models | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
Considering the image above which demonstrates Hallucination Detection with an LLM as a Constrained Reasoner…Initial Detection: Grounding sources and hypothesis pairs are input into a small language model (SLM) classifier.No…
The History & Future of Prompt Engineering | by Cobus Greyling | Sep, 2024
Prompt #1: You are a scholar in machine learning and lan- guage models. I am writing a paper on the history of prompt engineering and generation. Can you give me…
Streamline Property Data Management: Advanced Data Extraction and Retrieval with Indexify | by Ashish Abraham | Aug, 2024
A Step-by-Step Guide to Document Querying with Indexify13 min read·22 hours agoPhoto by Tierra Mallorca on UnsplashTLDR:Traditional data extraction methods often miss deeper insights from unstructured content, particularly in the…
How I Turned YouTube Comments into a Growth Machine With AI and No Code. | by Hasan Aboul Hasan | Aug, 2024
Have you ever wondered how to save hours managing YouTube comments automatically and turn them into a goldmine of valuable insights to grow your business?Let’s see a simple, no-code solution…
Seeding GPT-4o-mini Using Fine-Tuning | by Cobus Greyling | Aug, 2024
There are several reasons why one might choose to use this approach:Simplified Reproducibility: Fine-tuning a model with input/output pairs for reproducibility allows you to offload much of the complexity and…
Dialog Flow Generation To Constrain LLM-Based Chatbots | by Cobus Greyling | Aug, 2024
The process for generating dialog flows closely mirrors the intrinsic dialog flow generation.Initially, representative action labels and sample conversations from the domain are included in the prompt for the initial…
Climate Change in the Countryside | by Lee Vaughan | Aug, 2024
Quick Success Data ScienceA Python project for climate warriorsUrban and rural views by DALL-E3I have a relative who believes rising temperatures are just a “heat island” effect. That is, rapidly…
AppAgent v2 With Advanced Agent for Flexible Mobile Interactions | by Cobus Greyling | Aug, 2024
As I have mentioned the architecture and implementation of text based 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 (𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀) are converging on very much the same principles.The 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 for 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 is emerging…And…
I Built an AI Content Repurposing Machine (Full Code Included) | by Hasan Aboul Hasan | Aug, 2024
Here are both the code we used above and the resources.py file, which contains some of my power prompts:Foundation CodeThe PromptsNow, it’s time for the real deal, what you’ve been…
Feature Extraction for Time Series, from Theory to Practice, with Python | by Piero Paialunga | Aug, 2024
Time series are a special animal.When I started my Machine Learning career I did it because I loved Physics (weird reason to start Machine Learning) and from Physics I understood…
Automating ETL to SFTP Server Using Python and SQL | by Mary Ara | Aug, 2024
Learn how to automate a daily data transfer process on Windows, from PostgreSQL database to a remote server16 min read·15 hours agoPhoto by Shubham Dhage on UnsplashThe process of transfering…
27 Unique Dev Challenges: A Recent Study Explored the Top Challenges Faced by LLM Developers | by Cobus Greyling | Aug, 2024
This category includes the various error messages developers encounter when working with LLM APIs.For example, developers might face request errors and data value capacity limit errors during API calls for…
ChatGPT vs. Claude vs. Gemini for Data Analysis (Part 2): Who’s the Best at EDA? | by Yu Dong | Aug, 2024
Five criteria to compare ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini in tackling Exploratory Data Analysis· Context· What is EDA· Evaluation Criteria· Problem Setup· ChatGPT-4o· Claude 3.5 Sonnet· Gemini Advanced· Final ResultsWelcome back…
The Math Behind Keras 3 Optimizers: Deep Understanding and Application | by Peng Qian | Aug, 2024
This is a bit different from what the books say.The Math Behind Keras 3 Optimizers: Deep Understanding and Application. Image by DALL-E-3Optimizers are an essential part of everyone working in…
The Azure Landing Zone for a Data Platform in the Cloud | by Mariusz Kujawski | Aug, 2024
Working with sensitive data or within a highly regulated environment requires safe and secure cloud infrastructure for data processing. The cloud might seem like an open environment on the internet…
WeKnow-RAG
This agentic approach to RAG leverages a graph-based method with a robust data topology to enhance the precision of information retrieval. Knowledge Graphs enable searching for things and not strings…
AI Agent Evaluation Framework From Apple | by Cobus Greyling | Aug, 2024
The notion of a World State is something I find very interesting, where certain ambient or environmental settings need to be accessed to enable certain actions.This World State alludes to…
What to Study if you Want to Master LLMs | by Ivo Bernardo | Aug, 2024
What foundational concepts should you study if you want to understand Large Language Models?Image by solenfeyissa @ Unsplash.comMost of the code we use to interact with LLMs (Large Language Models)…
OpenAI Enhanced Their API With Robust Structured Output Capabilities | by Cobus Greyling | Aug, 2024
Previously two options were available JSON Mode & Function Calling…Enabling OpenAI’s JSON mode doesn’t ensure that the output will adhere to a specific predefined JSON schema. It only guarantees that…
How to Use Hybrid Search for Better LLM RAG Retrieval | by Dr. Leon Eversberg | Aug, 2024
Building an advanced local LLM RAG pipeline by combining dense embeddings with BM25Code snippet from the hybrid search we are going to implement in this article. Image by authorThe basic…
Denormalisation: Thoughtful Optimisation or Irrational Avant-Garde?
Perspective on Performance Optimisation and Data QualityContinue reading on Towards Data Science » Source link
Comparing Sex Ratios: Revisiting a Famous Statistical Problem from the 1700s | by Ryan Burn | Aug, 2024
What can we say about the difference of two binomial distribution probabilities13 min read·15 hours ago18th century Paris and London [12]Consider two independent binomial distributions with probabilities of successes p_1…
Structured Outputs and How to Use Them | by Armin Catovic | Aug, 2024
Building robustness and determinism in LLM applicationsImage by the authorOpenAI recently announced support for Structured Outputs in its latest gpt-4o-2024–08–06 models. Structured outputs in relation to large language models (LLMs)…
How to Reduce Class Imbalance Bias in AI? (Explained with a Riddle) | by Diana Morales
Do you like riddles? Perfect! In this article I’ll use a riddle as a fun way to explain class imbalance bias in machine learning modelsFor International Women’s Day, Mindspace asked…
Visualizing Stochastic Regularization for Entity Embeddings | by Valerie Carey | Aug, 2024
A glimpse into how neural networks perceive categoricals and their hierarchiesPhoto by Rachael Crowe on UnsplashIndustry data often contains non-numeric data with many possible values, for example zip codes, medical…
Agent AI: Agentic Applications Are Software Systems With A Foundation Model AI Backbone & Defined Autonomy via Tools | by Cobus Greyling | Aug, 2024
Flow EngineeringPrompt Engineering alone was not enough and we had to find a way of re-using prompts; hence templates were introduced where key data fields could be populated at inference.…
Let’s reproduce NanoGPT with JAX!(Part 1) | by Louis Wang | Jul, 2024
Inspired by Andrej Kapathy’s recent youtube video on Let’s reproduce GPT-2 (124M), I’d like to rebuild it with most of the training optimizations in Jax. Jax is built for highly…
Productionizing a RAG App with Prefect, Weave, and RAGAS | by Ed Izaguirre | Aug, 2024
Adding evaluation, automated data pulling, and other improvements.12 min read·15 hours agoFrom Film Search to Rosebud 🌹. Image from Unsplash.Table of ContentsIntroductionOffline EvaluationOnline EvaluationAutomated Data Pulling with PrefectSummaryRelevant LinksA few…
What You Need To Know To Build Large Streamlit Applications With Stripe Subscriptions And Firestore Integration. | by Erdogan Taskesen | Aug, 2024
The ability to turn ideas into software products is a great skill to learn. In this blog, I will describe what it takes, and how to put the parts together…
LLM-Driven Synthetic Data Generation, Curation & Evaluation | by Cobus Greyling | Aug, 2024
Key considerations include:Ensuring readability and interpretability of LLM-generated information to facilitate human understanding.Implementing upstream knowledge enrichment or filtering to optimise human resource use and reduce time spent on low-value tasks.Adding…
Stable and fast randomization using hash spaces | by David Clarance | Jul, 2024
Generate consistent assignments on the fly across different implementation environmentsA bird’s eye viewA core part of running an experiment is to assign an experimental unit (for instance a customer) to…
AI Agents: Exploring Agentic Applications | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
Applications based on LLMs are evolving & the next step in this progression of AI Agents are Agentic Applications. Agentic applications still have a Foundation Model as their backbone, but…
Why we need Continual Learning for AI models
Why, in a world where the only constant is change, we need a Continual Learning approach to AI models.Image by the author generated in MidjourneyImagine you have a small robot…
I found a hidden gem in Matplotlib’s library: Packed Bubble Charts in Python | by Anna Gordun Peiro | Jul, 2024
For my chart, I am using an Olympic Historical Dataset from Olympedia.org which Joseph Cheng shared in Kaggle with a public domain license.Screenshot of datasetIt contains event to Athlete level…
Radical Simplicity in Data Engineering | by Cai Parry-Jones | Jul, 2024
Learn from Software Engineers and Discover the Joy of ‘Worse is Better’ Thinkingsource: unsplash.comRecently, I have had the fortune of speaking to a number of data engineers and data architects…
LangChain Based Plan & Execute AI Agent With GPT-4o-mini | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
As has been widely established by now, Chain-of-Thought (CoT) prompting is a highly effective method for querying LLMs using a single zero or few-shot approach.It excels at tasks requiring multi-step…
I Built a New AI Marketing Tool and am giving it out for free! | by Hasan Aboul Hasan | Jul, 2024
In this post, I want to introduce a new AI tool I’ve recently developed.It’s designed to help you conduct intensive topic research, complete with search metrics, and create blog post…
LangChain Search AI Agent Using GPT-4o-mini | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
LangSmith also allows for the creation of datasets, output can be annotated, set to correct and incorrect and auto evaluations can be run to determine the correctness.The agent decomposes the…
Large Language Model Use & Augmentation | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
GPT-3 was launched on May 28, 2020, and over the past four years, a rapidly developing ecosystem has emerged to create LLM-based solutions.As the potential and use of LLMs become…
Forecasting in the Age of Foundation Models | by Alvaro Corrales Cano | Jul, 2024
Benchmarking Lag-Llama against XGBoostCliffs near Ribadesella. Photo by Enric Domas on UnsplashOn Hugging Face, there are 20 models tagged “time series” at the time of writing. While certainly not a…
RAG Implementations Fail Due To Insufficient Focus On Question Intent | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
Large Language Models (LLMs) are good at generating coherent and contextually relevant text but struggle with knowledge-intensive queries, especially in domain-specific and factual question-answering tasks.Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems address this…
Agentic AI: Creating An AI Agent Which Can Navigate The Internet | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
Recent studies have explored the construction of text-based web browsing environments and how to instruct large language model agents to perform web navigation.This new development focusses on building multimodal web…
Advanced Retrieval Techniques in a World of 2M Token Context Windows, Part 1 | by Meghan Heintz | Jul, 2024
Exploring RAG techniques to improve retrieval accuracyVisualising AI project launched by Google DeepMind. From Unsplash image.Gemini Pro can handle an astonishing 2M token context compared to the paltry 15k we…
AgentInstruct Uses Agentic Flows To Create Synthetic Training Data | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
High-Quality DataBy leveraging powerful models like GPT-4, along with tools such as search APIs and code interpreters, AgentInstruct ensures the generation of high-quality data.Diverse DataAgentInstruct produces both prompts and responses…
From Scratch to Deep Quantile Forecasting | by Jinhang Jiang | Jul, 2024
An end-2-end empirical sharing of multi-step quantile forecasting with Tensorflow, NeuralForecast, and Zero-shot LLMs.Image by AuthorShort IntroductionDataBuild a Toy Version of Quantile Recurrent ForecasterQuantile Forecasting with the State-of-Art ModelsZero-shot Quantile…
LangSmith, LangGraph Cloud & LangGraph Studio | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
In this article I do a complete end-to-end walkthrough of an Agent built using LangGraph, deployed to LangGraph Cloud & viewed via LangGraph Studio. Ending with LangSmith on managing applications…
Build an AI Paraphraser Tool in 5 MinutesWith SimplerLLM | by Hasan Aboul Hasan | Jul, 2024
In this post, I’ll show you step-by-step how you can build an AI Paraphraser Tool using Python and SimplerLLM in Minutes.Something like this:Intro: How Do Paraphrasing Tools Work?Before the era…
Speculative RAG By Google Research | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
Speculative RAG is a framework that uses a larger generalist language model to efficiently verify multiple RAG drafts produced in parallel by a smaller, specialised distilled language model.Each draft is…
Gower’s Distance for Mixed Categorical and Numerical Data | by Haden Pelletier | Jul, 2024
A distance measure for clustering mixed dataMost likely you have heard of Manhattan distance or Euclidean distance. These are two different metrics which provide information as to how distant (or…
Moving From Natural Language Understanding To Mobile UI Understanding | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
As with conversations, context is of paramount importance. It is very hard to derive meaning from any conversation if there is not sufficient context. That is the underlying principle of…
Teaching Small Language Models to Reason | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
Chain-Of-Thought Prompting at a foundational level is so successful, that it gave rise to something some refer to as the Chain-Of-X phenomenon. Google Research explored how to generate a CoT…
Our Human Creativity Is Becoming More Uniform Due To ChatGPT | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
Our ideas, solutions and artistic expressions are becoming less original & diverse.One of the primary use-cases for ChatGPT is to use it to become more creative, or to generate new…
Doping: A Technique to Test Outlier Detectors | by W Brett Kennedy | Jul, 2024
Using well-crafted synthetic data to compare and evaluate outlier detectorsThis article continues my series on outlier detection, following articles on Counts Outlier Detector and Frequent Patterns Outlier Factor, and provides…
Evaluating The Quality Of RAG & Long-Context LLM Output | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
Salesforce propose to leverage the task of summarisation as a testbed for evaluating long-context models and RAG systems.Summarisation requires reasoning over a long context and a careful understanding of the…
Understanding and Implementing Medprompt | by Anand Subramanian | Jul, 2024
We now perform choice shuffling ensembling by shuffling the order of answer choices for each test question, creating multiple variants of the same question. The LLM is then prompted with…
LLM Disruption in Chatbot Development Frameworks | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
Large Language Models (LLMs) have introduced more human-like and contextually aware interactions, allowing developers to build sophisticated chatbots with minimal effort. This innovation reduces the need for extensive rule-based programming…
LLM Alignment: Reward-Based vs Reward-Free Methods | by Anish Dubey | Jul, 2024
Optimization methods for LLM alignmentLanguage models have demonstrated remarkable abilities in producing a wide range of compelling text based on prompts provided by users. However, defining what constitutes “good” text…
TinyStories Is A Synthetic DataSet Created With GPT-4 & Used To Train Phi-3 | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
The Small Language Model from Microsoft, called Phi-3, was trained using a novel dataset called TinyStories.Microsoft used the following recipe to create synthetic training data for the Phi-3 language model:Microsoft…
LangChain Just Launched LangGraph Cloud | by Cobus Greyling | Jul, 2024
LangGraph is a fairly recent addition to the ever expanding LangChain ecosystem. With the launch of LangGraph Cloud, a managed, hosted service is introduced for deploying and hosting LangGraph applications.The…
The History of Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification (1989 – Today) | by Avishek Biswas | Jun, 2024
A visual tour of the greatest innovations in Deep Learning and Computer Vision.Before CNNs, the standard way to train a neural network to classify images was to flatten it into…
A Crash Course of Planning for Perception Engineers in Autonomous Driving | by Patrick Langechuan Liu | Jun, 2024
The fundamentals of planning and decision-makingAlphaGo, ChatGPT and FSD (image credit Elena Popova, Karthik Sridasyam and Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash)A classical modular autonomous driving system typically consists of perception, prediction,…
Modeling the Extinction of the Catalan Language | by Pol Marin | Jun, 2024
Applying existing literature to a practical casePhoto by Brett Jordan on UnsplashCan we predict the extinction of a language? It doesn't sound easy, and it indeed shouldn’t, but it shouldn’t…
RAG Survey & Available Research Overview
RAG Survey & Available ResearchA Survey on Retrieval-Augmented Text Generation for Large Language ModelsRecap On RAGRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) combines retrieval methods with In-Context Learning (ICL) & Natural Language Generation (NLG) to overcome…
Classification Loss Functions: Intuition and Applications | by Ryan D’Cunha | Jun, 2024
A simpler way to understand derivations of loss functions for classification and when/how to apply them in PyTorchSource: GPT4o GeneratedWhether you are new to exploring neural networks or a seasoned…
FlowMind Is An Automatic Workflow Generator | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
RAG & API Retrieval, Partitioning & ExtractionFlowMind aims to solve for hallucination by providing contextual reference data at inference; analogous to RAG. The API also seeks to retrieve, partition and…
Can Conversation Designers Excel As Data Designers? | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
The Emergence Of Data Design to create highly granular, conversational & refined data for language model fine-tuning.Recent research and development have highlighted the emergence of Data Design in model training…
Combining ORPO and Representation Fine-Tuning for Efficient LLAMA3 Alignment | by Yanli Liu | Jun, 2024
Achieving Better Results and Efficiency in Language Model Fine-Tuning11 min read·10 hours agoFine-tuning is one of the most popular techniques for adapting language models to specific tasks.However, in most cases,…
I took a certification in AI. Here’s what it taught me about prompt engineering.
A software developer learns how large language models are more than just magic.Continue reading on Towards Data Science » Source link
Comprehensive Guide to Datasets and Dataloaders in PyTorch | by Ryan D’Cunha | Jun, 2024
The full guide to creating custom datasets and dataloaders for different models in PyTorchSource: GPT4o GeneratedBefore you can build a machine learning model, you need to load your data into…
Understanding the GA4 BigQuery Export Schema and Structure | by Jim Barlow | Jun, 2024
A qualitative investigation into one of the weirdest data structures ever forced upon millions of innocent, unsuspecting analystsThe data you want is definitely there somewhere, you just have to figure…
Should You Join FAANG or a Startup as a Data Scientist? | by Torsten Walbaum | Jun, 2024
Lessons from working at Uber + Meta, a growth stage company and a tiny startupImage by author (created via Midjourney)What type of company you join is an incredibly important decision.…
Phi-3 Is A Small Language Model Which Can Run On Your Phone | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
Phi-3 is a family of small language models with short & long context lengths.Choosing the right language model depends on an organisation’s specific needs, task complexity, and available resources.Small language…
3 Simple Statistical Methods for Outlier Detection | by Haden Pelletier | Jun, 2024
If it works, keep it simpleOutliers. Image by authorAs we all know, a big part of a data scientist’s job is to clean and preprocess data. A huge part of…
How to Find and Solve Valuable Generative-AI Use Cases | by Teemu Sormunen | Jun, 2024
The P&F data science team faces a challenge: They must weigh each expert opinion equally, but can’t satisfy everyone. Instead of focusing on expert subjective opinions, they decide to evaluate…
LangGraph From LangChain Explained In Simple Terms | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
LangGraph is a module built on top of LangChain to better enable creation of cyclical graphs, often needed for agent runtimes.One of the big value props of LangChain is the…
Welch’s t-Test: The Reliable Way to Compare 2 Population Means with Unequal Variances | by Vito Rihaldijiran | Jun, 2024
Discover why Welch’s t-Test is the go-to method for accurate statistical comparison, even when variances differ.Photo by Simon Maage on UnsplashPart 1: BackgroundIn the first semester of my postgrad, I…
DR-RAG: Applying Dynamic Document Relevance To Question-Answering RAG | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
This query necessitates retrieving the two most relevant documents to provide accurate answers. Static-relevant documents are relatively easy to retrieve due to their direct relevance to the query, such as…
Creating A Benchmark Taxonomy For Prompt Engineering | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
Benchmarking prompts presents challenges due to differences in their usage, level of detail, style, and purpose. A recent study tackled this issue by developing a taxonomy called TELeR (Turn, Expression,…
Model Interpretability Using Credit Card Fraud Data | by Danila Morozovskii | Jun, 2024
Why model interpretability is importantRecently, I stumbled upon an online book which describes different tools that can be used for machine learning model interpretability (https://christophm.github.io/interpretable-ml-book/). The idea that machine learning…
Using Fine-Tuning To Imbed Hidden Messages In Language Models | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
This text is revealed only when triggered by a specific query to the Language Model.This is a very exciting study and I would love to hear from readers on other…
SimplerLLM is all You Need! (For Beginners and Researchers) | by Hasan Aboul Hasan
This Will Change The Way You Interact With Language ModelsGenerated with AI🚀 The Birth of SimplerLLMHey there, I’m thrilled to introduce SimplerLLM (open-source Python library) , my latest creation that’s…
How To Get Consistent JSON From Google Gemini (With Practical Example) | by Hasan Aboul Hasan
In this post, I will show you how to generate consistent JSON responses from Google Gemini using Python.No fluff… a direct, practical solution I created, Tested, and Worked!Generated with Dalle…
Implementing Chain-of-Thought Principles in Fine-Tuning Data for RAG Systems | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
Considering that retrieved documents may not always answer the user’s question, the burden is placed on the LLM to discern if a given document contains the information to answer the…
Your Own Free Plagiarism Checkers? | by Hasan Aboul Hasan
In this post, I will show you how to detect the percentage of plagiarism in a piece of text. A direct, practical solution I created and tested!The idea is very…
Advanced Plagiarism Detector Using Python and AI [4 Methods] | by Hasan Aboul Hasan
Other than that, the code should be simple to read and understand, given all the comments I added throughout the code😅 However, in case you found something unclear and you…
Find Similar Research Papers In 1 Minute with AI and Python! | by Hasan Aboul Hasan
An obstacle most people face when writing academic research papers is finding similar papers easily. I myself faced this problem because it takes too much time to do so.So, I…
Assertions Are Like Guardrails for LLM Apps | by Cobus Greyling | Jun, 2024
DSPy Assertions are a different approach to guardrails, which asserts computational constraints on foundation models.In a previous post I gave some background on what the basic architecture of DSPy is…
Create a Free AI Chatbot on WordPress Without Any Third-Party Plugins! | by Hasan Aboul Hasan | Apr, 2024
In this post, I will show you how to create a Free AI Chatbot on a WordPress site WITHOUT using third-party services or chatbot plugins.If you follow up with me…
How To Create Autonomous AI Agents From Scratch! | by Hasan Aboul Hasan | May, 2024
Having established the ReAct System Prompt and defined the necessary functions, we can now integrate these elements to construct our AI agent.Let’s return to our main.py script to complete the…
Can Minor Document Typos Comprehensively Disrupt RAG Retriever & Reader Components? | by Cobus Greyling | May, 2024
Three key findings from the study:They point out that RAG systems are vulnerable to minor but frequent textual errors within the documents.An attack method called GARAG is proposed, based on…
DSPy & The Principle Of Assertions | by Cobus Greyling | May, 2024
The principle of Language Model (LM) Assertions is implemented into the DSPy programming framework.The objective is to make programs more steerable, reliable and accurate in guiding and placing a framework…
Comparing LLM Agents to Chains: Differences, Advantages & Disadvantages | by Cobus Greyling | May, 2024
RPA ApproachPrompt chaining can be utilised in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) implementations. In the context of RPA, prompt chaining can involve a series of prompts given to an AI model…
Using DSPy For A RAG Implementation | by Cobus Greyling | May, 2024
In this notebook, GPT-3.5 (specifically gpt-3.5-turbo) and the ColBERTv2 retriever are made use of.The ColBERTv2 retriever is hosted on a free server, housing a search index derived from Wikipedia 2017…
Controllable Agents For RAG With Human In The Loop Chat | by Cobus Greyling | May, 2024
One major hurdle for agent implementations is the issue of observability and steerability.Agents frequently employ strategies such as chain-of-thought or planning to handle user inquiries, relying on multiple interactions with…
Teaching LLMs To Say “I don’t Know” | by Cobus Greyling | May, 2024
Rather than fabricating information when presented with unfamiliar inputs, models should rather recognise untrained knowledge & express uncertainty or confine their responses within the limits of their knowledge.This study investigates…
HILL: Solving for LLM Hallucination & Slop | by Cobus Greyling | May, 2024
HILL is a prototypical User Interface which highlight hallucinations to LLM users, enabling them to assess the factual correctness of an LLM response.HILL can be described as a User Interface…
How Would The Architecture For An LLM Agent Platform Look? | by Cobus Greyling | May, 2024
The study sees stage 1 as follows:Agent Recommender will recommend an Agent Item to a user based on personal needs and preferences. Agent Item engages in a dialogue with the…
Copy This AI-Powered Automated System For Topic Research (No-Code) | by Hasan Aboul Hasan | May, 2024
Perfect, now that we understand how the system works, let’s set it up!1- Log in to Your Make AccountIf you don’t have an account, just sign up and log in.2-…
Quantization and LLMs: Condensing Models to Manageable Sizes
The Scale and Complexity of LLMs The incredible abilities of LLMs are powered by their vast neural networks which are made up of billions of parameters. These parameters are…
Google AI Introduces PaliGemma: A New Family of Vision Language Models
Google has released a new family of vision language models called PaliGemma. PaliGemma can produce text by receiving an image and a text input. The architecture of the PaliGemma (Github)…
Researchers at UC Berkeley Unveil a Novel Interpretation of the U-Net Architecture Through the Lens of Generative Hierarchical Models
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LMSYS ORG Introduces Arena-Hard: A Data Pipeline to Build High-Quality Benchmarks from Live Data in Chatbot Arena, which is a Crowd-Sourced Platform for LLM Evals
In Large language models(LLM), developers and researchers face a significant challenge in accurately measuring and comparing the capabilities of different chatbot models. A good benchmark for evaluating these models should…
The 10 stages of robots becoming our new overlords • AI Blog
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The role of international law in setting legal limits on supporting Israel in its war on Gaza – European Law Blog
4 April 2024/ By Jesse Peters Blogpost 23/2024 For six months, Israel has been waging a brutal offensive on Gaza, killing over 30.000 Palestinians, destroying more than 60% of the…
How to read Article 6(11) of the DMA and the GDPR together? – European Law Blog
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The Pursuit of the Platonic Representation: AI’s Quest for a Unified Model of Reality
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems advance, a fascinating trend has emerged: their representations of data across different architectures, training objectives, and even modalities seem to be converging. Researchers have put…
Top AI Tools for Real Estate Agents
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CMU Researchers Propose MOMENT: A Family of Open-Source Machine Learning Foundation Models for General-Purpose Time Series Analysis
Pre-training large models on time series data faces several challenges: the lack of a comprehensive public time series repository, the complexity of diverse time series characteristics, and the infancy of…
Marker: A New Python-based Library that Converts PDF to Markdown Quickly and Accurately
The need to convert PDF documents into more manageable and editable formats like markdowns is increasingly vital, especially for those dealing with academic and scientific materials. These PDFs often contain…
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Desktop App: Enhancing Productivity for Mac Users
On May 13, OpenAI held its Spring update event, at which the company announced its newest model, GPT-4o, an AI model with a GPT-4 level of intelligence. The “o” in…
MISATO: A Machine Learning Dataset of Protein-Ligand Complexes for Structure-based Drug Discovery
In the dynamic field of AI technology, a pressing challenge for the drug discovery (DD) community, especially in structural biology and computational chemistry, is the creation of innovative models finely…
How ‘Chain of Thought’ Makes Transformers Smarter
Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-3 and ChatGPT exhibit exceptional capabilities in complex reasoning tasks such as mathematical problem-solving and code generation, far surpassing standard supervised machine learning techniques. The…
Tsinghua University Researchers Propose ADELIE: Enhancing Information Extraction with Aligned Large Language Models Around Human-Centric Tasks
Information extraction (IE) is a pivotal area of artificial intelligence that transforms unstructured text into structured, actionable data. Despite their expansive capacities, traditional large language models (LLMs) often fail to…
MS MARCO Web Search: A Large-Scale Information-Rich Web Dataset Featuring Millions of Real Clicked Query-Document Labels
When it comes to web searches, the challenge is not just about finding information but finding the most relevant information quickly. Web users and researchers…
COLLAGE: A New Machine Learning Approach to Deal with Floating-Point Errors in Low-Precision to Make LLM Training Accurate and Efficient
Large language models (LLMs) have revolutionized natural language processing, enabling groundbreaking advancements in various applications such as machine translation, question-answering, and text generation. However, the training of these models poses…
The Rise of Adversarial AI in Cyberattacks
In cybersecurity, while AI technologies have significantly bolstered our defense mechanisms against cyber threats, they have also given rise to a new era of sophisticated attacks. Let’s explore the darker…
Hugging Face Introduces the Open Leaderboard for Hebrew LLMs
Hebrew is considered a low-resource language in AI. It has a sophisticated root and pattern system and is a morphologically rich language. Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes are added to words…
Top AI Presentation Generators/Tools – MarkTechPost
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to power presentation generators has changed presentation creation and delivery in the modern digital era. These technologies use AI to make creating easier, visually…
Meet ZleepAnlystNet: A Novel Deep Learning Model for Automatic Sleep Stage Scoring based on Single-Channel Raw EEG Data Using Separating Training
Sleep studies have long been vital to understanding human health, providing insights into how rest affects mental and physical well-being. Polysomnography, which is the standard for diagnosing sleep disorders, utilizes…
Nvidia Publishes A Competitive Llama3-70B Quality Assurance (QA) / Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Fine-Tune Model
In the quickly changing field of Natural Language Processing (NLP), the possibilities of human-computer interaction are being reshaped by the introduction of advanced conversational Question-Answering (QA) models. Recently, Nvidia has…
PLAN-SEQ-LEARN: A Machine Learning Method that Integrates the Long-Horizon Reasoning Capabilities of Language Models with the Dexterity of Learned Reinforcement Learning RL Policies
The robotics research field has significantly transformed by integrating large language models (LLMs). These advancements have presented an opportunity to guide robotic systems in solving complex tasks that involve intricate…
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In recent years, the demand for AI and Machine Learning has surged, making ML expertise increasingly vital for job seekers. Additionally, Python has emerged as the primary language for various…
Meet Multilogin: The Anti-Detect Browser for Web Scraping and Multi-Accounting
Facing constant frustration with slow and error-prone manual processes, many users struggle to bypass platform detections, especially when security concerns loom large over profile storage and access. Add to this…
A Novel AI Approach to Enhance Language Models: Multi-Token Prediction
Language models are incredibly powerful tools that can understand and generate human-like text by learning patterns from massive datasets. However, the traditional method of training these models, called “next-token prediction,”…
Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Laws and Frameworks
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This AI Paper from MIT and Harvard Demonstrates an AI Approach to Automated in Silico Hypothesis Generation and Testing Made Possible Through the Use of SCMs
Recent advancements in econometric modeling and hypothesis testing have witnessed a paradigm shift towards integrating machine learning techniques. While strides have been made in estimating econometric models of human behavior,…
InternVL 1.5 Advances Multimodal AI with High-Resolution and Bilingual Capabilities in Open-Source Models
Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) integrate text and visual data processing to enhance how artificial intelligence understands and interacts with the world. This area of research focuses on creating systems…
OpenVoice V2: Evolving Multilingual Voice Cloning with Enhanced Style Control and Cross-Lingual Capabilities
Instant Voice Cloning (IVC) in Text-to-Speech (TTS) synthesis, also known as Zero-shot TTS, allows TTS models to replicate the voice of any given speaker with just a short audio sample…
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This AI Paper from Google DeepMind Introduces Enhanced Learning Capabilities with Many-Shot In-Context Learning
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FlashSpeech: A Novel Speech Generation System that Significantly Reduces Computational Costs while Maintaining High-Quality Speech Output
In recent years, speech synthesis has undergone a profound transformation thanks to the emergence of large-scale generative models. This evolution has led to significant strides in zero-shot speech synthesis systems,…
SenseTime from China Launched SenseNova 5.0: Unleashing High-Speed, Low-Cost Large-Scale Modeling, Challenging GPT-4 Turbo’s Performance
Artificial intelligence continues evolving, pushing data processing and computational efficiency boundaries. A standout development in this space is the emergence of large-scale AI models that are not just expansive but…
Neural Flow Diffusion Models (NFDM): A Novel Machine Learning Framework that Enhances Diffusion Models by Supporting a Broader Range of Forward Processes Beyond the Fixed Linear Gaussian
The probabilistic machine learning class, generative models, has many uses in different domains, including the visual and performing arts, the medical industry, and even physics. To generate new samples that…
Researchers at MIT Propose ‘MAIA’: An Artificial Intelligence System that Uses Neural Network Models to Automate Neural Model Understanding Tasks
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Meet CopilotKit: An Open-Source Copilot Platform for Seamless AI Integration in Any Application
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Nota AI Researchers Introduce LD-Pruner: A Novel Performance-Preserving Structured Pruning Method for Compressing Latent Diffusion Models LDMs
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Japanese Heron-Bench: A Novel AI Benchmark for Evaluating Japanese Capabilities of Vision Language Models VLMs
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This AI Paper from Peking University and Microsoft Proposes LongEmbed to Extend NLP Context Windows
Embedding models are fundamental tools in natural language processing (NLP), providing the backbone for applications like information retrieval and retrieval-augmented generation. These models transform the text into a numerical format…
Comparative Analysis of Top 14 Vector Databases: Features, Performance, and Scalability Insights
Vector databases have become increasingly prominent, especially in applications that involve machine learning, image processing, and similarity searches. Unlike traditional databases that store data as scalar values (numbers and strings),…
Meta Launches Llama-3 Powered Meta AI Chatbot Assistant to Compete with ChatGPT
Meta has officially introduced its new AI assistant, an AI chatbot called Meta AI, powered by Meta’s latest and most capable openly available LLM, Meta Llama 3. Since the big…
This AI Paper from CMU Introduces AgentKit: A Machine Learning Framework for Building AI Agents Using Natural Language
Agent-based systems in Artificial Intelligence are ones where AI agents perform tasks autonomously within digital environments. Developing intelligent agents that can understand complex instructions and interact dynamically with their environment…
Megalodon: A Deep Learning Architecture for Efficient Sequence Modeling with Unlimited Context Length
Developing and enhancing models capable of efficiently managing extensive sequential data is paramount in modern computational fields. This necessity is particularly critical in natural language processing, where models must process…
Hugging Face Researchers Introduce Idefics2: A Powerful 8B Vision-Language Model Elevating Multimodal AI Through Advanced OCR and Native Resolution Techniques
As digital interactions become increasingly complex, the demand for sophisticated analytical tools to understand and process this diverse data intensifies. The core challenge involves integrating distinct data types, primarily images,…
Dataset Reset Policy Optimization (DR-PO): A Machine Learning Algorithm that Exploits a Generative Model’s Ability to Reset from Offline Data to Enhance RLHF from Preference-based Feedback
Reinforcement Learning (RL) continuously evolves as researchers explore methods to refine algorithms that learn from human feedback. This domain of learning algorithms deals with challenges in defining and optimizing reward…
AutoCodeRover: An Automated Artificial Intelligence AI Approach for Solving Github Issues to Autonomously Achieve Program Improvement
Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly advanced such that development processes have been further revolutionized by enabling developers to use LLM-based programming assistants for automated coding jobs. Writing code is…
Researchers at Stanford Propose a Family of Representation Finetuning (ReFT) Methods that Operates on a Frozen Base Model and Learn Task-Specific Interventions on Hidden Representations
Pretrained language models (LMs) are commonly finetuned to adapt them to new domains or tasks, a process known as finetuning. While finetuning allows for adaptation to various functions with small…
This AI Paper from SambaNova Presents a Machine Learning Method to Adapt Pretrained LLMs to New Languages
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OmniFusion: Revolutionizing AI with Multimodal Architectures for Enhanced Textual and Visual Data Integration and Superior VQA Performance
Multimodal architectures are revolutionizing the way systems process and interpret complex data. These advanced architectures facilitate simultaneous analysis of diverse data types such as text and images, broadening AI’s capabilities…
This AI Paper from Meta and MBZUAI Introduces a Principled AI Framework to Examine Highly Accurate Scaling Laws Concerning Model Size Versus Its Knowledge Storage Capacity
Research on scaling laws for LLMs explores the relationship between model size, training time, and performance. While established principles suggest optimal training resources for a given model size, recent studies…
Researchers at Apple Propose Ferret-UI: A New Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM) Tailored for Enhanced Understanding of Mobile UI Screens
Mobile applications are integral to daily life, serving myriad purposes, from entertainment to productivity. However, the complexity and diversity of mobile user interfaces (UIs) often pose challenges regarding accessibility and…
The “Zero-Shot” Mirage: How Data Scarcity Limits Multimodal AI
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Cornell University Researchers Introduce Reinforcement Learning for Consistency Models for Efficient Training and Inference in Text-to-Image Generation
Computer vision often involves complex generative models and seeks to bridge the gap between textual semantics and visual representation. It offers myriad applications, from enhancing digital art creation to aiding…
LlamaIndex vs LangChain: A Comparison of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Frameworks
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI frameworks, two prominent players have emerged: LlamaIndex and LangChain. Both offer unique approaches to enhancing the performance and functionality of large language models…
Researchers at Tsinghua University Propose SPMamba: A Novel AI Architecture Rooted in State-Space Models for Enhanced Audio Clarity in Multi-Speaker Environments
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SiloFuse: Transforming Synthetic Data Generation in Distributed Systems with Enhanced Privacy, Efficiency, and Data Utility
In an era when data is as valuable as currency, many industries face the challenge of sharing and augmenting data across various entities without breaching privacy norms. Synthetic data generation…
API Strategies for Effective Database Management and Integration
API (Application Programming Interface) strategies are pivotal in effective database management and integration. In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, where organizations operate across various databases and applications, seamlessly integrating these components…
How to Build a Plagiarism Detector Using Python [Part 1]
In this post, I will show you how to detect the percentage of plagiarism in a piece of text. A direct, practical solution I created and tested! The idea is…
Meet Plandex: An Open-Source Terminal-based AI Coding Engine for Complex Tasks
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