Issue 39 13th February 2024

Highlights

3 big AI trends to watch in 2024

AI is expected to become more accessible, nuanced and integrated in technologies that help people. Here are three AI trends to watch in 2024.

Is Generative AI Overshadowing The Proven Workhorses Of Modern Tech?

The rise of generative AI has indeed shifted the technological focus, overshadowing some of the core technologies that have been instrumental in our digital progress.

AutoGen isn’t Practical for Real-world Applications, Yet

Why AutoGen is Impractical with the Current Generation of LLMs

OpenAI forms a new team to study child safety

Under scrutiny from activists — and parents — OpenAI has formed a new team to study ways to prevent its AI tools from being misused or abused by kids. In a new job listing on its career page, OpenAI reveals the existence of a Child Safety team, which the company says is working with platform...

Video

Build your own copilot with Azure AI Studio

Dive into Azure AI Studio to learn how your customers can build generative AI applications such as an enterprise chat copilot. We'll share how to use prebuilt and customizable models from Azure OpenAI Service, leverage the playground for Retrieval Augmentation Generation, streamline the development cycle with prompt flow, evaluate model responses and AI apps for quality and safety, and scale Proof of Concepts (PoCs) for use in websites, applications, and other production environments. Join us for a journey of innovation!

Transform RAG and Search with Azure AI Document Intelligence

Embark on an enlightening journey with us into the world of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) - a transformative force in Document Generative AI. Imagine ...

Articles

AI Controller Interface: Generative AI with a lightweight, LLM-integrated VM

The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has revolutionized the way people create text and interact with computing. However, these models are limited in ensuring the accuracy of the content they generate and enforcing strict compliance with specific formats, such as JSON and other computer programming languages. Additionally, LLMs that process information from multiple sources […]

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Pandas for Data Engineers

Advanced techniques to process and load data efficiently Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

What’s New in PyTorch Documentation

Greetings to the PyTorch community! Here is a quick update on PyTorch docs.

ChromaDB: An Open-source vector database

Chroma is a Vector Store / Vector DB by the company Chroma. Chroma DB like many other Vector Stores out there, is for storing and…

Deep Dive into Advanced RAG Applications in LLM Based Systems

Exploring Sentence Window Retrieval and Seamless Auto Merging Retrieval.

Google saves your conversations with Gemini for years by default

Don’t type anything into Gemini, Google’s family of GenAI apps, that’s incriminating — or that you wouldn’t want someone else to see. That’s the PSA (of sorts) today from Google, which in a new support document outlines the ways in which it collects data from users of its Gemini chatbot apps for the web, Android […]

Microsoft brings new design-focused features to Copilot

Copilot, Microsoft’s family of AI-powered chatbots and assistants, is getting a few new upgrades timed with a flashy Superbowl LVIII ad campaign. In a post on the official Microsoft blog, Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s chief marketing officer, outlined what users can expect. “Today marks exactly one year since our entry into AI-powered experiences for people with […]

Building an early warning system for LLM-aided biological threat creation

We’re developing a blueprint for evaluating the risk that a large language model (LLM) could aid someone in creating a biological threat. In an evaluation involving both biology experts and students, we found that GPT-4 provides at most a mild uplift in biological threat creation accuracy. While this uplift is not large enough to be conclusive, our finding is a starting point for continued research and community deliberation.

Amazon made an AI bot to talk you through buying more stuff on Amazon

The new chatbot is trained on Amazon’s product library and customer reviews, as well as information from the web, allowing it to answer questions about products, make comparisons, provide suggestions, and more. Amazon started answering questions with its AI chatbot earlier this month as it began appearing on product pages for some users.

Upcoming events

Global AI Bootcamp 2024

The Global AI Bootcamp is an annual event that occurs worldwide, where developers and AI enthusiasts can learn about AI through workshops, sessions, and discussions. Local chapters of the Global AI Community host the events in various locations across the globe. This year, the bootcamp will take place in the full month of March 2024.