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April 23, 2024AI Education
Blog: image 1 Strategic Data Filtering for Enhanced RAG System Accuracy and Compliance
Large language models are skilled at generating human-like content, but they’re only as valuable as the data they pull from. If your knowledge source contains duplicate, inaccurate, irrelevant, or biased information, the LLM will never behave optimally. In fact, poor data quality is so inhibiting...

By Vish Khanna

April 19, 2024AI Education
Blog: image 2 Confronting AI Hallucinations Head-on: A Blueprint for Business Leaders
AI hallucinations refer to instances where AI systems, particularly language models, generate outputs that are inconsistent, nonsensical, or even entirely fabricated. This issue is especially prevalent in AI systems that rely on external data sources, such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)...

By Oksana Zdrok

April 19, 2024AI Education
Blog: image 3 Shield Your RAG System from these 4 Unstructured Data Risks
While large language models excel in mimicking human-like content generation, they also pose risks of producing confusing or erroneous responses, often stemming from poor data quality.  Poor data quality is the primary hurdle for companies embarking on generative AI projects, according to...

By Oksana Zdrok

April 19, 2024AI Education
Midjourney depiction of data enrichment. Man sitting at the laptop and working with graphics. These Data Enrichment Strategies Will Optimize Your RAG Performance
Large language models have an impressive ability to generate human-like content, but they also run the risk of generating confusing or inaccurate responses. In some cases, LLM responses can be harmful, biased, or even nonsensical. The cause? Poor data quality.  According to a poll of IT leaders by...

By Oksana Zdrok

April 17, 2024News/Events
Midjourney depiction of lama playing basketball Meta Breaks Silence, March RAGness, Cloudless Skies at Cloud Next …
The AI Weekly Breakthrough | Issue 6 | April 17, 2024 Welcome to The AI Weekly Breakthrough, a roundup of the news, technologies, and companies changing the way we work and live. Meta Breaks Silence, Announces Llama 3 Meta, relatively quiet as of late, breaks its silence this week to make two...

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April 10, 2024AI Education
Midjourney depiction of reinforcement learning from human feedback. A person working at the desk in a futuristic room. RLHF Makes AI More Human: Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback Explained
Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) is a cutting-edge approach in artificial intelligence (AI) that blends human intelligence with machine learning to teach computers how to perform complex tasks. This method is particularly exciting because it represents a shift from traditional...

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April 10, 2024AI Education
Midjourney depiction of predictive analytics How to Use AI for Predictive Analytics and Smarter Decision Making
AI for predictive analytics represents a cutting-edge approach to forecasting future trends and making data-driven decisions with precision. By integrating AI, you can uncover deep insights, identify emerging opportunities, and mitigate potential risks in real-time. In this article, you’ll...

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April 10, 2024AI Education
Midjourney depiction of ETL Practical ETL Strategies to Refine AI Models and Decision Making
Extract, Transform, and Load, or ETL, is a crucial data management process, especially in the AI and machine learning space. It’s like a data-moving team that takes information from various sources, cleans it up, and organizes it neatly in one place. This process is vital for businesses and...

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April 9, 2024News/Events
The AI Weekly Breakthrough Newsletter Edition #5 - April 9, 2024. Midjourney depiction of a robot in chains. Many-Shot Jailbreaking, More AI Agents, Contemplating Paid Search …
The AI Weekly Breakthrough | Issue 5 | April 9, 2024 Welcome to The AI Weekly Breakthrough, a roundup of the news, technologies, and companies changing the way we work and live. More Agents Is All You Need A study using a simple sampling-and-voting method showed that LLM performance scales with...

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April 5, 2024AI Education
Midjourney depiction of a robot on the desk in the office Building Smarter AI with Data Augmentation
Data augmentation is a pivotal technique in the realm of Natural Language Processing (NLP). It’s used to expand and diversify training datasets, thereby enhancing the performance and robustness of AI models. This technique is crucial for AI practitioners, data scientists, and technologists who aim...

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April 4, 2024AI Education
Midjourney depiction of futuristic office space Masterclass in AI: Leveraging Foundation Models for Success
Foundation models are a cornerstone in how we approach, develop, and implement AI technologies. These models, with their ability to learn from vast datasets and adapt to a multitude of tasks, represent a significant leap in AI’s evolution. Whether you’re an IT professional looking to deepen...

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April 3, 2024AI Education
Midjourney depiction of NLP ambiguity Decipher Ambiguity in NLPs for Sharper AI Intelligence
Navigating the multifaceted nature of human language is a unique challenge for machines. Ambiguous words, phrases, sentences, and contexts make language models struggle to understand and interpret human language with nuance and precision. Addressing ambiguity, therefore, is crucial for modern...

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