Announcing ODSC’s Ai X Podcast, Starting With RAG for LLM-Powered Apps, and RAG vs Finetuning
Your Guide to Starting With RAG for LLM-Powered Applications
In this post, we take a closer look at how RAG has emerged as the ideal starting point when it comes to designing enterprise LLM-powered applications.
RAG vs Finetuning — Which Is the Best Tool to Boost Your LLM Application?
Dive deep into the nuances that differentiate RAG and finetuning across various dimensions that are crucial in determining the optimal technique for a specific task.
Conditional Probability and Bayes’ Theorem Simply Explained
Here, we will cover the two core ideas in Bayesian statistics: conditional probability and Bayes’ theorem.
Evaluating Clustering in Machine Learning
In this article, we’ll examine two renowned clustering evaluation methods: the Silhouette score and Density-Based Clustering Validation (DBCV). We’ll dive into their strengths, limitations, and ideal scenarios of use.
We now have a podcast! Listen to the first three episodes of ODSC’s Ai X Podcast here:
Industry, Opinion, Career Advice
All of the Microsoft and ODSC Partnership Offerings
Here’s a rundown of all collaborative efforts between Microsoft and ODSC, including webinars, blogs, conference talks, and more.
7 Data Science & AI Trends That Will Define 2024
2023 was a huge year for artificial intelligence, and 2024 will be even bigger. Here are 7 AI trends that we think will define the landscape over the next year.
6 Remote AI Jobs to Look for in 2024
Working remotely is the new norm, and here are six high-paying remote AI jobs to look out for in 2024.
Data Science & AI News
ODSC’s AI Weekly Recap: Week of December 15th
In the December 15th version of the AI Weekly Recap, we explore EU’s new rules for AI, the Sports Illustrated AI article controversy, and more.
Researchers from Google Research and UC San Diego have introduced PixelLLM, a sophisticated vision-language model.
Give the gift of new, job-ready skills with hands-on instruction at ODSC East 2023. Learn from leading experts in LLMs, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Machine Learning, and more. Grab your tickets for 70% off by Friday! Register here!
ODSC Highlights
Announcing the ODSC East 2024 Pre-Bootcamp Primer Courses
We are kicking off 2024 in style with our ODSC East Pre-Bootcamp primer courses! This year we have 3 new courses: Top AI Skills for 2024, Introduction to Machine Learning, and Introduction to Large Language Models and Prompt Engineering.
Announcing the 2024 Data Engineering & Ai X Innovation Summits
We’re happy to announce two more in-person events that will be collocated alongside ODSC East in April: The Data Engineering and Ai X Innovation Summits!
ODSC volunteers are an integral part of the success of each ODSC conference and a perfect extension of our core team and ambassadors to our community!
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Video of the Week: Finetuning, Serving, and Evaluating LLMs in the Wild
In this talk, Finetuning, Serving, and Evaluating LLMs in the Wild, Dr. Hao Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher at the Sky Lab at UC Berkeley, shares his hands-on experience with serving and evaluating over 20 LLM-based Chatbots, including Vicuna, within the innovative Chatbot Arena.
Upcoming Webinars:
Lightning Interview “How to Ace the Data Science Job Interview in 2024”
Fri, Jan 12, 2024 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM EST
The fields of data science and artificial intelligence are dynamic ones, with needs changing constantly. With that comes the need for more experienced professionals to fill in roles for companies looking to make use of their data, set up automation, or explore AI. In this interview, we’ll speak with Nick Singh, Author of “Ace the Data Science Interview,” about what people can do in 2024 to stand out in a competitive job market and how to ace the interview aspect.
