My Top Picks: 5 Free NLP Courses I’d Recommend for 2025
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JANUARY 16, 2025
Want to become an NLP pro by 2025? Check out these top free courses and learn from experts whove shaped the future of language models.
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Why Small Language Models Make Business Sense
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JANUARY 16, 2025
Author(s): Paul Ferguson, Ph.D. Originally published on Towards AI. Image generated by Gemini AI Small Language Models are changing the way businesses implement AI by providing solutions that operate efficiently using standard hardware. Despite the attention given to massive AI models, these compact alternatives demonstrate that in the real world, smaller often means smarter, faster, and more cost-effective.
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Author(s): Aditya Baser Originally published on Towards AI. 1. Introduction 1.1. What is chunking, and why do we need it? The intuition behind chunking and how it helps in the retrieval of information Imagine you are searching for a specific piece of information in a vast library. If the books are arranged haphazardly some with irrelevant sections bound together and others with critical pages scattered across volumes youd spend a frustrating amount of time flipping through unrelated content.
What’s New in Apache Airflow® 3.0—And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?
Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate
Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.
GitHub Linux ARM64 hosted runners now available for free in public repositories
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Linux arm64 hosted runners now available for free in public repositories (Public Preview)
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Rapid development and deployment of powerful generative AI models comes with environmental consequences, including increased electricity demand and
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