insideBIGDATA
JUNE 3, 2024
Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
KDnuggets
JUNE 7, 2024
Learn about the most popular machine learning models, understand how they work, and discover the best free courses to master them.
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databricks
JUNE 3, 2024
We are excited to announce that we have agreed to acquire Tabular, Inc, a data management company founded by Ryan Blue, Daniel Weeks.
Analytics Vidhya
JUNE 2, 2024
Introduction In the previous article, we experimented with Cohere’s Command-R model and Rerank model to generate responses and rerank doc sources. We have implemented a simple RAG pipeline using them to generate responses to user’s questions on ingested documents. However, what we have implemented is very simple and unsuitable for the general user, as it […] The post Building RAG Application using Cohere Command-R and Rerank – Part 2 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.
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.
insideBIGDATA
JUNE 1, 2024
A purpose-built medical LLM developed by Jivi, an Indian startup co-founded by former BharatPe Chief Product Officer Ankur Jain, has claimed the number one slot on the Open Medical LLM Leaderboard.
KDnuggets
JUNE 6, 2024
In this article, you will be impacted by the knowledge you need to start building LLM apps with Python programming language.
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Machine Learning Mastery
JUNE 3, 2024
If you’re reading this article, I assume you already know what machine learning is. But just for a quick refresher, it’s simply making computers smart enough to do jobs that humans used to do, for example, taking attendance using facial recognition. Anyway, moving on to our main discussion, I know there are a lot of […] The post 5 Free Machine Learning Courses from Top Universities appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.
Analytics Vidhya
JUNE 3, 2024
Introduction In SQL and database management, efficiently querying and retrieving data is paramount. Among the various tools and functions available, the CONTAINS function stands out for its capability to perform full-text searches within text columns. Unlike basic string functions, CONTAINS enables complex queries and patterns, making it a powerful asset for developers and database administrators. […] The post What is CONTAINS in SQL?
KDnuggets
JUNE 5, 2024
Track your file system for changes, such as additions, deletions, movements, or modifications, using Python's WatchDog.
databricks
JUNE 4, 2024
Over the last year, we’ve been listening to feedback and iterating on new ideas with a single goal: to build the best data-focused.
Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage
There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.
Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes
JUNE 5, 2024
Tricentis is a specialist in continuous testing & quality engineering, the company has expanded its developer assistant platform with a new Tricentis Tosca Copilot tool.
Analytics Vidhya
JUNE 1, 2024
Introduction LlamaIndex is a popular framework for building LLM applications. To build a robust application, we need to know how to count the embedding tokens before making them, ensure there are no duplicates in the vector store, get source data for the generated response, and many other things. This article will review the steps to […] The post How to Build a Resilient Application Using LlamaIndex?
KDnuggets
JUNE 4, 2024
An evergreen approach to learning any new technology breakthroughs
databricks
JUNE 2, 2024
We are excited to announce a new data type called variant for semi-structured data. Variant provides an order of magnitude performance improvements compared.
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
Machine Learning Mastery
JUNE 6, 2024
A loss function in machine learning is a mathematical formula that calculates the difference between the predicted output and the actual output of the model. The loss function is then used to slightly change the model weights and then check whether it has improved the model’s performance. The goal of machine learning algorithms is to […] The post 5 Useful Loss Functions appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.
Analytics Vidhya
JUNE 5, 2024
Introduction Imagine you’re building a house. You need various tools and materials, right? Python programming works similarly. You’ll often need additional tools beyond the ones with Python by default. These tools come in the form of packages. This is where pip comes in. pip acts as your friendly neighborhood hardware store for Python. It helps […] The post Tutorial for Package Management Using pip Python appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.
KDnuggets
JUNE 4, 2024
Master the Fundamentals of Predictive Modeling with Python: An In-Depth Guide to Machine Learning Algorithms and Sci-kit Learn Implementation.
databricks
JUNE 6, 2024
This blog is authored by Bhaskar Palit , Senior Director, Data & Analytics, PepsiCo, and Sudipta Das , Data Architect Senior Manager, PepsiCo.
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
insideBIGDATA
JUNE 4, 2024
Modern data pipeline platform provider Matillion today announced at Snowflake Data Cloud Summit 2024 that it is bringing no-code Generative AI (GenAI) to Snowflake users with new GenAI capabilities and integrations with Snowflake Cortex AI, Snowflake ML Functions, and support for Snowpark Container Services.
Analytics Vidhya
JUNE 6, 2024
Introduction Large Language Models are known for their text-generation capabilities. They are trained with millions of tokens during the pre-training period. This will help the large language models understand English text and generate meaningful full tokens during the generation period. One of the other common tasks in Natural Language Processing is the Sequence Classification Task. […] The post How to Finetune Llama 3 for Sequence Classification?
KDnuggets
JUNE 6, 2024
Popular tools for versioning, CI/CD, testing, automation, containerization, workflow orchestration, cloud, IT management, and monitoring.
databricks
JUNE 7, 2024
In June 2023, we launched Databricks Marketplace as an open marketplace for all your data, analytics, and AI needs, powered by the open.
Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring
Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?
Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes
JUNE 7, 2024
We don’t need to think about “replacing” coders with AI, we should be thinking about how AI is going to augment, support and extend developers’ capabilities.
Analytics Vidhya
JUNE 4, 2024
Introduction IP address geolocation has become an increasingly useful capability in today’s connected world. This guide will walk through how to track an IP address’s geographic location using Python. We’ll provide code examples that leverage Python libraries to fetch location data like city, region and coordinates for a given IP address.
KDnuggets
JUNE 3, 2024
Context managers in Python help you manage resources efficiently. Learn how to write your own custom context managers.
databricks
JUNE 5, 2024
BigQuery, now with first-party support for Delta Lake, grows Delta Lake’s vibrant connector ecosystem and simplifies its integration with Databricks.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes
JUNE 4, 2024
In SAP terms, AI is for business challenges, business problems and business conundrums that need not just solutions, but workable functional resolutions.
Analytics Vidhya
JUNE 3, 2024
Introduction Building and optimizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines has been a rewarding experience. Combining retrieval mechanisms with language models to create contextually aware responses is fascinating. Over the past few months, I’ve fine-tuned my RAG pipeline and learned that effective evaluation and continuous improvement are crucial.
KDnuggets
JUNE 4, 2024
This tutorial covers five simple yet effective practices for writing better and maintainable Python functions.
databricks
JUNE 6, 2024
This is a collaborative post from Databricks and Microsoft. We thank Mohini Verma , Senior Product Marketing Manager, for her contributions. Data +.
Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate
In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!
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