Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) combines the strengths of Large Language Models (LLMs) with retrieval mechanisms. The term was first introduced by Meta AI researchers in a 2020 paper titled Retrieval Augmented Generation for Knowledge-Intensive NLP Tasks. However, it wasn't until early 2023 that it started to gain interest within Enterprise …

The team at OpenAI has been celebrating the holiday season with a playful take on the 12 Days of Christmas. So far, we've seen updates showcasing how GPT Pro is solving multimodal challenges and announcements like the rollout of SORA, but one update that stood out to me was the …

Back in 2000, Honda unveiled ASIMO, a humanoid robot that felt like it had stepped straight out of science fiction. ASIMO could run, climb stairs, serve drinks, and interact with humans—an incredible achievement from Honda's research into robotics, which began in the mid-1980s.

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Ever wondered how well Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) can perform with a classic like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? I recently used the RAG Assessment (ragas) Python module to automatically create a set of Q&A and then performance benchmark different configurations. Some of the results were surprising.

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At the end of last week I was on a quest to bridge the gap between flowery descriptions and actual grape varieties! Inspired …

While text-to-image and text-to-text take most of the Generative AI headlines, the field of text-to-speech (TTS) continues to make steady progress. Recently, I explored the capabilities of Tortoise-TTS, an open-source framework for building high-fidelity TTS systems.

I've captured my research and experimentation in a Jupyter notebook. You can find it …

🔥 Meta's latest release, Llama 3, has delivered an impressive set of Large Language Model (LLM) benchmarks. While the 8B and 70B parameter models show impressive results against closed-source and open-source models such as Claude, Gemini and Mistral, it's interesting to compare improvements of …

I recently read the exceptional book, Hidden Potential by Adam Grant. It's choc-full of insights backed up by world class research. I captured my key takeaways around education.

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A few months ago I wrote a long-form post on the potential impact of AI on how we communicate. One of the themes I explored was how AI can increase the speed and efficiency of video transmission by modelling the underlying systems using neural networks, assisting in frame interpolation and …

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