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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Ever felt lost when a sommelier throws out words like "Rhubarb hangs out with cherry cider and the mellowest cinnamon" to describe a wine? ‍ Well - me too!

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 …

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 …

Threat actors, also known as bad actors, are individuals or groups who deliberately engage in malicious activities such as hacking, phishing and other cyber crimes with the intent to harm systems, networks or data. These actors are driven by various motivations, including financial gain, political ideology, grievances or vendettas.

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As a child, I was captivated by the earliest animated shorts produced by Pixar. The combination of groundbreaking computer graphics and storytelling brought the characters to life. I can still vividly remember watching Luxo Jr bounce across the screen, chasing, playing and eventually puncturing a small blue …

In my role as field CTO, I sometimes speak with analysts and the media. Conversations often focus around a predetermined area of interest of set of questions. The follow text is based on my preparation for an interview with Techgoondu, Sinagpore.

Q1. What’s the Asia-Pacific AI landscape like currently …

Each day we are presented with an almost limitless supply of potentially interesting and valuable media to consume. In a fraction of the second we make the decision to consume it, delay it for later or simply ignore it. But how often do we defer reading something and never get …

The English word ethics is derived from the Greek word êthos meaning “character or moral nature”. The study of ethics or moral philosophy involves systematising, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong behaviour.

While some academics and philosophers may argue that ethics can be extended to the realm of …