Ever wish you could give those annoying scammers a taste of their own medicine? O2 has found a brilliant way to do just that! Their AI chatbot, "DAIsy," poses as a sweet but slightly confused old lady, politely but effectively wasting scammers' time. It's a clever and entertaining approach to …

I had been curious about the benefits of e-ink tablets since the release of the Remarkable v1. I wondered whether its lightweight design and supposedly paper-like writing experience would allow me to replace my paper notebooks and complement my digital note-taking system. When Boox released the Go 10.3, I …

How do you currently use LLMs for learning? If you mainly rely on them for quick answers, you're only scratching the surface of their potential.

LLMs can be powerful tools for testing and deepening your understanding of any subject. Instead of just asking for answers, try engaging an LLM in …

Ollama vs. vLLM: A Power-user's Perspective on LLM Serving

For the past 18 months, Ollama has been my go-to tool for running Large Language Models (LLMs). Its reliability and minimalist design, focusing on user experience, are truly commendable. Installation, configuration and model management are incredibly straightforward. However, the rise of …

Phishing is becoming more sophisticated with advances in generative AI. A capable attacker with enough of your personal data can do significant harm. This makes data security and privacy more important than ever. Fortunately, AI is also part of the solution, helping to detect and defend against these threats.

In December, OpenAI released an update for ChatGPT, supporting project folders, allowing users to group together chats and files. For many, it was a small but important update that helped them better organise their resources and conversations. However, for a small number of developers who had built symbiotic, complementary software …

There is no doubt that generative AI is having an increasingly significant impact on the creative process. From writing to art, music and video, generative AI helps creatives do more in less time. But is there a point at which outsourcing the creative process becomes detrimental to future creativity and …

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 …