In the latest episode of Practically Intelligent, Sinan Ozdemir and Akshay Bhushan chatted with Adam Azzam, PhD, AI Product Lead at Prefect, about the challenges of merging traditional software engineering with AI engineering. We go over why integrating LLMs present such a challenge to many developers, and how Marvin AI, a new open-source tool, can help. We also talk about the concept of Ambient AI and how we can fuse AI into the existing developer lifecycle.
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Practically Intelligent EP4: Evaluating Large Language Models with Nathan Lambert
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In this episode, Nathan Lambert shares valuable insights from his experience as a Research Scientist at HuggingFace 🤗. We dive deep into the nuances of evaluating large language models (LLMs) and the role of the HuggingFace’s Open LLM Leaderboard.
Read more8 VCs explain why there’s good reason to be optimistic about cybersecurity
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TechCrunch checked in with investors in cybersecurity to hear their thoughts on the potential impact of large language models and generative AI as well as the funding landscape in the cybersecurity space.
Read more15 investors lift the lid on the biggest surprises of H1 2023
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TechCrunch asked 15 investors what they found to be the most unexpected trends of the year so far, including Tola Capital Managing Director, Sheila Gulati.
Read more15 investors talk about their investment cadence in H1 2023
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As part of ongoing coverage of VC performance in the first half of 2023, TechCrunch surveyed 15 investors about their investment cadence and their plans for the second half of the year, including Tola Capital Managing Director, Sheila Gulati.
Read moreTake a Generative AI Sabbatical Now
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Now is the time for founders and entrepreneurs to lead their organization’s adoption of generative AI and LLMs like GPT-4. Because this development is happening so rapidly, companies must match that same agility and speed while innovating to stay competitive. That’s why you need to take a generative AI sabbatical. This defined reset will force you to radically rethink what’s possible once generative AI becomes mainstream.
Read moreInvesting in zero trust networking platform for the cloud era
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Tola Capital leads investment in Lumeus.ai’s $6M seed round. Lumeus.ai simplifies cloud networking for security and infrastructure teams through visibility-first zero trust networking, providing security and AI-based monitoring without relying on agents.
Read moreProprietary vs. Open Source Foundation Models
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This post will discuss a framework that can help guide you through the decision process by comparing the tradeoffs between proprietary vs. open-source foundation models along five key dimensions: cost structure, time-to-market, latency, flexibility and transparency, and security and governance.
Read morePractically Intelligent EP3: Vector Databases
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Learn about all the hype behind vector databases and the future of how developers will work with embeddings. Also hear how to compare different vector database options available on the market today.
Read moreSimpplr raises $70M for its AI-powered intranet platform
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Simpplr this morning announced it raised $70 million in a funding round led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Norwest Ventures, Tola Capital and Salesforce Ventures.
Read moreHow ChatGPT is Roiling 13 Software Companies
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The technology behind ChatGPT threatens companies that have spent years crafting software to automate tasks or to build machine-learning models, including richly valued startups such as Databricks, Snyk, Zapier and Talkdesk.
Read moreAlgorithms auditing algorithms: GPT-4 a reminder that responsible AI is moving beyond human scale
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With the increasing influence of AI systems, it’s crucial to ensure that these technologies are developed and implemented responsibly.
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