Most used evaluation metrics We see that most people still care primarily about correctness (and not other guardrails like toxicity or prompt injection) https://
docs.smith.langchain.com/evaluation/eva
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Most Used Evaluation Metrics for AI Model Assessment
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Advanced Retrieval Strategies for AI Systems
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Top Advanced Retrieval Strategies We primarily see people rolling their own retrieval, speaking to need to customize retrieval for each use case. Of general strategies, we see: 1. Self Query https://
python.langchain.com/docs/modules/d
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Most Popular Vectorstores and Vector Databases 2026
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Most Used Vectorstores Dominated by local vectorstores:
1. @trychroma 2. FAISS
4. @qdrant_engine 5. DocArray Vector-native databases next most popular
3. @pinecone 6. @weaviate_io Other Databases
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Retrieval Dominates LLM Usage: 42% of Complex Traces Use Retrievers
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What are people building? We see that retrieval is emerging as a dominant trend, with 42% of complex traces involving a retriever. By comparison, only 17% involve an agent We also see that 15% of our usage comes from people NOT using LangChain
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LangChain State of AI 2023: Real Usage Data Analysis
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LangChain State of AI 2023 What are people building? Which LLMs are they using? Which vectorstores are they using? How are they testing? We turn to anonymized usage stats from LangSmith to answer these questions with real data. Blog: https://
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SAS Certification Experts Webinar: What’s New and How to Prepare
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Join #SAScertification experts Jan. 18th at 11 am ET to hear what's new, how to prep + ways to share your certification within your network. http://
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Natural Language to SQL: Enterprise AI Template Innovation
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Natural Language to SQL is a common use case for enterprises. Inspired by @hwchase17
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SAS Customer Recognition Awards: Submit Epic Software Solutions
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Accomplish something epic with SAS software, #SASusers ? Tell us about it. Submit an entry for the SAS Customer Recognition Awards. First-place winners get a trip to #SASInnovate*, a trophy + swag. *Read the official contest rules & submit your entry http://
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Mastering Customer Segmentation with Large Language Models
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AI Dataset Contains Over 1000 Child Abuse Images
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Oh boy. Large AI Dataset Has Over 1,000 Child Abuse Images, Researchers Find