Weeknotes: Llama 3, AI for Data Journalism, llm-evals and datasette-secrets
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The Three Essential Elements of High-Quality Datasets
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The 3 key elements of a good dataset: 1. quality
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Data contamination detection script for training datasets
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Just provide a script that will produce a number from 0 to 1 to be run on your training data on how contaminated it is. Everyone runs it and reports it as the first column of results.
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Wayfair Improves Model Accuracy Using Programmatic Data Development
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Wayfair improved model accuracy by 20+ points – want to learn how? Join to see how Wayfair and Snorkel used programmatic data development and foundation models to deliver a production model which helps customers search 40 million products. https://
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Training costs for 8B parameter models relatively affordable
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Couple hundred. Pretty cheap b/c only 16K on 8B
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Explainable AI: Challenges Across Telecommunications and Research
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Looking to gain a deeper understanding of Explainable AI? Experts from Eckerson Group, Orange and Georgia Tech dive into the challenges of AI explainability from telecommunications networks to academic research. https://
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LangSmith Webhooks with Modal for Custom Automation
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LangSmith Webhooks w/ Modal LangSmith automations help you build a data flywheel by taking actions on data. By default you can move data to datasets or annotation queue With @modal_labs you can set up a webhook to perform arbitrary actions https://
docs.smith.langchain.com/monitoring/faq
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AI Agents Vertical Growing Fast with Dynamic RAG Support
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Our AI Agents vertical is our fastest-growing vertical. It can help you crank out multiple bots to perform different tasks of varying complexity. Some of our customers even want to make 700+ agents! You will need support for:
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Data Congruency Critical for Fine-Tuning LLMs in Products
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When fine-tuning LLMs for products, data congruency is so important.
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Context Window Limitations Challenge RAG Implementation at Scale
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Even 100,000 tokens (or a million tokens) isn't enough for most of the things I'd want to use RAG for – I tried my blog's full archive with Gemini Pro 1.5 and it didn't fit into their million token window