How to avoid common mistakes when adopting AI
Cisco Wireless
AUGUST 22, 2024
Adopting AI requires a measured approach. Gartner outlines 5 phases to avoid major pitfalls and maximize chances of successful AI implementation.
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Long Context RAG Performance of LLMs
databricks
AUGUST 12, 2024
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is the most widely adopted generative AI use case among our customers. RAG enhances the accuracy of LLMs by.
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can't ping IPv6 local link
Network Engineering
AUGUST 27, 2024
I am new to IPv6 world. I feel like I should be able to do this but I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I have a GNS3 server deployed in Digtal Ocean. I have deployed a Mikrotik and connected it to the eth0 port on the cloud interface. On GNS3 server, when I run IP address show, I get a bunch of results. For security purposes I will redact any public IP and just show the link local address of my eth0 interface eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether da:b7:8d:c8
Feeling like a Puppet
SubnetZero
AUGUST 23, 2024
Starting a new job is always a challenge. It’s one thing to do an internal transfer within a company, like I did when moving from Technical Marketing Engineer to Product Management. I even stayed in the same team. But moving to a new company and new role is overwhelming and risky.
How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Understanding licenseDetails GraphAPI
Faris Malaeb
AUGUST 18, 2024
Playing with GraphAPI is fun, as it gives a straightforward way to read data and integrate user information with any application. In this post, I will explain the licenseDetails endpoint and how to use it. Prerequisites Using Microsoft Graph Explorer is the easiest way to test these endpoints. Working with licenseDetailsEndpoint I use Microsoft Graph.
Article: WebAssembly the Safer Alternative to Integrating Native Code in Java
InfoQ Articles
AUGUST 14, 2024
Developers typically choose between porting the code or dynamic linking to run native code on the JVM. This article examines these approaches, using SQLite as an example, and introduces a third option: Chicory Wasm runtime. This alternative combines the advantages of traditional methods while addressing their limitations, potentially offering a more secure solution to integrate native code.
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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach
Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.
A RoCE network for distributed AI training at scale
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Harnessing the Power of AI to Improve Operations
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Announcing General Availability of Lakehouse Federation
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I have a problem, that I cannot bring together working PAT and Port forwarding on a Cisco router. Here is my topology: Explanation to topology: Start connection sourced by 192.168.1.1 with destination port 1234 and destination ip address 192.168.1.2 on f1/0. Then router forwards connection to destination ip address 192.168.2.2 and destination port 5678 out of f0/0.
Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days
Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production
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