#59: The Agentic AI Era, Smolagents, and a βGatekeeperβ Agent Prototype
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts! As you already know, we recently launched our 8-hour Generative AI Primer course, a programming language-agnostic 1-day LLM Bootcamp designed for developers like you. We also have a …
Our NEW 8-Hour AI Crash Course for Developers!
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts! Iβm sharing a special issue this week to talk about our newest offering, the 8-hour Generative AI Primer course, a programming language-agnostic 1-day LLM Bootcamp designed for developers …
TAI #136: DeepSeek-R1 Challenges OpenAI-o1 With ~30x Cheaper Open-Source Reasoning Model
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie This week, the LLM race was blown wide open with Deepseekβs open-source release of R1. Performance is close to o1 in most benchmarks. Built …
#TAI 135: Introducing the 8-Hour Generative AI Primer
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. 95% of developers we meet are only scratching the surface of what LLMs can do. When working with LLMs, you are CONSTANTLY making decisions such as open-source vs. closed-source, how to fit …
Why Most Developers Miss the True Potential of LLMs
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. The 8-Hour Generative AI Primer shows you how to ask the right questions, avoid common mistakes, and build AI prototypes in one day Building LLM-powered applications and workflows lends itself to βmodularβ …
#58 Can We Use One Big Model To Train Smaller Models?
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts! This week, we explore LLM optimization techniques that can make building LLMs from scratch more accessible with limited resources. We also discuss building agents, image analysis, large concept …
TAI 134: The US Reveals Its New Regulations for the Diffusion of Advanced AI
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie The Biden administrationβs βFramework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusionβ has been unveiled, setting out sweeping rules for managing how advanced AI technologies are exported and …
#57 Are LLMs Really the Magical Fix for All Your Problems?
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts! When we launched our βBeginner to Advanced LLM Developer Course,β many of you asked if you were late to the AI Wagon. Well, I feel the LLM revolution …
TAI #132: Deepseek v3β10x+ Improvement in Both Training and Inference Cost for Frontier LLMs
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie While last week was about closed AI and huge inference cost escalation with o3, this week, we got a Christmas surprise from China with …
#56 Letβs Start the Year With LLM Fundamentals and Emerging Trends!
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts! We are starting the new year strong with discussions on LLM basics like transformers and neural networks and emerging techniques such as fine-tuning, agents, and RAG. You can …
#54 Things are never boring with RAG! Vector Store, Vector Search, Knowledge Base, and more!
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. This week, we dive into our beloved RAG, but all new things. This weekβs resources focus a lot on how to make RAG work for you and what you need for it. …
#55 Want To Create a Standout Portfolio Project With the Latest Models?
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good Morning, AI Enthusiasts! This week, weβve got a lineup of hands-on tutorials perfect for enhancing your portfolio projects. If you havenβt already checked it out, weβve also launched an extremely in-depth …
TAI 131: OpenAIβs o3 Passes Human Experts; LLMs Accelerating With Inference Compute Scaling
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie OpenAI wrapped up its β12 Days of OpenAIβ campaign and saved the best till last with the reveal of its o3 and o3-mini reasoning …
TAI 130: DeepMind Responds to OpenAI With Gemini Flash 2.0 and Veo 2
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie AI model releases remained very busy in the run-up to Christmas, with DeepMind taking center stage this week with a very strong Gemini Flash …
#53 How Neural Networks Learn More Features Than Dimensions
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts! This issue is resource-heavy but quite fun, with real-world AI concepts, tutorials, and some LLM essentials. We are diving into Mechanistic interpretability, an emerging area of research in …