From Code-Weavers to System Architects: The Rise of the Service Guardian
Author(s): UM Originally published on Towards AI. As software architects and service owners, we often obsess over the “Day 1” of our services: the design, the tech stack, the clean code. But the reality of engineering is that 90% of a service’s …
From Chaos to Intelligence: How AI Training Actually Works
Author(s): TANVEER MUSTAFA Originally published on Towards AI. From Chaos to Intelligence: How AI Training Actually Works Understanding the fundamental mechanics of training large language models from scratch Image generated by Author using AIThis article discusses the intricate process of training large …
The Agentic AI Adoption Paradox: Why 40% Penetration Doesn’t Mean 40% Success
Author(s): Wahidur Rahman Originally published on Towards AI. The shift from AI assistants to autonomous agents represents the most significant evolution in enterprise software since cloud adoption. But the gap between ambition and execution reveals a critical truth about what actually drives …
Building LLMs from Scratch: 7 Essential Types & Complete Implementation Guide
Author(s): TANVEER MUSTAFA Originally published on Towards AI. Building LLMs from Scratch: 7 Essential Types & Complete Implementation Guide Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized artificial intelligence, powering applications from chatbots to code generation. Building an LLM from scratch is a complex …
The AI Regulation War Has Begun. Here’s the First Target.
Author(s): MohamedAbdelmenem Originally published on Towards AI. New state laws are creating a compliance nightmare. A federal showdown is imminent. Build a “regulation-agnostic” strategy that protects your business no matter who wins. As state AI laws take effect, a federal task force …
7 Essential Types of LLM Benchmarking Every AI Developer Must Know
Author(s): TANVEER MUSTAFA Originally published on Towards AI. 7 Essential Types of LLM Benchmarking Every AI Developer Must Know In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs) have become the backbone of countless applications — from chatbots to …
How a Conviction for Stealing AI Secrets Failed to Fix the Real Problem
Author(s): MohamedAbdelmenem Originally published on Towards AI. For engineers and managers building with AI: a historic conviction reveals why our security must now account for non-human “insiders.” On January 30, 2026, a federal jury convicted former Google engineer Linwei Ding of 14 …
The Film Her vs. 2026
Author(s): Sarah Cordivano Originally published on Towards AI. What the Most Prescient AI Movie Got Right and Wrong: Waymo, Moltbook and More. I recently rewatched Her, the 2013 Spike Jonze film about a man who falls in love with his AI operating …
Better Retrieval With Reasoning-Based RAG Using PageIndex
Author(s): Dr. Leon Eversberg Originally published on Towards AI. The next generation of RAG: How PageIndex improves retrieval accuracy without semantic search Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) adds the external knowledge contained in a large collection of documents to an LLM. RAG uses optimized …
From Copilots to Digital Labor: Scaling Agentic AI in the Enterprise
Author(s): Wahidur Rahman Originally published on Towards AI. How the AI industry is making a quiet but seismic shift — and why most organizations are completely unprepared for it. There’s a moment in the lifecycle of any transformative technology where it stops …
What Advertising Signals Reveal About AI Visibility, AEO, GEO and Generative Search Discovery
Author(s): Jagadeesh Nambiar Originally published on Towards AI. Image source: Pixabay, free for commercial use Search visibility is no longer limited to ranking pages and measuring clicks. A growing share of discovery now happens inside generative and answer-driven systems that do not …
My Journey Learning Google ADK: Building AI Agents from Scratch | Part 4
Author(s): Pranav Dhopey Originally published on Towards AI. Building AI Agents from Scratch | Part 4 Welcome back! This is Part 4 of my ADK learning series. If you’re new here, start with Part 1 (Basics), then Part 2 (State Management), and …
My Journey Learning Google ADK: Building AI Agents from Scratch | Part 3
Author(s): Pranav Dhopey Originally published on Towards AI. Part 3: Workflow Agents — Building Agent Teams Welcome back! This is Part 3 of my ADK learning series. Catch up with Part 1 (Basics) and Part 2 (State Management) if you haven’t already. …
The Key Infrastructure for Generative Engine Optimization
Author(s): Gidon Lev Eli Originally published on Towards AI. Image courtesy of Bright Data In this piece, we’ll talk about: How AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity are becoming the main places where people search for products, answers, and brand recommendations …
The End of Token Inflation with DeepSeek OCR-2
Author(s): Mandar Karhade, MD. PhD. Originally published on Towards AI. How “Context Optical Compression” Re-Engineers Document Processing from First Principles The tech world buzzes with excitement every time a leaderboard changes hands, usually celebrating a massive model with a parameter count that …