Fine-Tuning Open-Source LLMs for Text-to-SQL: Project Overview and Motivations (article 1 of 3)
Author(s): Lorentz Yeung Originally published on Towards AI. OpenAIβs GPT-4 Mini as a benchmark for this project. Photo by Growtika on Unsplash In the rapidly evolving world of AI, transforming natural language questions into executable SQL queries β known as text-to-SQL β …
Machine Learning at Scale: Why PySpark MLlib Still Wins in 2025
Author(s): Yuval Mehta Originally published on Towards AI. Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash Machine learning may be glamorous when youβre tuning models on Kaggle datasets or demoing GPT wrappers. But in production? Itβs a grind. Youβre not just building a model. …
Same Prompt, Different Minds: What 3 LLMs Taught Me About AI in the Classroom
Author(s): Sophia Banton Originally published on Towards AI. Image generated with Google Whisk The growing fear today is that AI models will make us less intelligent. A widely circulated study from MIT pointed out that brain activity decreased with ChatGPT use. The …
LAI #83: Corrective RAG, Real-Time PPO, Adaptive Retrieval, and LLM Scaling Paths
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts, This weekβs issue is all about building AI systems that can recover. Whether itβs a query that needs re-routing, a retrieval step that missed the mark, or a …
First-Time-Right Code Generation: Detailed Best Practices for AI-Assisted Development Teams
Author(s): Mishtert T Originally published on Towards AI. As Someone whoβs spent countless hours debugging code that seemed perfect at first glance, Iβve learned that AI coding tools can be both a blessing and a curse. The question isnβt whether these tools …
VectorDB Internals for Engineers: What You Need to Know
Author(s): Harsh Chandekar Originally published on Towards AI. Ever wondered how your friendly neighborhood AI knows that βkingβ is somewhat similar to βqueenβ but definitely not to βbananaβ? The unsung heroes behind this magic are embeddings, and their meticulously organized apartments are …
Designing a Scalable Multi-Agent AI System for Operational Intelligence
Author(s): Anubha Bhaik Originally published on Towards AI. Designing a Scalable Multi-Agent AI System for Operational Intelligence Source: Image generated by author using DALLΒ·E In the past year, thereβs been a lot of discussion about AI agents β how specialized systems can …
AI in the Classroom: Create and Grade Assignments with ChatGPT
Author(s): Kseniia Baidina Originally published on Towards AI. Image by ChatGPT There are many articles about how students use ChatGPT to complete their assignments β and what professors should do about it. Personally, I think professors should encourage this (if you canβt …
Harness DINOv2 Embeddings for Accurate Image Classification
Author(s): Lihi Gur Arie, PhD Originally published on Towards AI. Introduction Training a high-performing image classifier typically requires large amounts of labeled data. But what if you could achieve top-tier results with minimal data and light training? DINOv2 is a powerful vision …
Automating Competitive Intel: From 10-Q to Insights in Minutes
Author(s): dave ginsburg Originally published on Towards AI. In the fast-paced world of marketing, gaining a rapid yet rigorous financial snapshot of your competitors can mean the difference between seizing an opportunity and missing the mark. Beyond press releases and news blips, …
5 Ways TinyML and Edge AI Bring AI to Your Device
Author(s): Dulan Jayawickrama Originally published on Towards AI. 5 Real-World Uses of TinyML and Edge AI You Should Know Generated by AI using OpenAIβs image generation tools. Imagine your phone or watch with a little brain of its own. TinyML and Edge …
Voice Mode AI Assistant on Apple Watch Through FaceTime.
Author(s): Evgeny Basisty Originally published on Towards AI. Apple Watch calling AI assistant by FaceTime Recently, Iβve begun using AI assistants with voice mode, and I find them incredibly useful. I often use my Apple Watch with an eSIM during walks or …
The 3 AI Governance Mistakes Boards Still Make (And How to Fix Them Before Itβs Too Late)
Author(s): Shane Culbertson Originally published on Towards AI. Source: Image by AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet far too many boardrooms still treat it as a side project. That needs to change. Fast. As someone who works directly with directors and …
Lesson 6 is Live: Fine-Tuning, LoRA, RLHF & the Tools That Give You Real Control
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. If youβve watched the first two tutorials in the 10-hour LLM Primer, you already know what prompting can do, and youβve seen how retrieval takes it a step further. But if youβve …
Moving from Ollama to vLLM: Finding Stability for High-Throughput LLM Serving
Author(s): Daniel Voyce Originally published on Towards AI. Photo by Fabrizio Chiagano on Unsplash If you have read any of my previous articles you will see that more often than not I try and self-host my infrastructure (because as a perpetual startup …