Articles for category: AI Tools

March 5, 2025

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How To Use mongodump for MongoDB Backups – BMC Software

Maintaining backups is vital for every organization. Data backups act as a safety measure where data can be recovered or restored in case of an emergency. Typically, you create database backups by replicating the database, using either: Built-in tools Specialized external backup services Backing Up MongoDB MongoDB offers multiple inbuilt backup options depending on the MongoDB deployment method you use. We’ll look briefly at the options, but then we’ll show you how to utilize one particular option—MongoDB mongodump—for the backup process. (This article is part of our MongoDB Guide. Use the right-hand menu to navigate.) Built-in backups in MongoDB Here

March 5, 2025

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8-bit Quantization with Lightning Fabric

Takeaways Readers will learn the basics of Lightning Fabric’s plugin for 8-bit quantization. Introduction The aim of 8-bit quantization is to reduce the memory usage of the model parameters by using lower precision types than full (float32) or half (bfloat16) precision. Meaning – 8-bit quantization compresses models that have billions of parameters like Llama 2 or SDXL and makes them require less memory. Thankfully, Lightning Fabric makes quantization as easy as setting a mode flag in a plugin! 8-bit Quantization 8-bit quantization is discussed in the popular paper 8-bit Optimizers via Block-wise Quantization and was introduced in FP8 Formats for

March 5, 2025

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Open LLMs are Necessary For Current Private Adaptations and Outperform Their Closed Alternatives [Paper Reflection]

Closed Large Language Models (LLMs), which are proprietary and accessible only via APIs, have dominated the LLM space since around 2022 due to their high performance and versatility. However, Open LLMs have made substantial progress, narrowing the performance gap with their Closed LLM counterparts. Open LLMs are models whose architecture and parameters are publicly available for use, modification, and distribution. For instance, while Closed LLMs like Anthropic’s Claude (released in March 2023) and OpenAI’s GPT-4 (released in March 2023) set new benchmarks upon their launches, the Open LLM Llama 3 released by Meta in April 2024 and DeepSeek-R1 released in

March 5, 2025

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Curating High-Quality Customer Identities with Databricks and Amperity

When we think of use cases like product recommendations, churn predictions, advertising attribution and fraud detection, a common denominator is they all require us to consistently identify our customers across various interactions. Failing to recognize that the same person is browsing online, purchasing in-store, opening a marketing email and clicking on an advertisement, leaves us with an incomplete view of the customer, limiting our ability to recognize their needs, preferences and predict their future behavior. Despite its importance, accurately identifying the customer across these interactions is incredibly difficult. People often interact with us without providing explicit identifying details, and when

March 5, 2025

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Mastering spaCy | Data | Paperback

Déborah is a data science consultant and writer. With a BSc in Computer Science from UFPE, one of Brazil’s top computer science programs, she brings a diversified skill set refined through hands-on experience with various technologies. Déborah has thrived in different data science projects, including roles such as lead data scientist and technical contributor for respected publications. Her ability to translate complex concepts into simple language, coupled with her quick learning and broad vision, make her an effective educator. Actively engaged in community initiatives, she works to ensure equitable access to knowledge, reflecting her belief that technology is not a

March 5, 2025

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Generate short videos with the Replicate playground

AI video generation is here, but it’s not always easy to get the results you want. In this guide, I’ll share a convenient workflow for creating AI video with the Replicate playground. The playground is an experimental web interface that gives you a scrapbook-style UI for testing different models, comparing their outputs, and keeping a record of your experiments. We built it for quick iteration with image models, but we’ve found it works great for video models too. Your browser does not support the video tag. Step 1: Start with an image Text-to-video generation is not yet as fast as

March 5, 2025

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Exploring the Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience

The combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Neuroscience is still an exciting domain for scientific research. The study of human cognition intersects with intelligent machine development, catalyzing advances for both fields. This symbiotic relationship has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of cognition and develop more accurate diagnostics/ treatments for neurological diseases. Artificial Intelligence is a discipline in computer science that pertains to the development of machines that can emulate human intelligence. AI has successfully been deployed across domains such as medical diagnostics or natural language processing. Advancements in hardware have driven technological shifts toward machine learning development to deep

March 5, 2025

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How MUFG Bank increased sales efficiency by 10x with LangChain

MUFG Bank is Japan’s largest bank and one of the world’s leading financial institutions. They provide capital market solutions to major corporate clients and promote economic growth around the world.  Problem: Solving data overload for corporate sales  In MUFG Bank’s Global Capital Markets Division, the FX & Derivative Sales team faced a key challenge. FX & Derivative Sales team members needed to gather and analyze vast amounts of corporate data in order to create compelling client presentations – from 10k reports, to market data, to financial disclosures. This was a time-consuming process and skill-dependent (with junior members often needing additional

March 5, 2025

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GPT-4.5 Won’t Blow Your Mind. It Might Befriend It Instead.

Sponsored by: Every Every is hiring! If you’re interested in any of these positions, email Brandon Gell at [email protected] with a link to your LinkedIn and/or X profile and a paragraph about why you’re the right fit. A full-stack growth marketing lead to help grow Every and all of our products. If you live to drive top of funnel, this is a dream job. A full-stack AI engineer for Cora. We’re building a calm inbox and need an engineer to help us. Launched less than a month ago, Cora has over 1,000 daily active users and 10,000 on the waitlist, and product leaders like Andrew Wilkinson and Mike Krieger