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You.com raises $50M to lead AI for Knowledge Workers
You.com showcases the state of AI today By George Anadiotis The story of you.com is multi-faceted…
Evaluating and building applications on open source large language models
How do you choose the most appropriate model for your application? An analysis on evaluating…
Aerospike Graph: A new entry in the graph database market, aiming to tackle complex problems at scale
“Graph database growth is going strong through the Trough of Disillusionment.” And “Graph Analytics go…
LinkedIn’s feed evolution: more granular and powerful machine learning, humans still in the loop
LinkedIn’s feed has come a long way since the early days of assembling the machine…
Technical
You.com raises $50M to lead AI for Knowledge Workers
You.com showcases the state of AI today By George Anadiotis The story of you.com is multi-faceted…
Democratizing data with Graph RAG: What it is, What it can do, How to evaluate it
What is Graph RAG, what can it do, and how do you evaluate it? By George…
Universal semantic layer: Going meta on data, functionality, governance, and semantics
What is a universal semantic layer, and how is it different from a semantic layer?…
Neo4j partners with Microsoft, unfolds strategy to power Generative AI applications with cloud platforms and Graph RAG
From better together to full native integration, Neo4j is creating an ecosystem around all major…
Evaluating and building applications on open source large language models
How do you choose the most appropriate model for your application? An analysis on evaluating…
Socio-Technical
Data Rules: From interoperability to commensurability
“Data Rules” is a book about data, but not just about big data crunching. A…
What are the important questions to ask when developing or using AI? Long views on AI, Part 2
What does fairness in AI mean, and is it relevant in your use case? This…
How LinkedIn is moving towards a skills-based economy with the Skills Graph
What is a skills-based economy and how is LinkedIn moving from vision to implementation? As…
What is the right balance between innovation and regulation in AI? Long views on AI, Part 1
What AI model maker would take the risk to make any powerful model if they…
Useful Sensors launches AI in a Box, aiming to establish a different paradigm for edge computing and TinyML
Would you leave a Google Staff Research Engineer role just because you want your TV…
The EU AI Act effect: Background, blind spots, opportunities and roadmap
The EU Parliament just voted to bring the EU AI Act regulation into effect. If…
Use Cases
Democratizing data with Graph RAG: What it is, What it can do, How to evaluate it
What is Graph RAG, what can it do, and how do you evaluate it? By George…
Foursquare moves to the future with a Geospatial Knowledge Graph
From a consumer-oriented application, Foursquare has evolved to a data and product provider for enterprises.…
Orchestrate All The Things: Owning Tech, Data, Media, AI, Writing, and Content
On AI-generated content, writing, new, old, and broken media, platforms, models, audiences, and body parts.…
Fair forecast? How 180 meteorologists are delivering ‘good enough’ weather data
Weather forecasts, too, are all about data and models these days. But balancing accuracy and…
Managing disaster and disruption with AI, one tree at a time
Ingesting loads of fine-grained data helps, but it’s not enough to make fine-grained predictions. You…
Alation details its data intelligence strategy
Data quality, a subset of data intelligence, is a topic that many enterprise executives are…