This week we feature articles from Cobus Greyling, and Julia Cohen, Ana Iglesias-Molina, Kian Ahrabian, Filip Ilievski, Jay Pujara & Oscar Corcho.
Additional reading comes from Michael Parekh, Caroline Mimbs Nyce, and Ethan Zuckerman.
News comes from DataStax, Cloudera & Pinecone, SnapLogic & Acolad, and Fivetran.
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Opinion / Analysis
What is happening to OpenAI’s playground?
“Creating solutions with longevity which are based on LLMs and Generative AI will demand exceptional UX, a solid layer of IP which creates differentiation” and “Users do not care about the underlying technology, they are looking for exceptional experiences.”
Greyling provides a useful update on what OpenAI is doing to make sure they don’t miss out on the value of direct UX control. (6 min)
https://cobusgreyling.medium.com/what-is-happening-to-openais-playground-76c04816adc2
Comparison of knowledge graph representations
In addition to RDF, knowledge graphs can be represented using
alternative models such as property graphs, the Wikidata model, and RDF-star, which may more useful for certain use-cases. When might they be advantageous? This paper looks at the fitness of popular knowledge graph representations for three consumer scenarios: knowledge exploration, systematic querying, and graph completion.
(3 min intro): https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2023/11/finding-answers-about-the-best-way-to-find-answers/
Paper: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-47240-4_15
More Reading
- The AI tech value stack and… Google’s strategy with Anthropic via Michael Parekh
- AI search is turning into the problem everyone worried about via The Atlantic (gift link)
- We need tools for studying social media… When the internet becomes unknowable via Prospect
Content technology news
DataStax launches RAGStack
RAGStack, is a retrieval augmented generation solution to simplify RAG implementations for enterprises building generative AI applications.
https://www.datastax.com/products/ragstack
Cloudera and Pinecone announce strategic partnership
With the combination of Pinecone vector database and semantic search customers can improve and accelerate generative AI use cases.
https://www.cloudera.com ■ https://www.pinecone.io
SnapLogic and Acolad partner to provide generative AI translation solutions
Pre-built integration connectors for instant document translation allows SnapLogic users to add Acolad’s translations to integration pipelines.
https://www.snaplogic.com ■ https://www.acolad.com
Fivetran unveils new SDKs for connectors and destinations
Enables third-party vendors to build integrations on Fivetran’s infrastructure for extensive compatibility with data sources and integrations.
https://www.fivetran.com
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