Subscribe • Previous Issues Hot technology job market is losing its sizzle If you have the right skills you’re probably still getting inundated with messages from recruiters. But beware that the overall job market is softening. We’re seeing large percentage declines (year-over-year) across a variety of data and AI keyword searches. Exceptions include “data governance” (essentially flat),Continue reading “Data and AI job markets are slowing down”
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Here’s what we need to do to fix AutoML
Seven suggestions to enhance the effectiveness of AutoML solutions. By Assaf Araki and Ben Lorica. A recent McKinsey survey report reported that more than 56% of respondents have implemented at least one AI function, up from 50 percent in 2020. As AI adoption increases, the survey examined the factors and practices that differentiate the bestContinue reading “Here’s what we need to do to fix AutoML”
Embed Retrieve Win
Subscribe • Previous Issues The Vector Database Index If you work with text or images, chances are embeddings are already a key part of your machine learning and analytic pipelines. Embeddings are low-dimensional spaces into which higher-dimensional vectors can be mapped into. They can represent many kinds of data, whether a piece of text, an image orContinue reading “Embed Retrieve Win”
The Vector Database Index
Measuring the popularity of different Vector Databases. By Ben Lorica and Leo Meyerovich. Introduction Vector databases and vector search are on the radar of a growing number of technical teams. A key driver is that advances in neural networks have made dense vector representations of data more common. Interest has also grown due to theContinue reading “The Vector Database Index”
Speech Data Processing Takes Flight
Subscribe • Previous Issues Unlocking speech and audio data with new open source tools Interest in neural networks and deep learning can be traced back to groundbreaking results in computer vision (2012) and speech recognition (2011). The number of companies working on computer vision applications is increasing, but the number of companies working on audio data isContinue reading “Speech Data Processing Takes Flight”
New open source tools to unlock speech and audio data
Introducing Lhotse, a Python library for handling speech data. By Piotr Żelasko, Jan Vainer, Tomáš Nekvinda, and Ben Lorica. Introduction Of the many voice applications for AI, speech recognition is the most widely known and deployed as a building block of voice assistants. Voice and speech recognition market alone is expected to grow from $9.4Continue reading “New open source tools to unlock speech and audio data”
Open source libraries for Text and Time Series
Subscribe • Previous Issues Data Exchange podcast Unleashing the power of large language models: If you work with text, you should incorporate transformer-based language models into your NLP pipelines. You can either build your own tools or use libraries that come with pre-trained models. Maarten Grootendorst, is the author of open source libraries that I’ve come toContinue reading “Open source libraries for Text and Time Series”
Confidential Computing and Machine Learning
Measuring the popularity and exploring the readiness of Confidential Computing tools. In order to have a comprehensive data protection and privacy policy, organizations must ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your data in these states: at rest, in use, and in transit. We previously reviewed the ecosystem of tools for protecting data while in use.Continue reading “Confidential Computing and Machine Learning”
Foundation Models: A Primer for Investors and Builders
A non-technical guide and market map. By Kenn So and Ben Lorica. What are foundation models? Foundation models (FM) are a class of machine learning models that are trained on diverse data and can be adapted or fine-tuned for a wide range of downstream tasks. The term “foundation” is controversial among some researchers, but setting asideContinue reading “Foundation Models: A Primer for Investors and Builders”
Machine Learning at a Pegacorn
Subscribe • Previous Issues Major Tech Companies 💙 Metaverse What have popular technology news sources been covering in 2022? Metaverse joins other hot areas (AI and cloud computing) on the list of top topics covered in 2022. By examining a variety of metrics, we identify which companies are investing in the Metaverse. Read The Post Data ExchangeContinue reading “Machine Learning at a Pegacorn”