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13 snips
Mar 25, 2025 • 1h 2min

Synthetic Data with David Berenstein and Ben Burtenshaw - Weaviate Podcast #118!

David Berenstein and Ben Burtenshaw from Hugging Face dive into the fascinating world of synthetic data generation. They discuss innovative methodologies like persona-driven data and integration tactics for enhancing quality and diversity. The duo highlights the importance of tools like DistilLabel and Argilla for smooth data augmentation and model fine-tuning. Excitingly, they explore the potential for synthetic image data and its impact on AI education, emphasizing accessibility and user-friendly solutions in AI's future.
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Mar 3, 2025 • 58min

Letta AI with Sarah Wooders - Weaviate Podcast #117!

In this captivating conversation, Sarah Wooders, co-founder and CTO of Letta AI, shares her revolutionary insights from the Berkeley Sky Computing Lab. She discusses the development of stateful AI agents that remember interactions, emphasizing the importance of memory management. Topics include context optimization, the evolution of AI personas, and innovative tools for enhancing developer experiences. Sarah also explores the integration of AI in coding workflows, shedding light on the future of conversational AI and its profound implications for tech.
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Feb 27, 2025 • 52min

Agent Experience with Matt Biilmann, Sebastian Witalec, and Charles Pierse - Weaviate Podcast #116!

Matt Biilmann, Co-founder and CEO of Netlify, brings his expertise in web platforms, joined by Sebastian Witalec from Weaviate. They dive into the fascinating concept of 'Agent Experience' and how it reshapes web development. The trio discusses the evolution of APIs with AI integration and the importance of tailored communication methods for agents. They also explore the challenges in designing user experiences for both developers and AI agents, emphasizing the need for open standards to enhance interactions and streamline workflows.
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12 snips
Feb 19, 2025 • 1h

Optimizing Retrieval Agents with Shirley Wu - Weaviate Podcast #115!

Shirley Wu, a PhD student at Stanford University, delves into AI agents and retrieval systems, bringing expertise from her work on the Avatar Optimizer and STaRK Benchmark. She describes how the Avatar Optimizer enhances LLM tool usage through contrastive reasoning and iterative feedback. The discussion also tackles the STaRK Benchmark's role in evaluating retrieval systems, highlighting challenges like unifying textual and relational data, multi-vector embeddings, and the future of human-centered language models in various applications.
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Feb 12, 2025 • 58min

Contextual AI with Amanpreet Singh - Weaviate Podcast #114!

Amanpreet Singh, Co-Founder and CTO of Contextual AI, dives into the revolutionary world of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) 2.0. He discusses the seamless integration of generative and retrieval models and the challenges of prompt engineering. Amanpreet emphasizes the necessity of continual learning and updates to model weights to resolve knowledge conflicts. The conversation also highlights the potential of reinforcement learning algorithms and the importance of domain-specific data. Buckle up for insights on the future of AI and specialized agents!
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Jan 28, 2025 • 54min

Cartesia AI with Karan Goel - Weaviate Podcast #113!

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the 113th episode of the Weaviate Podcast with Karan Goel from Cartesia AI! Cartesia AI is leading the AI world in text-to-speech models! As exciting as these new applications in speech generation are, Cartesia is also building around an incredibly exciting new neural network architecture that cuts across all of AI -- State Space Models. State Space Models (SSMs) present a new approach to modeling long sequences circumventing the quadratic attention bottlenecks of transformers. In the podcast, we discuss Karan's perspectives around end-to-end modeling, long context and Multimodal processing, building and deploying a new kind of model, and more! I hope you find the podcast interesting and useful! As always more than happy to discuss these ideas further with you! Thanks for listening!
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14 snips
Jan 15, 2025 • 58min

Google Vertex AI RAG Engine with Lewis Liu and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #112!

Bob van Luijt, Co-founder of Weaviate, and Lewis Liu, Product Manager at Google Cloud, dive into the new Vertex AI RAG Engine. They discuss the evolution of knowledge representation, from semantic webs to modern AI applications. Bob shares insights on the challenges of re-indexing and embeddings, while Lewis highlights bottlenecks in data ingestion. The duo explore the potential of Generative Feedback Loops and Agentic Architectures in enhancing AI systems, as well as the complexities of integrating prompts and external tools. It's a fascinating discussion on the future of AI!
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Jan 8, 2025 • 53min

Morningstar Intelligence Engine with Aravind Kesiraju - Weaviate Podcast #111!

Join Aravind Kesiraju, Principal Software Engineer at Morningstar, as he shares insights on the development of the Morningstar Intelligence Engine. They discuss the fascinating world of no-code/low-code AI applications and how to build advanced financial chatbots. Discover the intricacies of integrating diverse data sources and optimizing language models for financial tasks. Explore the evolution of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) data pipelines and the challenges of managing sensitive financial information while enhancing chatbot performance with intelligent question classification.
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Dec 18, 2024 • 1h 34min

Arctic Embed with Luke Merrick, Puxuan Yu, and Charles Pierse - Weaviate Podcast #110!

Join Luke Merrick from Snowflake, a key player in Arctic Embed development, and Charles Pierse, head of Weaviate Labs, as they dive into the intricacies of multilingual text embeddings. They explore the evolution of Arctic Embed 2.0, emphasizing its open-source nature. The conversation covers technical strategies in model training, the economics of pre-training large models, and the challenges of integrating negative examples. They discuss the delicate balance between model simplicity and nuance in retrieval, promoting collaboration to enhance search quality.
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12 snips
Nov 13, 2024 • 34min

Agentic RAG with Erika Cardenas - Weaviate Podcast #109!

In this engaging discussion, Erika Cardenas, Technology Partner Manager at Weaviate, dives deep into the innovative world of Agentic RAG systems. She explains how Agentic RAG outperforms traditional approaches by enhancing complex querying and reasoning. The conversation explores the importance of memory in AI, the evolution of multi-agent systems, and the role of generative feedback loops in advancing AI capabilities. Erika also emphasizes the necessity of human oversight in AI, underscoring collaborative approaches between machines and human input.

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