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Latest episodes

Jan 28, 2025 • 35min
We Built an AI Tool That Saves Us $360/yr
In this episode, we return to our demo roots with something special - an open source meeting transcriber and audio processor that runs 100% locally. We're tired of paying monthly subscriptions for basic tools, so we built WhisperBox.
Please consider supporting the channel and purchasing the GUI version of Whisperbox
https://tooluse.gumroad.com/l/whisperbox
Get Whisperbox for free
Code: https://github.com/ToolUse/whisperbox
Install: pip install whisperbox
Get FREE AI tools
pip install tool-use-ai
Connect with us
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01:15 - Anetic announcement
04:44 - Whisperbox
08:52 - Demos
23:22 - AI News Discussion

Jan 21, 2025 • 52min
Learn AI Engineering 10x Faster (ft. Hai Nghiem)
AI education is changing forever. Hai Nghiem shows us Cats with Bats, an innovative platform that makes learning AI engineering faster and more intuitive. Watch how advanced features like code extraction, AI-powered video navigation, and agent instructions are transforming how developers learn AI engineering. From his experience running AI Tinkerers Ottawa to building educational tools, Hai shares insights on the future of AI education and engineering.
Check out Cats with Bats
https://www.catswithbats.com/
Get FREE AI tools
pip install tool-use-ai
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https://x.com/MikeBirdTech
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https://x.com/haithehuman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/haiphunghiem/

Jan 14, 2025 • 52min
Single AI Agents Were Just The Start (ft. Aaron Wong-Ellis)
Teams of A.I. agents are the future. Aaron teaches us about Mosaia, a platform for building teams of AI agents without any code.
Check out Mosaia
https://www.mosaia.io/
Get FREE AI tools
pip install tool-use-ai
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https://x.com/aaronwongellis

Jan 7, 2025 • 33min
How to get #1 on SWE Bench (Ft Graham Neubig)
Graham Neubig, the Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of All Hands AI joins us to talk about OpenHands and the future of coding agents
Links
https://www.all-hands.dev/
https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands
https://discord.gg/p2jcTRBTB8
Get the tools
pip install tool-use-ai
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https://x.com/gneubig

Jan 1, 2025 • 53min
What's Next For Tool Use?
Join Mike and Ty as they reflect on their first five months of Tool Use, discussing their favourite episodes, amazing guests, and lessons learned. In this special episode, they also make an exciting announcement...
Install Free AI tools to make your life easier
pip install tool-use-ai
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(Mike thanks his niece for the lovely nails)

Dec 24, 2024 • 47min
Modernize Your Business With LLMs (ft Francisco Ingham)
Francisco teaches us how Pampa Labs approaches bringing businesses into the age of LLMs
Pampa Labs - https://www.pampa.ai/
Get the tools
pip install tool-use-ai
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https://x.com/fpingham

Dec 17, 2024 • 46min
$100M CTO to AI Solo Founder (ft. Neil Chudleigh)
This week, we chat with Neil Chudleigh, the solo founder of Superwhisper, a powerful voice-to-text tool that's changing the way we interact with computers. Neil shares his insights on AI, productivity, and entrepreneurship.
Links
Superwhisper - https://superwhisper.com/
Homerow - https://www.homerow.app/
Get the tools
pip install tool-use-ai
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https://x.com/neilsuperduper

Dec 10, 2024 • 54min
Get Incredible Results From Local Models (ft Nisten)
Nisten teaches us about how he uses local models to get the best results!
Get the tools
pip install tool-use-ai
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https://x.com/nisten

Dec 3, 2024 • 56min
This is How You Are Supposed To Prompt LLMs
You are prompting wrong! This video is full of ideas for how to get the most out of your LLMs
Get the tools
pip install tool-use-ai
Check out Brian's blog
https://www.astralprojections.ai/
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https://x.com/bfioca

Nov 26, 2024 • 58min
When AI Benchmarks Lie: A Better Way to Evaluate Ft. Chris Hay
This episode explores the world of AI evaluation, with insights from Chris Hay on why benchmarks are "stupid" and how to effectively evaluate AI models.
Get the tools
pip install tool-use-ai
Check out Chris' Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@chrishayuk
Links
https://github.com/EleutherAI/lm-eval...
Lessons from the Trenches on
Reproducible Evaluation of Language Models - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.14782
https://github.com/confident-ai/deepeval
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*The opinions of Chris are purely Chris's opinions and don't represent the opinions of his employer