AI Builders Week 2 Highlights, Common Prompting Mistakes, AI Grounding, and Foundation Models
Next week’s AI Builders Summit theme is AI Builders!
There’s still time to catch today’s AI Agents sessions! You can also sign up for next week’s AI Builders talks and tutorials.
Topics include:
- Multimodal fine-tuning
- Implementing AI agents
- LLM-powered applications
- Open weights models
Catch today’s AI Agents sessions or sign up for next week’s sessions on AI Builders!
Key Takeaways From Week 2 of the AI Builders Summit — RAG
Week 2 of the AI Builders Summit focused on RAG and included sessions like database patterns, multimodal RAG, and fine-grained authorization. See the full recap here!
What is Grounding in AI and What are the Best Techniques?
AI grounding will ensure that your models will connect their data to your intended real-world context. What are some AI grounding techniques to get you there?
Building AI Applications with Foundation Models: Key Insights from Chip Huyen
Let’s take a deep dive into our recent podcast with Chip Huyen, discussing foundation models, AI engineering, and building real-world applications.
ODSC Highlights
Attend AI Builders and get Over $2000 in Credits to Use!
If you sign up for AI Builders, then you get tons of credits to use to build AI. This includes credits from Confluent, Vespa.ai, Microsoft Azure, Predibase, Union.ai, DataSaur, and Modal!
10 Years of ODSC East: A Journey Through AI, Community, and Innovation
ODSC East is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Here’s a look back on our history, highlighting sessions and our community.
Industry, Opinion, Career Advice
Generative AI and the Indispensable Role of Human Input & Prompt Engineering
This blog explores the limitations of current prompting techniques, highlights the irreplaceable value of human input, and envisions a future of collaborative synergy between humans and AI.
The ODSC East 2025 Preliminary Schedule is LIVE!
Explore the must-attend sessions and cutting-edge tracks designed to equip AI practitioners, data scientists, and engineers with the latest advancements in AI and machine learning.
Data Science & AI News
Plotly Announces Dash Enterprise 5.6: Build Data Apps Smarter with Plotly AI
Dash Enterprise 5.6 introduces Plotly AI, enabling natural language data analysis and visualization with auto-generated Python code
ByteDance, DeepSeek Fuel Chinese AI Reasoning Push, Challenging OpenAI
ByteDance and Chinese AI startup DeepSeek are intensifying competition in AI reasoning with new model releases that aim to rival industry leader OpenAI.
Meta Platforms to Invest $65 Billion in AI Infrastructure Amid Growing Competition
Meta has unveiled plans to allocate up to $65 billion in 2025 to expand its AI infrastructure according to Mark Zuckerberg.
Perplexity AI Introduces Assistant for Multi-App Integration and Task Automation
AI startup Perplexity AI has unveiled a new feature within its Android app: an AI-powered assistant designed to perform multi-app tasks and streamline daily activities.
China’s DeepSeek Triggers Global AI Stock Sell-Off
Investors across global markets rushed to exit AI-linked stocks on Monday after the debut of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup.
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Gov Amid DeepSeek Disruption in AI Landscape
With DeepSeek’s release, OpenAI has unveiled a new product, ChatGPT Gov, designed specifically for government agencies.
New Podcast Episode — Mitigating AI Risk in Practice with Guardrails AI with Shreya Rajpal
In this conversation, Shreya reflects on her journey from AI research to startups and self-driving cars, emphasizing the growing importance of AI safety. We discuss the open-source Guardrails AI and how you can use it to safeguard your AI apps.
Video of the Week: RAG Pipelines Letting You Down? Fitch Group’s Solution for Financial Documents
In this insightful talk, Pablo Vega-Behar, Head of AI Implementation at Fitch Group, unveils advanced strategies for handling high-similarity, frequently updated document sets in financial services.
Upcoming Webinars, Meetups, and Ai+ Live Training Sessions
ODSC & ArentFox Schiff Meetup in Washington, DC
Wednesday, February 12th, 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM ET
Join ODSC and ArentFox Schiff’s Michael Fainberg, Dan Jasnow, and Matthew Berlin for a deep dive into the intersection of AI and intellectual property law. This in-person meetup offers a unique opportunity to engage directly with leading experts and peers in a dynamic setting.
Crunching Your Data In-Place With Open-Source LLMs
Wednesday, February 19th, 12:00 PM ET
In this webinar, we will demonstrate how to use the latest and greatest in LLMs directly on data with Bacalhau — an open-source distributed workload orchestrator that can push LLMs to where your data lies, rather than moving your data to 3rd-party AI services.
