Large Language Models (LLMs) have amazed us with their ability to generate human-quality text, translate languages, and answer complex questions. But what happens when you need them to tackle something outside their general knowledge base – like predicting the properties of a protein or translating a highly structured technical document? That's where tag-based prompting comes...
Category: Digital trends
ChatGPT’s artificial empathy is a language trick. Here’s how it works
Anthropomorphism occurs when we attribute human characteristics to non-human entities like animals or machines. Chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot, encourage this by imitating human language to communicate with us, going beyond using mere familiar words and phrases to adopt human patterns of communication. By doing this, they are able to hold contextualised, coherent...
The Long Context
In "You Exist In The Long Context," Steven Johnson explores the advancements in large language models (LLMs), particularly the significant impact of long context windows. Johnson illustrates this progress by creating an interactive game based on his book, showcasing the LLM's ability to handle complex narratives and maintain factual accuracy. He draws a parallel between...
The Model Context Protocol
Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source standard for connecting AI assistants to various data sources. MCP employs a client-server architecture, enabling two-way communication between AI applications (clients) and data providers (servers) via different transports like stdio and HTTP with SSE. The protocol facilitates access to resources, tools, and prompts, enhancing AI response relevance...
TinyTroupe: Simulating Human Behaviour with AI
Microsoft has released TinyTroupe, an open-source Python library that uses large language models to simulate human behaviour in virtual environments. This allows for testing digital advertising, software, and generating synthetic data for machine learning. The library enables the simulation of multiple AI agents ("TinyPersons") with individual personalities interacting within a simulated world ("TinyWorld"), facilitating virtual...
Claude 3.5 Computer Use: The AI That Sees and Controls Your Computer
Imagine an AI that can navigate your computer just like you do, using only its "eyes" to understand and interact with the screen. That's exactly what Claude 3.5 Computer Use aims to achieve. It can tackle various tasks, from browsing the web to conquering challenges in video games, all without relying on traditional methods like...
Sex machina: in the wild west world of human-AI relationships, the lonely and vulnerable are most at risk
Chris excitedly posts family pictures from his trip to France. Brimming with joy, he starts gushing about his wife: “A bonus picture of my cutie … I’m so happy to see mother and children together. Ruby dressed them so cute too.” He continues: “Ruby and I visited the pumpkin patch with the babies. I know...
The Rapid Evolution of Enterprise AI Adoption
In a little more than three years, we have witnessed AI evolving from a niche domain to mainstream, with LLMs playing a significant role in this transformation, especially with the introduction of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. 1. The ChatGPT Phenomenon ChatGPT, a revolutionary LLM, garnered over 100 million users in a mere three...
10 Ways Cryptocurrency Can Help Startups
Cryptocurrency is one of the most talked about topics in the business world right now. While some people are unsure about its validity, others see it as a way to revolutionize the way businesses operate. Cryptocurrency has already made an impact on the startup world, and we believe that its popularity will only continue to...
The Status of the Book in the Age of Digital Media
Park Avenue was festooned with tulips as we looked for parking on our way to the 62nd annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. The Fair was being held this spring, as it is every spring, at the Armory, a neo-Gothic structure that once housed the so-called “Silk Stocking” Seventh Regiment, owing to its location...
