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: Interaction design
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...
Anthropic’s Enhanced Writing Styles
Anthropic's Claude AI has been updated with a "styles" feature, allowing users to customise the AI's communication style by pre-selecting formal, concise, or explanatory modes, or by uploading custom examples. This personalisation approach differentiates Claude from competitors like ChatGPT and Gemini, who maintain a single conversational style. Anthropic highlights its commitment to data privacy, stating...
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...
What is a Style Guide and why you need one
A style guide is a document that outlines how the various elements of your company's design should be used in public. It contains, among others, the logo, colors, and fonts. It also determines where and how these elements should be used. Consistent communcation Communication is key for your company. It must communicate with customers, employees,...
5 Top Design Feedback Tools for Designers & Developers
The web design process has evolved significantly over the past couple of years. More and more agencies now work with remote clients and team members, which underscores the need to streamline the design feedback process and ensure creative collaboration between the two. The most common issues in the design process include communication barriers when gathering...
App Content Generation for your App
It is crucial for a business to be in people's minds when they decide to purchase products or use services. This is the primary purpose of advertising and marketing: to ensure that your business is always within reach. Social media platforms allow you to target audiences and automatically send campaigns to the right people at...
