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🔗 Building RAG with Postgres

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In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?

🚕 DataMesh – How Uber set the stage for cloud migration of data lakes.
📊 The Ultimate Database Scaling Cheatsheet
🔍 rerankers – A Python library that simplifies and unifies ranking methods.
🎬 Runway Partners with Lionsgate – AI transforms content creation.
🧠 57% of online text now generated by AI – AI's dominance continues.
🤔 Can AI Memory Match Human Memory? – Exploring the future of AI cognition.
🐋 Google uses AI to understand whales
💡 AI Tutorial: Learn how to analyze data using Julius AI for your projects.
🤖 AI Tools and Data Tools to checkout

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rerankers: A Lightweight Python Library to Unify Ranking Methods

Re-ranking is an integral component of many retrieval pipelines; however, there exist numerous approaches to it, all with different implementation methods. To mitigate this, we propose rerankers, a Python library which provides a simple, easy-to-use interface to all commonly used re-ranking approaches.

The Ultimate Database Scaling Cheatsheet: Strategies for Optimizing Performance and Scalability

Enhance performance and scalability using database scaling strategies like indexing, vertical scaling, sharding, denormalization, caching, and replication.

DataMesh: How Uber laid the foundations for the data lake cloud migration

Uber’s batch data platform is used by over 10,000 active internal users, ranging from data scientists, city operations, and business analysts to engineers…In this blog, we delve into the details of how Uber laid the foundations for the batch data cloud migration by incorporating key data mesh principles

Building RAG with Postgres

Postgres is a powerful tool for implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems…By diving deep into a technology you’re already familiar with, you can experience a significant productivity boost. Now, let’s explore how we can build a RAG system using Postgres. We’ll go through each component step by step, from data ingestion to response generation, and see how Postgres fits into the overall architecture.

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👨‍💻 Data Tools, Libraries

reactR (GitHub Repo)

The React ecosystem is rich with components that can enhance R web and Shina apps. reactR provides a set of convenience functions for using React in R.

Valkey 8.0 includes stability and performance improvements over the second release candidate and is fully compatible with Redis OSS 7.2.4

Kubesafe (GitHub Repo)

Kubesafe allows developers to safely run commands across multiple Kubernetes contexts.

AI News:

Runway Partners with Lionsgate

Lionsgate, the film company behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Saw, teamed up with AI video generation company Runway to create a custom AI model trained on Lionsgate’s film catalogue. The partnership will develop an AI model specifically trained on Lionsgate’s proprietary content library, designed to generate cinematic video that filmmakers can further manipulate using Runway’s tools

57% of online text now generated by AI

When generative AI tools rely solely on AI-generated content, the quality of responses degrades rapidly—a phenomenon they call "model collapse." This decline begins with minor data misrepresentation and escalates to nonsensical outputs after repeated queries, illustrating how AI can become disconnected from reality. With approximately 57% of online text now generated by AI

▶️ YouTube launches AI-powered creation tools

YouTube just announced a range of new AI features designed to assist creators, including text-to-video generation, AI-powered inspiration tools, and automated dubbing capabilities.

Veo, Google’s new AI video generation tool, will allow creators to generate six-second video clips for YouTube Shorts using text prompts, with the resulting content watermarked and labelled as AI-generated.

Can AI Memory Match Human Memory?

A study from Hong Kong Polytechnic University reveals that large language models (LLMs) demonstrate memory capabilities similar to human memory, referred to as “Schrodinger’s Memory.” This memory is only observable when prompted by a specific query, akin to how humans recall information when asked specific question

🐋 Google uses AI to understand whales

Google Research recently developed a new AI model capable of identifying vocalizations from eight distinct whale species, including the mysterious “Biotwang” sound recently attributed to Bryde’s whales.

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