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APIs: Helping Applications Communicate and Collaborate
Application programming interfaces APIs) have become integral components that facilitate seamless communication and interaction between different software systems. They play a pivotal role in modern software development, contributing to interoperability, scalability, and innovation across diverse applications. We delve into the fundamentals of APIs, exploring their definition, functions, types, and the significant impact they have on the digital landscape.
4 min |
April 2024
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Languages for AI/ML: A Quick Look at Python, R, and Julia
We explore three open source languages used for Al/ML—Python, R, and Julia—highlighting their key features and advantages. You will get to know the diverse options these offer for A/ML development, so that you can select the right language for your project.
6 min |
April 2024
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The Cost of Inaction: Exploring the Consequences of Ignoring lloT Security Risks
As Industrial loT IloT) integration surges, so do security concerns. Let’s delve into the rising threat landscape and the role of the security model in fortifying lloT defences and safeguarding critical infrastructure.
8 min |
April 2024
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Ensuring Ethics in AI and Mitigating Bias
As AI solutions proliferate, ensuring they are not biased with respect to gender, religion, financial status, etc, has become of paramount importance. The good news is that there is a lot of work being done on that front.
6 min |
April 2024
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Open Source Tools for Generative Al: An Introduction
Open source generative Al tools are software programs and libraries that enable users to generate creative and novel output using Al algorithms. They are smart and powerful, and enable various forms of content generation.
9 min |
April 2024
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PHP Geek, FOSS Enthusiast, CTO and a Paediatrician
‘PHP geek, free and open source software enthusiast, CTO chief technical officer) of SANIsoft’ that’s how Dr Tarique Sani likes to describe himself. He’s qualified to be a paediatrician, but his love for open source has turned him into a geek for the past two decades and more. He recalls the good old days...
3 min |
April 2024
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The Transformative Impact of Generative AI on Organisations
Generative Al is impacting organisations for the better. End users, company employees, developers and operations teams are all benefiting from it.
5 min |
April 2024
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"Open source allows us to lower costs, accelerate delivery, and customise solutions to meet the market's fast-paced demands"
Open source is crucial for cost reduction and accelerated delivery of tailored solutions to meet market demands. At OSI 2023, OSFY’s Yashasvini Razdan got a chance to speak to Dr Biswajit Mohapatra, Head, Customer Solutions at Amazon Web Services, who spoke about how open source empowered businesses with flexibility, experimentation, and agile methodologies for genuine customer satisfaction.
7 min |
April 2024
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It's Time to Become an 'Uploading Nation'
India has been a 'downloading nation' for many decades, though our IT services organisations have made the country proud. But the time is now ripe to turn into an 'uploading nation' by contributing to global open source software. This is what Prof. S. Sadagopan opined when he spoke at Open Source India last October. The founding director of the Bengaluru-based IIITB (he served the institute from 1999 to 2021) also outlined the work done by this great institute in the domain of open source.
6 min |
April 2024
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Practical Graphics...with LaTeX
Published last year, this book introduces TikZ, a powerful, open source, computer graphics package. Those who use LaTeX to add figures, diagrams, plots or graphs to their documents will find it informative.
4 min |
April 2024
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Simplifying the Complexities of Agriculture with lot
The Internet of Things can be of immense help in increasing the sustainability and productivity of agriculture. Data generated by loT based drones and soil sensors can help farmers make informed decisions about the irrigation and sowing of crops, among other things. Amazon offers a range of services for loT device management as well as data collection and analysis, which can be used by farmers to build a range of agricultural applications and solutions.
10+ min |
March 2024
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The Many Benefits of WEKA
WEKA (Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis) is a popular open source software suite for data mining and machine learning tasks. While WEKA provides a user-friendly graphical interface for various algorithms, its strengths extend beyond that.
8 min |
March 2024
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Mycroft: The Friendly Open Source Virtual Assistant
At its core, the Al-based Mycroft virtual assistant is designed to be open source, putting the power of customisation and development into the hands of the user community.
2 min |
March 2024
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Mastering Multi-Cloud AI Deployments with Open Source Tools
As AI adoption accelerates, enterprises are increasingly embracing multi-cloud strategies to leverage the unique strengths of different cloud providers. But managing these complex environments can be daunting. Open source tools offer a compelling solution, providing cost-effective, customisable, and vendor-neutral options for deployment, orchestration, monitoring, and governance. Let's explore the advantages of multi-cloud for Al, the key open source tools, and best practices for success.
3 min |
March 2024
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Mastering Prompt Engineering to Enhance AI Conversations
Prompt engineering is the art of asking the right question to get better output from a generative AI model. Well-defined prompts can generate high-quality AI content.
4 min |
March 2024
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Enhancing Edge Computing with Federated Learning and AI
The convergence of edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI) has resulted in the emergence of a paradigm shift referred to as edge AI.
9 min |
March 2024
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Why Organisations Must Embrace - Open Source AI Models
AI models need to be ethical and sustainable. They also need to be community-driven and collaborative in nature. Open source LLMS meet all these criteria and therefore are the future.
10+ min |
March 2024
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Build an Offline ChatGPT-Like Tool
This comprehensive DIY guide offers a quick way to build an offline, onpremises ChatGPT-like tool using Ollama and Ollama-WebUl.
7 min |
March 2024
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How to Implement MLOps
MLOps, short for machine learning operations, is a discipline dedicated to streamlining the entire machine learning (ML) process.
8 min |
March 2024
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Programming Languages for AI Applications and Why Mojo is Among the Best
The artificial intelligence (AI) market has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years, establishing itself as a transformative force across various industries. The global AI market encompasses a wide range of technologies and applications, contributing to its remarkable size.
9 min |
March 2024
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A Deep Dive into GPT-3
Generative Al, particularly OpenAl's GPT-3, has revolutionised the landscape of artificial intelligence and natural language processing. Here we explore the capabilities of GPT-3 and the broader implications of open source generative Al
8 min |
March 2024
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Why Managing Data is Important
Data management enables smart decisions, innovation, regulatory compliance, and pristine data quality, giving you that crucial competitive edge.
6 min |
March 2024
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"Customers called us 'Scary Clari' due to our 'scarily accurate quarterly forecasting results!"
Clari, a revenue collaboration and governance platform, has expanded its reach to over 1500 customers spanning the US, Europe, and Australia. Originally conceived as a forecasting app, Clari now seamlessly manages revenue processes across various tools. In a conversation with OSFY, Srikar Yekollu, Site Architecture and Data Science Head, Clari, reveals how Clari harnesses the power of open source to address revenue process fragmentation across teams.
5 min |
March 2024
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Artificial Intelligence: 2024 and Beyond
Brew it slowly, with a good measure of safety and ethics, to ward off bitterness and bring out the best flavour, say experts and world leaders.
10+ min |
March 2024
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"We convert resumes into NFTS!"
Rezoomex's Hyperledger Fabric-based blockchain platform focuses on gig work, converting resumes into NFTS with unique avatars to prevent impersonation. OSFY's Yashasvini Razdan had an engaging conversation with Founder Director Vinayak Joglekar who spoke about how the company uses blockchain to quantify and monetise a person's calibre and experience.
8 min |
March 2024
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Elon Musk Envisions X As An Open Source News Platform
In a significant development, Elon Musk, the visionary behind SpaceX and Tesla, is positioning X, formerly Twitter, as an open source news outlet.
2 min |
December 2023
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Putting G, P, and T Together
ChatGPT is writing essays, answering questions on the Bhagavad Gita, suggesting menu options for lunch, coding, and debugging code, writing new episodes of Star Wars, proposing itineraries for vacation travel, and even completing assignments for students.
7 min |
December 2023
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Synthetic Data: Illusions, Lies, Deceptions and the Reality
It will be supremely tough to differentiate between reality and deception in an Al dominated world that uses synthetic data.
5 min |
December 2023
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Encoding and Decoding in Python for Managing Data
Encoding and decoding help transform images, videos, graphics and text into the binary format that computers understand. Python has built-in functions and modules to perform encoding and decoding operations on string data.
4 min |
December 2023
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Large Language Models: Helping Manage Data
Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are the future, and promise a revolution in data management. However, development of LLMs is still very costly and inaccessible to smaller organisations. This will change as the years go by, and AI becomes more commonplace.
8 min |