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Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Guest Introduction 00:01:18 Tulu, OVR, and the RLVR Journey 00:03:40 Industry Approaches to Post-Training and Preference Data 00:06:08 Understanding RLVR and Its Impact 00:06:18 Agents, Tool Use, and Training Environments 00:10:34 Open Data, Human Feedback, and Benchmarking 00:12:44 Chatbot Arena, Sycophancy, and Evaluation Platforms 00:15:42 RLHF vs RLVR: Books, Algorithms, and Future Directions 00:17:54 Frontier Models: Reasoning, Hybrid Models, and Data 00:22:11 Search, Retrieval, and Emerging Model Capabilities 00:29:23 Tool Use, Curriculum, and Model Training Challenges 00:38:06 Skills, Planning, and Abstraction in Agent Models 00:46:50 Parallelism, Verifiers, and Scaling Approaches 00:54:33 Overoptimization and Reward Design in RL 01:02:27 Open Models, Personalization, and the Model Spec 01:06:50 Open Model Ecosystem and Infrastructure 01:13:05 Meta, Hardware, and the Future of AI Competition 01:15:42 Building an Open DeepSeek and Closing Thoughts We first had Nathan on to give us his RLHF deep dive when he was joining AI2, and now he's back to help us catch up on the evolution to RLVR (Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards), first proposed in his Tulu 3 paper. While RLHF remains foundational, RLVR has emerged as a powerful approach for training models on tasks with clear success criteria and using verifiable, objective functions as reward signals—particularly useful in domains like math, code correctness, and instruction-following. Instead of relying solely on subjective human feedback, RLVR leverages deterministic signals to guide optimization, making it more scalable and potentially more reliable across many domains. However, he notes that RLVR is still rapidly evolving, especially regarding how it handles tool use and multi-step reasoning. We also discussed the Tulu model series, a family of instruction-tuned open models developed at AI2. Tulu is designed to be a reproducible, state-of-the-art post-training recipe for the open community. Unlike frontier labs like OpenAI or Anthropic, which rely on vast and often proprietary datasets, Tulu aims to distill and democratize best practices for instruction and preference tuning. We are impressed with how small eval suites, careful task selection, and transparent methodology can rival even the best proprietary models on specific benchmarks. One of the most fascinating threads is the challenge of incorporating tool use into RL frameworks. Lambert highlights that while you can prompt a model to use tools like search or code execution, getting the model to reliably learn when and how to use them through RL is much harder. This is compounded by the difficulty of designing reward functions that avoid overoptimization—where models learn to “game” the reward signal rather than solve the underlying task. This is particularly problematic in code generation, where models might reward hack unit tests by inserting pass statements instead of correct logic. As models become more agentic and are expected to plan, retrieve, and act across multiple tools, reward design becomes a critical bottleneck. Other topics covered: - The evolution from RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) to RLVR (Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards) - The goals and technical architecture of the Tulu models, including the motivation to open-source post-training recipes - Challenges of tool use in RL: verifiability, reward design, and scaling across domains - Evaluation frameworks and the role of platforms like Chatbot Arena and emerging “arena”-style benchmarks - The strategic tension between hybrid reasoning models and unified reasoning models at the frontier - Planning, abstraction, and calibration in reasoning agents and why these concepts matter - The future of open-source AI models, including DeepSeek, OLMo, and the potential for an “American DeepSeek” - The importance of model personality, character tuning, and the model spec paradigm - Overoptimization in RL settings and how it manifests in different domains (control tasks, code, math) - Industry trends in inference-time scaling and model parallelism Finally, the episode closes with a vision for the future of open-source AI. Nathan has now written up his ambition to build an “American DeepSeek”—a fully open, end-to-end reasoning-capable model with transparent training data, tools, and infrastructure. He emphasizes that open-source AI is not just about weights; it's about releasing recipes, evaluations, and methods that lower the barrier for everyone to build and understand cutting-edge systems. It would seem the
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Fill out this short listener survey to help us improve the show: https://forms.gle/bbcRiPTRwKoG2tJx8In this episode, Simon Eskildsen, co-founder and CEO of TurboPuffer, lays out a compelling vision for how AI-native infrastructure needs to evolve in an era where every application wants to connect massive amounts of context to large language models. He breaks down why traditional databases and even large context windows fall short—especially at scale—and why object-storage-native search is the inevitable next step. Drawing on his experience from Shopify and Readwise, Simon introduces the SCRAP framework to explain the limits of context stuffing and makes a clear case for why cost, recall, performance, and access control drive the need for smarter retrieval systems. From practical lessons in building highly reliable infra to hard technical problems in vector indexing, this conversation distills the future of AI infra into first principles—with clarity and depth. [0:00] Intro[0:49] The Evolution of AI Context Windows[2:32] Challenges in AI Data Integration[3:56] SCRAP: Scale, Cost, Recall, ACLs, and Performance[9:21] The Rise of Object-Oriented Storage[16:47] Turbo Puffer Use Cases[22:32] Challenges in Vector Search[27:02] Challenges in Query Planning and Data Filtering[27:53] Focusing on Core Problems and Simplicity[28:28] Customer Feedback and Future Directions[29:11] Reliability and Simplicity in Design[30:39] Evaluating Embedding Models and Search Performance[32:17] The Role of Vectors in Search Engines[34:16] Balancing Focus and Expansion[35:57] AI Infrastructure and Market Trends[38:36] The Future of Memory in AI[43:01] Table Stakes for AI in SaaS Applications[45:55] Multimodal Data and Market Observations[46:57] Quickfire With your co-hosts: @jacobeffron - Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health @patrickachase - Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn @ericabrescia - Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq'd by VMWare) @jordan_segall - Partner at Redpoint
In this powerful new installment of our monthly series, Mitch Weathers, creator of Organized Binder and author of Executive Functions for Every Classroom, returns to the mic for an energizing conversation that's all about optimizing the way students think, learn, and succeed. We kick things off with an exciting announcement about our new project, The VIBE Edu Podcast, before diving into practical strategies for enhancing retrieval practices, managing cognitive load, and boosting working memory. Mitch also shares insights on meaningful student feedback and how intentional evaluation can drive deeper understanding. If you're ready to transform classroom routines into high-impact learning experiences, this episode is your blueprint. Tune in and walk away with tools to help students not just survive, but thrive. About Mitch Weathers: Mitch Weathers became an exceptional educator because he once struggled as a student. Throughout his academic journey, Mitch rarely felt comfortable in the classroom. It took him seven years to graduate from college—a reflection not of ability, but of disconnection. He often experienced education as something happening around him, not something he was actively part of. That sense of isolation fueled his desire to create a different kind of learning experience. When Mitch became a teacher, he brought with him a deep empathy for students who felt unseen or overwhelmed. He quickly realized that before we can effectively teach content, we must first build the foundation for learning. That foundation is structure, consistency, and support. To meet this need, Mitch created Organized Binder—a simple, research-backed system that empowers teachers to explicitly teach executive functioning skills without sacrificing instructional time. By establishing predictable learning routines, teachers foster safer, more inclusive classrooms where students gain confidence, independence, and a sense of belonging. Mitch's mission is to equip educators with the tools to help every student succeed—not just academically, but personally. Follow Mitch Weathers: Website: www.organizedbinder.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/organizedbinder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/organizedbinder/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/organizedbinder Linkedin:
This episode of the EYE ON SCI-FI podcast shines a spotlight on the sci-fi short film 'Retrieval.' Set in 2143, the film follows a woman named Lauren as she undergoes experimental virtual reality therapy to confront her childhood demons, only to find they are very, very real. #scifishortfilm #scifi #traumasurvivalSubscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts or Amazon Music.To subscribe to the newsletter, explore the podcast archive, support the podcast, and more, visit EYE ON SCI-FI Link Tree.Episode Link:Watch: Retrieval On YouTube
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Most LLM-powered features do not break at the model. They break at the context. So how do you retrieve the right information to get useful results, even under vague or messy user queries? In this episode, we hear from Eric Ma, who leads data science research in the Data Science and AI group at Moderna. He shares what it takes to move beyond toy demos and ship LLM features that actually help people do their jobs. We cover: • How to align retrieval with user intent and why cosine similarity is not the answer • How a dumb YAML-based system outperformed so-called smart retrieval pipelines • Why vague queries like “what is this all about” expose real weaknesses in most systems • When vibe checks are enough and when formal evaluation is worth the effort • How retrieval workflows can evolve alongside your product and user needs If you are building LLM-powered systems and care about how they work, not just whether they work, this one is for you. LINKS Eric's website (https://ericmjl.github.io/) Upcoming Events on Luma (https://lu.ma/calendar/cal-8ImWFDQ3IEIxNWk) Hugo's recent newsletter about upcoming events and more! (https://hugobowne.substack.com/p/stop-building-agents)
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Software Engineering Radio - The Podcast for Professional Software Developers
In this episode of Software Engineering Radio, Abhinav Kimothi sits down with host Priyanka Raghavan to explore retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), drawing insights from Abhinav's book, A Simple Guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation. The conversation begins with an introduction to key concepts, including large language models (LLMs), context windows, RAG, hallucinations, and real-world use cases. They then delve into the essential components and design considerations for building a RAG-enabled system, covering topics such as retrievers, prompt augmentation, indexing pipelines, retrieval strategies, and the generation process. The discussion also touches on critical aspects like data chunking and the distinctions between open-source and pre-trained models. The episode concludes with a forward-looking perspective on the future of RAG and its evolving role in the industry. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.
AI models have a defined memory ceiling, which is reshaping the ongoing debates surrounding copyright and data privacy. Recent research from Meta, Google DeepMind, Cornell, and NVIDIA reveals that large language models have a fixed memorization capacity of approximately 8.6 bits per parameter. This finding clarifies the distinction between memorized data and generalized knowledge, indicating that larger datasets do not necessarily lead to increased memorization of specific data points. This understanding is crucial as it informs the operational mechanisms of AI models and addresses concerns related to copyright infringement.Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, has introduced the term "artificial jagged intelligence" to describe the current phase of AI development, highlighting the non-linear progress and the challenges faced by researchers despite significant advancements. Pichai's perspective reflects the mixed performance of AI models, which can exhibit extraordinary capabilities alongside notable errors. This sentiment is echoed by deep learning researcher Andrej Karpathy, emphasizing the unpredictability of AI performance and the need for a more nuanced understanding of its capabilities.The rise of AI retrieval bots is transforming how users access information online, with a significant increase in traffic from these bots. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are deploying these bots to summarize content in real-time, moving away from traditional search methods that provide links to multiple sources. This shift poses challenges for content publishers, as the growth of retrieval bots indicates a changing economic landscape where content is increasingly consumed by AI first, with human users following. Publishers may need to rethink their engagement strategies to adapt to this new reality.In the broader context of technology and cybersecurity, WhatsApp's intervention in a legal case concerning encryption and privacy rights highlights the growing role of platforms in surveillance debates. Additionally, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency faces leadership challenges amid a talent exodus, raising concerns about its operational effectiveness. As the IT services industry evolves, the integration of AI into various sectors, including hiring and cybersecurity, underscores the importance of execution, interoperability, and trust in automation. The future of technology will depend on how well businesses can navigate these changes and support their clients in making informed decisions. Four things to know today 00:00 AI's Jagged Reality: Study Reveals Limits to Model Memory as Bots Redefine the Web Economy05:35 Cybersecurity Crossroads: WhatsApp Joins Apple in Legal Fight as U.S. Agency Leadership Crumbles08:29 AI Matures Into Infrastructure Layer as IT Vendors Shift Focus to Outcomes and Execution11:51 Legal Tech, GenAI, and Fast Food Bots All Show One Thing: Hype Doesn't Equal Success This is the Business of Tech. Supported by: All our Sponsors: https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ Do you want the show on your podcast app or the written versions of the stories? Subscribe to the Business of Tech: https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe/Looking for a link from the stories? The entire script of the show, with links to articles, are posted in each story on https://www.businessof.tech/ Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mspradio/ Want to be a guest on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights? Send Dave Sobel a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech Want our stuff? Cool Merch? Wear “Why Do We Care?” - Visit https://mspradio.myspreadshop.com Follow us on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079/YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradio/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradio/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.tech
The theme of the current administration is to do more with less. Today, we hear from experts on how they have assisted in implementing Zero Trust by leveraging all resources possible. We know implementing Zero Trust is a continuous process; David Bottom from the SEC provides guidelines on what to review constantly. He suggests focusing on decreasing privileges, patching systems, and learning how to extract meaningful signals from the flood of data entering the federal government. None of this can be done without cooperation across the agency. As an example of working with others, David Bottom references the SEC's EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval). Jennifer Franks, GAO, recommends that listeners take advantage of federal guidelines to spend as little as possible while meeting compliance goals. For example, CISA, OMB, and NIST all offer guidance in implementation. She has an excellent eight-word summary of Zero Trust: right users, proper access, at the right time. Many agencies are understaffed. As a result, one way to meet goals is to leverage the right tools. Brian "Stretch" Meyers believes the most "bang for the buck" will be achieved by using tools to establish visibility. From there, one can identify key items to reach compliance. Zero Trust is an initiative that is here to stay. Listen to the podcast to get ideas on how to optimize the staff and resources at hand.
We are joined by Eno Reyes and Matan Grinberg, the co-founders of Factory.ai. They are building droids for autonomous software engineering, handling everything from code generation to incident response for production outages. After raising a $15M Series A from Sequoia, they just released their product in GA! https://factory.ai/ https://x.com/latentspacepod Chapters 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:35 Meeting at Langchain Hackathon 00:04:02 Building Factory despite early model limitations 00:06:56 What is Factory AI? 00:08:55 Delegation vs Collaboration in AI Development Tools 00:10:06 Naming Origins of 'Factory' and 'Droids' 00:12:17 Defining Droids: Agent vs Workflow 00:14:34 Live Demo 00:17:37 Enterprise Context and Tool Integration in Droids 00:20:26 Prompting, Clarification, and Agent Communication 00:22:28 Project Understanding and Proactive Context Gathering 00:24:10 Why SWE-Bench Is Dead 00:28:47 Model Fine-tuning and Generalization Challenges 00:31:07 Why Factory is Browser-Based, Not IDE-Based 00:33:51 Test-Driven Development and Agent Verification 00:36:17 Retrieval vs Large Context Windows for Cost Efficiency 00:38:02 Enterprise Metrics: Code Churn and ROI 00:40:48 Executing Large Refactors and Migrations with Droids 00:45:25 Model Speed, Parallelism, and Delegation Bottlenecks 00:50:11 Observability Challenges and Semantic Telemetry 00:53:44 Hiring 00:55:19 Factory's design and branding approach 00:58:34 Closing Thoughts and Future of AI-Native Development
Are Baptists just LARP-ing when they talk about tradition and retrieval? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Ian Clary—historian, theologian, and co-host of Into Theology—to explore how Baptists fit within both the Protestant and broader catholic tradition. We dive into questions of church history, patristic theology, and the resurgence of retrieval among younger evangelicals. Can Baptists draw from the deep wells of Nicaea, Augustine, and Aquinas without losing their distinctives? Are we heirs or imposters in the great tradition? Find out in this episode. Support the Podcast Support us on Patreon Website: thatllpreach.io IG: thatllpreachpodcast YouTube Channel Resources & Affiliations: Into Theology Podcast (TGC Canada) Center for Baptist Renewal
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This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast
Today, we're joined by Sebastian Gehrmann, head of responsible AI in the Office of the CTO at Bloomberg, to discuss AI safety in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and generative AI in high-stakes domains like financial services. We explore how RAG, contrary to some expectations, can inadvertently degrade model safety. We cover examples of unsafe outputs that can emerge from these systems, different approaches to evaluating these safety risks, and the potential reasons behind this counterintuitive behavior. Shifting to the application of generative AI in financial services, Sebastian outlines a domain-specific safety taxonomy designed for the industry's unique needs. We also explore the critical role of governance and regulatory frameworks in addressing these concerns, the role of prompt engineering in bolstering safety, Bloomberg's multi-layered mitigation strategies, and vital areas for further work in improving AI safety within specialized domains. The complete show notes for this episode can be found at https://twimlai.com/go/732.
Federal Tech Podcast: Listen and learn how successful companies get federal contracts
AFCEA'S TechNet Cyber conference held in Baltimore, Maryland was the perfect opportunity to sit down with Greg Carl, Principal Technologist from Pure Storage. Pure Storage is used by 175 federal agencies. Time to sit down from a subject matter expert and explain their value proposition. Today's federal government is attempting to accomplish digital modernization through a move to the cloud and, at the same time, reduce staff. To multiply the risk associated with this endeavor, we see an increase in cyber attacks on data at rest, in transit, and while in use. Greg Carl drills down on how Pure Storage can help federal leaders in several areas, he begins with Retrieval Augmented Generation, RAG. People have jumped into AI without knowing how to structure a large language model, the popular LLM. RAG focuses on text generation and tries to make sure the data collected is accurate, relevant, and contextually aware. Pure Storage asks, if RAG protects the results of a query, what protects the “Retrieval” part of RAG. We know LLMs are being attacked every day. Malicious code could be placed in a LLM, and the RAG system might not know. A decade ago, backups were child's play. A server down the hall, a backup appliance. Today, one needs an agile cloud solution to perform continuous backups in a hybrid world. One way to gain resilience is to use immutable backups where the attacked system can be restored and not lose valuable time. Speed and security handling important data activities can reduce costs for federal leaders by improving accuracy of LLMs and speed the time to recover after an attack. Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www.Federaltechpodcast.com
Your egg retrieval is scheduled, and you've done what you can to prepare, but what about after? How many eggs is “normal” to retrieve—or what happens if it's less than expected? What's a typical recovery, what are signs of a complication, and when should you call the clinic? In this episode of Brave & Curious, Dr. Lora Shahine shares five essential things to know both before and after an egg retrieval. She's covering egg count, how to manage post-procedure discomfort, and recognizing signs of possible complications like ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, constipation, and a heavy period. If you want to know what to expect for your egg retrieval, this episode is for you! In this episode you'll hear: [1:30] Setting expectations for egg retrieval [4:12] Managing after-procedure pain [6:12] OHSS: what it is & what do do [10:43 Constipation [12:12] Your next period [13:55] Recap and final thoughts Dr. Shahine's Weekly Newsletter on Fertility News and Recommendations Follow @drlorashahine Instagram | YouTube | Tiktok | Her Books
In today's episode we are joined by the incredible Zoe, who shares her experience with egg freezing here in Naarm/Melbourne. Zoe shares her experience from the perspective of a single woman in her 30s living with PCOS. She talks us through the decision to undertake egg retrieval, the process itself, practicalities of the procedure and how she was feeling along the way. Zoe also discusses her experience with ovarian hyperstimulation, a complication that can occur following egg retrieval. Zoe is so open and thoughtful in this episode, and we hope you enjoy listening. You can't really know the ins and outs of an experience like this unless you've gone through it, and we're so grateful to Zoe for sharing her own journey. You can also find Zoe @orgpsych.adventures.Please note this episode cannot be considered as medical advice and only represents Zoe's views and experiences. Please know Zoe does also mention the number of eggs collected if this is a sensitive topic for you.Resources mentioned:Knocked Up podcastMonash IVF free fertility nurse on call service*We recorded this episode before the recent event involving an incorrect embryo transfer occurred in QLD, Australia. We are sending you so much love and care if this news impacts you*Join our community on instagram @growingupraisinguspodcast to see photos of our weekly guests, behind the scenes moments, and keep up to date with episode releases.This podcast was recorded on the unceded lands of the Taungurung, Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung/Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge that sovereignty of the lands on which this podcast was recorded was never ceded and pay our respects to the original storytellers of this land.
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Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test or using flashcards instead of just looking at, rereading, or reviewing the information. When we study with retrieval, we learn and remember things much better than we do by other review methods. So how do we add more to our classrooms? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Pooja Agarwal, editor of the book Smart Teaching Stronger Learning, and two of the book's authors, Dr. Janell Blunt and Dr. Michelle Rivers, to learn nine simple, easy, and fun retrieval strategies that can be added to any lesson. Thanks to Zearn and EVERFI for sponsoring this episode. To read a full transcript of this episode and find links to more retrieval practice resources, visit cultofpedagogy.com/retrieval-in-action.
Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast
As AI search evolves, SEO professionals face new optimization challenges. Chris Andrew, CEO of Scrunch AI, explains why optimizing for AI retrieval is a long-term necessity rather than a passing trend. He details how OpenAI's development of its own search index represents a significant market shift away from traditional search engines, requiring marketers to understand how language models retrieve, cite, and reference content to maintain brand relevance in AI-powered search environments.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Are you preparing for an egg retrieval and feeling unsure about what to expect? Curious about what you should—and shouldn't—do on the day of your procedure? In this episode of Brave & Curious, Dr. Lora Shahine walks through everything you need to know to feel confident and prepared for your egg retrieval. She's covering the logistics, physical and emotional readiness, and what matters most before, during, and after the procedure. All this information will help reduce anxiety and ensure a comfortable and more informed experience. This is a must-listen for those at the beginning of IVF or those simply looking to understand the egg retrieval process better. In this episode you'll hear: [0:16] Understanding the process [1:42] Preparing for the “day of” [4:05] During the procedure [12:52] Post-retrieval care [15:09] Next steps [17:08] Final thoughts & some encouragement Dr. Shahine's Weekly Newsletter on Fertility News and Recommendations Follow @drlorashahine Instagram | YouTube | Tiktok | Her Books
{ILS} The Baker Paradox - If you meet someone named Baker, you're more likely to forget their name than if you met someone who is a baker. {2} Great illustration of the flimsy memory of names of othersExterior Retention Interval - the time between when you learn a concept and then are tested on it Memory involves four processes: Attention - observing things through your senses Encoding - selective, there are often too many things to take in Storage - Memories have to be stored somewhere in the brain, so in order to do so, the brain biochemically alters itself Retrieval - when we remember past events, we reconstruct them with the aid of our memory traces—but also color them with our current belief of what happened. - Available vs Accessible {SCR} Luke 24:1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! {MPT} Why are you here? Because they are faithful to their Savior - they want him to have the care and love he gave to their faith tradition - they honored the Sabbath regardless of the hostility - leaders could want to wipe them out Because they did not remember what Jesus said - three separate times They have been traumatized In their tiny way, they want to take back part of that memory {SCR} Luke 24:6 Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' ” 8 Then they remembered his words. {MPT} Yeah, we remember Galilee We were taught in ways we have never heard We were loved, healed, and fed We were surrounded by people that were interested We never felt this way and knew it would never end {SCR} Luke 24:9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. {MPT} If we don't remember, we wonder If the present has complete influence over us If the discouraging things we experience If the violent things we have seen If the people we loved so dearly that influenced us are not present Yet if we remember the incredible love that Jesus showedAnd the promises he made to his people
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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) AI:In this episode, host Evan Reid sits down with data strategy expert Heather Harris, PhD and developer Mohammed Afnan Waseem for an in-depth conversation on the opportunities and challenges of deploying Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) AI systems. The discussion begins with an exploration of data strategy, focusing on the importance of understanding proprietary data, questions around data ownership, and how RAG systems retrieve and apply information in real time. The panel then breaks down system design fundamentals, highlighting key components such as embeddings and vectorization, while also addressing infrastructure considerations using cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. They dive into the risks associated with using proprietary data in AI, including concerns over intellectual property, data security, and potential legal implications. The conversation also touches on policy considerations, including the development of AI governance frameworks.
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, the Trust Insights podcast, Katie and Chris discuss Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). You’ll learn what RAG is and how it can significantly improve the accuracy and relevance of AI responses by using your own data. You’ll understand the crucial differences between RAG and typical search engines or generative AI models, clarifying when RAG is truly needed. You’ll discover practical examples of when RAG becomes essential, especially for handling sensitive company information and proprietary knowledge. Tune in to learn when and how RAG can be a game-changer for your data strategy and when simpler AI tools will suffice! Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: https://traffic.libsyn.com/inearinsights/tipodcast-what-is-retrieval-augmented-generation-rag.mp3 Download the MP3 audio here. Need help with your company’s data and analytics? Let us know! Join our free Slack group for marketers interested in analytics! [podcastsponsor] Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for listening to the episode. Christopher S. Penn – 00:00 In this week’s In Ear Insights, let’s… Christopher S. Penn – 00:02 Talk about RAG—Retrieval augmented generation. Christopher S. Penn – 00:06 What is it? Christopher S. Penn – 00:07 Why do we care about it? Christopher S. Penn – 00:09 So Katie, I know you’re going in kind of blind on this. What do you know about retrieval augmented generation? Katie Robbert – 00:17 I knew we were going to be talking about this, but I purposely didn’t do any research because I wanted to see how much I thought I understood already just based on. So if I take apart just even the words Retrieval augmented generation, I think retrieval means it has… Katie Robbert – 00:41 To go find something augmented, meaning it’s… Katie Robbert – 00:44 Going to add on to something existing and then generation means it’s going to do something. So it’s going to find data added on to the whatever is existing, whatever that is, and then create something. So that’s my basic. But obviously, that doesn’t mean anything. So we have to put it in… Katie Robbert – 01:05 The context of generative AI. Katie Robbert – 01:07 So what am I missing? Christopher S. Penn – 01:09 Believe it or not, you’re not missing a whole lot. That’s actually a good encapsulation. Happy Monday. Retrieval augmented generation is a system for bringing in contextual knowledge to a prompt so that generative AI can do a better job. Probably one of the most well-known and easiest-to-use systems like this is Google’s free NotebookLM where you just put in a bunch of documents. It does all the work—the technical stuff of tokenization and embeddings and all that stuff. And then you can chat with your documents and say, ‘Well, what’s in this?’ In our examples, we’ve used the letters from the corner office books that we’ve written every year, and those are all of your cold opens from the newsletter. Christopher S. Penn – 01:58 And so you can go to a notebook and say, ‘What has Katie written about the five Ps?’ And it will list an exhaustive list. Christopher S. Penn – 02:07 Behind the scenes, there’s a bunch of… Christopher S. Penn – 02:10 Technical things that are going on. There is a database of some kind. There is a querying system that your generative AI tool knows to ask the database, and then you can constrain the system. So you can say, ‘I only want you to use this database,’ or you can use this database plus your other knowledge that you’ve already been trained on. Christopher S. Penn – 02:34 What’s important to know is that retrieval augmented generation, at least out-of-the-box, goes when you write that first prompt. Essentially what it does is it copies and pastes the relevant information for the database back into the prompt and then sends that onto the system. Christopher S. Penn – 02:48 So it all in a vanilla retrieval augmented generation system… Christopher S. Penn – 02:53 It only queries the database once. Katie Robbert – 02:56 So it sounds a lot like prior to generative AI being a thing, back when Chris, you and I were struggling through the coal mines of big enterprise companies. It sounds a lot like when my company was like, ‘Hey, we… Katie Robbert – 03:15 ‘Just got SharePoint and we’re going to… Katie Robbert – 03:17 ‘Build an intranet that’s going to be a data repository for everything, basically like an internal wiki.’ And it makes me cringe. Katie Robbert – 03:26 Every time I hear someone say the… Katie Robbert – 03:27 Word wiki meaning, like a Wikipedia, which is almost like what I—I can’t think of the word. Oh my God, it’s been so long. Katie Robbert – 03:43 All of those books that… Katie Robbert – 03:45 You look up things in encyclopedia. Katie Robbert – 03:47 Thank you. Katie Robbert – 03:48 Oh, my goodness. But it becomes like that internal encyclopedia of knowledge about your company or whatever. The thing is that topic, like there’s fandom, Wikipedias, and that kind of thing. In a very basic way, it kind of… Katie Robbert – 04:04 Sounds like that where you say, ‘Here’s all the information about one specific thing.’ Katie Robbert – 04:10 Now you can query it. Christopher S. Penn – 04:14 In many ways. It kind of is what separates it from older legacy databases and systems. Is that because you’re prompting in natural language, you don’t have to know how to write a SQL query. Christopher S. Penn – 04:27 You can just say, ‘We’re going to talk about this.’ And ideally, a RAG system is configured with relevant data from your data store. So if you have a SharePoint, for example, and you have Microsoft Copilot and… Christopher S. Penn – 04:42 You have Microsoft Knowledge Graph and you… Christopher S. Penn – 04:43 Have—you swiped the credit card so many times for Microsoft that you basically have a Microsoft-only credit card—then Copilot should be aware of all the documents in your Office 365 environment and in your SharePoint and stuff. And then be able to say, ‘Okay, Katie’s asking about accounting receipts from 2023.’ And it’s vectorized and converted all the knowledge into the specific language, the specific format that generative AI requires. And then when you write the prompt… Christopher S. Penn – 05:21 ‘Show me the accounting receipts that Chris… Christopher S. Penn – 05:23 ‘Filed from 2023, because I’m looking for inappropriate purchases like he charged $280 to McDonald’s.’ It would be able to go and… Christopher S. Penn – 05:33 Find the associated content within your internal… Christopher S. Penn – 05:36 Knowledge base and return and say, ‘Chris did in fact spend $80 at McDonald’s and we’re not sure why.’ Katie Robbert – 05:43 Nobody knows. Christopher S. Penn – 05:44 Nobody knows. Katie Robbert – 05:45 Well, okay, so retrieval augmented generation basically sounds like a system, a database that says, ‘This is the information I’m allowed to query.’ So someone’s going to ask me a… Katie Robbert – 06:01 Question and I’m going to bring it… Katie Robbert – 06:02 Back. At a very basic level, how is that different from a search engine where you ask a question, it brings back information, or a generative AI… Katie Robbert – 06:14 System now, such as a ChatGPT or… Katie Robbert – 06:16 A Google Gemini, where you say, ‘What are the best practices for SEO in 2025?’ How is this—how is retrieval augmented generation different than how we think about working with generative AI today? Christopher S. Penn – 06:33 Fundamentally, a RAG system is different because… Christopher S. Penn – 06:36 You are providing the data store and… Christopher S. Penn – 06:38 You may be constraining the AI to… Christopher S. Penn – 06:40 Say, ‘You may only use this information,’ or ‘You may—you should use this information first.’ Christopher S. Penn – 06:47 So let’s say, for example, to your… Christopher S. Penn – 06:48 Point, I want to write a blog post about project management and how to be an effective project manager. And I had a system like Pinecone or Weaviate or Milvus connected to the AI system of our choice, and in that was all the blog posts and newsletters you’ve ever written in the system configuration itself. I might say for any prompts that we pass this thing, ‘You can only use Katie’s newsletters.’ Or I might say, ‘You should use Katie’s newsletters first.’ So if I say, ‘Write a blog post about project management,’ it would refer… Christopher S. Penn – 07:25 To your knowledge first and draw from that first. And then if it couldn’t complete the… Christopher S. Penn – 07:29 Task, you would then go to its own knowledge or outside to other sources. So it’s a way of prioritizing certain kinds of information. Where you say, ‘This is the way I want it to be done.’ If you think about the Repel framework or the RACE framework that we use for prompting that context, or that priming… Christopher S. Penn – 07:47 Part is the RAG system. So instead of us saying, ‘What do… Christopher S. Penn – 07:50 ‘Know about this topic? What are the best practices? What are the common mistakes?’ Instead, you’re saying, ‘Here’s a whole big pile of data. Pick and choose from it the stuff that you think is most relevant, and then use that for the rest of the conversation.’ Katie Robbert – 08:04 And if you’re interested in learning more about the Repel framework, you can get… Katie Robbert – 08:08 That at TrustInsights.ai/repel. Now, okay, as I’m trying to wrap my head around this, how is retrieval augmented generation different from creating a custom… Katie Robbert – 08:22 Model with a knowledge base? Katie Robbert – 08:24 Or is it the same thing? Christopher S. Penn – 08:26 That’s the same thing, but at a much larger scale. When you create something like a GPT where you upload documents, there’s a limit. Christopher S. Penn – 08:34 It’s 10 megabytes per file, and I… Christopher S. Penn – 08:36 Think it’s 10 or either 10 or 20 files. So there’s a limit to how much data you can cram into that. If, for example, you wanted to make a system that would accurately respond about US Tax code is a massive database of laws. Christopher S. Penn – 08:51 It is. If I remember, there was once this visualization. Somebody put—printed out the US Tax code and put it on a huge table. The table collapsed because it was so heavy, and it was hundreds of thousands of pages. You can’t put that in knowledge—in knowledge files. There’s just too much of it. But what you can do is you could download it, put it into this one of these retrieval augmented generation databases. Christopher S. Penn – 09:15 And then say, ‘When I ask you… Christopher S. Penn – 09:17 ‘Tax questions, you may only use this database.’ Christopher S. Penn – 09:20 And so out of the hundreds of millions of pages of tax code, if I say, ‘How do I declare an exemption on Form 8829?’ It will go into that specific knowledge base and fish out the relevant portion. So think of it like NotebookLM with an unlimited amount of data you can upload. Katie Robbert – 09:41 So it sounds like a couple of things. One, it sounds like in order to use retrieval augmented generation correctly, you have… Katie Robbert – 09:49 To have some kind of expertise around what it is you’re going to query. Otherwise, you’re basically at a general Internet… Katie Robbert – 09:57 Search saying, ‘How do I get exemptions from tax, Form 8829?’ It’s just going to look for everything because you’re looking for everything because you don’t know specifically. Otherwise, you would have said, ‘Bring me to the U.S. Tax database…’ Katie Robbert – 10:17 ‘That specifically talks about Form 8820.’ You would have known that already. Katie Robbert – 10:23 So it sounds like, number one, you can’t get around again with—we talked about every week—there has to be some kind of subject matter expertise in order to make these things work. Katie Robbert – 10:36 And then number two, you have to have some way to give the system a knowledge block or access to the… Katie Robbert – 10:44 Information in order for it to be true. Retrieval augmented generation. Katie Robbert – 10:49 I keep saying it in the hopes that the words will stick. It’s almost like when you meet someone. Katie Robbert – 10:53 And you keep saying their name over and over again in the hopes that you’ll remember it. I’m hoping that I’m going to remember the phrase retrieval… Katie Robbert – 11:01 Just call it RAG, but I need to know what it stands for. Christopher S. Penn – 11:04 Yes. Katie Robbert – 11:05 Okay, so those are the two things that it sounds like need to be true. So if I’m your everyday marketer, which I am, I’m not overly technical. I understand technical theories and I understand technical practices. But if I’m not necessarily a power user of generative AI like you are, Chris, what are some—why do I need to understand what retrieval augmented generation is? How would I use this thing? Christopher S. Penn – 11:32 For the general marketer, there is not… Christopher S. Penn – 11:35 As many use cases for RAG as… Christopher S. Penn – 11:37 There is for others. So let me give you a really good example of where it is a prime use case. You are a healthcare system. You have patient data. You cannot load that to NotebookLM, but you absolutely could create a RAG system internally and then allow—within your own secured network—doctors to query all of the medical records to say, ‘Have we seen a case like this before? Hey, this person came in with these symptoms.’ Christopher S. Penn – 12:03 ‘What else have we seen?’ Christopher S. Penn – 12:04 ‘Are there similar outcomes that we can… Christopher S. Penn – 12:07 ‘We can go back and use as… Christopher S. Penn – 12:08 Sort of your own internal knowledge base with data that has to be protected. For the average marketing, I’m writing a social media post. You’re not going to use RAG because there’s no point in doing that. If you had confidential information or proprietary information that you did not feel comfortable loading into a NotebookLM, then a RAG system would make sense. So if you were to say maybe you have a new piece of software that your company is going to be rolling out and the developers actually did their job and wrote documentation and you didn’t want Google to be aware of it—wow, I know we’re in science fiction land here—you might load that to a RAG system, say, ‘Now let me help me… Christopher S. Penn – 12:48 ‘Write social posts about the features of… Christopher S. Penn – 12:50 ‘This new product and I don’t want anyone else to know about it.’ So super secret that even no matter what our contracts and service level agreements say, I just can’t put this in. Or I’m an agency and I’m working with client data and our contract says we may not use third parties. Regardless of the reason, no matter how safe you think it is, your contract says you cannot use third party. So you would build a RAG system internally for that client data and then query it because your contract says you can’t use NotebookLM. Katie Robbert – 13:22 Is it a RAG system if I… Katie Robbert – 13:26 Create a custom model with my brand… Katie Robbert – 13:28 Guidelines and my tone and use that model to outline content even though I’m searching the rest of the Internet for my top five best practices for SEO, but written as Katie Robbert from Trust Insights? Is it… Christopher S. Penn – 13:49 In a way, but it doesn’t use the… Christopher S. Penn – 13:51 Full functionality of a RAG system. Christopher S. Penn – 13:53 It doesn’t have the vector database underlying and stuff like that. From an outcome perspective, it’s the same thing. You get the outcome you want, which is prefer my stuff first. I mean, that’s really fundamentally what Retrieval Augmented Generation is about. It’s us saying, ‘Hey, AI model, you don’t understand this topic well.’ Like, if you were writing content about SEO and you notice that AI is spitting out SEO tips from 2012, you’re like, ‘Okay, clearly you don’t know SEO as well as we do.’ You might use a RAG system to say, ‘This is what we know to be true about SEO in 2025.’ Christopher S. Penn – 14:34 ‘You may only use this information because… Christopher S. Penn – 14:36 ‘I don’t trust that you’re going to do it right.’ Katie Robbert – 14:41 It’s interesting because what you’re describing sounds—and this is again, I’m just trying to wrap my brain around it. Katie Robbert – 14:48 It sounds a lot like giving a knowledge block to a custom model. Christopher S. Penn – 14:53 And it very much is. Katie Robbert – 14:54 Okay. Because I’m like, ‘Am I missing something?’ And I feel like when we start to use proper terminology like retrieval augmented generation, that’s where the majority of… Katie Robbert – 15:05 Us get nervous of like, ‘Oh, no, it’s something new that I have to try to understand.’ Katie Robbert – 15:09 But really, it’s what we’ve been doing all along. We’re just now understanding the proper terminology. Katie Robbert – 15:16 For something and that it does have… Katie Robbert – 15:18 More advanced features and capabilities. But for your average marketer, or maybe even your advanced marketer, you’re not going… Katie Robbert – 15:28 To need to use a retrieval augmented generation system to its full capacity, because… Katie Robbert – 15:34 That’s just not the nature of the work that you’re doing. And that’s what I’m trying to understand is it sounds like for marketers, for B2B marketers, B2C marketers, even operations, even project managers, sales teams, the everyday, you probably don’t need a RAG system. Katie Robbert – 15:59 I am thinking now, as I’m saying… Katie Robbert – 16:00 It out loud, if you have a sales playbook, that might be something that would be good proprietary to your company. Here’s how we do awareness. Katie Robbert – 16:12 Here’s how we do consideration, here’s how… Katie Robbert – 16:14 We close deals, here’s the… Katie Robbert – 16:16 Special pricing for certain people whose name end in Y and, on Tuesdays they get a purple discount. Katie Robbert – 16:23 And whatever the thing is, that is. Katie Robbert – 16:26 The information that you would want to load into, like a NotebookLM system. Katie Robbert – 16:30 Keep it off of public channels, and use that as your retrieval augmented generation system as you’re training new salespeople, as people are on the… Katie Robbert – 16:41 Fly closing, ‘Oh, wow, I have 20 deals in front of me and I… Katie Robbert – 16:43 ‘Can’t remember what six discount… Katie Robbert – 16:46 ‘Codes we’re offering on Thursdays. Let me go ahead and query the system as I’m talking and get the information.’ Katie Robbert – 16:51 Is that more of a realistic use case? Christopher S. Penn – 16:55 To a degree, yes. Christopher S. Penn – 16:57 Think about it. The knowledge block is perfect because we provide those knowledge blocks. We write up, ‘Here’s what Trust Insights is, here’s who it does.’ Think of a RAG system as a system that can generate a relevant knowledge block dynamically on the fly. Christopher S. Penn – 17:10 So for folks who don’t know, every Monday and Friday, Trust Insights, we have an internal checkpoint call. We check—go through all of our clients and stuff like that. And we record those; we have the transcripts of those. That’s a lot. That’s basically an hour-plus of audio every week. It’s 6,000 words. And on those calls, we discuss everything from our dogs to sales things. I would never want to try to include all 500 transcripts of the company into an AI prompt. Christopher S. Penn – 17:40 It would just blow up. Christopher S. Penn – 17:41 Even the biggest model today, even Meta Llama’s… Christopher S. Penn – 17:44 New 10 million token context window, it would just explode. I would create a database, a RAG system that would create all the relevant embeddings and things and put that there. And then when I say, ‘What neat… Christopher S. Penn – 17:57 ‘Marketing ideas have we come up with… Christopher S. Penn – 17:58 ‘In the last couple of years?’ It would go into the database and… Christopher S. Penn – 18:02 Fish out only the pieces that are relevant to marketing ideas. Christopher S. Penn – 18:05 Because a RAG system is controlled by… Christopher S. Penn – 18:08 The quality of the prompt you use. Christopher S. Penn – 18:10 It would then fish out from all 500 transcripts marketing ideas, and it would… Christopher S. Penn – 18:16 Essentially build the knowledge block on the… Christopher S. Penn – 18:18 Fly, jam it into the prompt at… Christopher S. Penn – 18:20 The end, and then that goes into… Christopher S. Penn – 18:22 Your AI system model of choice. And if it’s Chat GPT or Gemini or whatever, it will then spit out, ‘Hey, based on five years’ worth of Trust Insights sales and weekly calls, here are the ideas that you came up with.’ So that’s a really good example of where that RAG system would come into play. If you have, for example… Christopher S. Penn – 18:43 A quarterly strategic retreat of all your… Christopher S. Penn – 18:46 Executives and you have days and days of audio and you’re like, at the end of your… Christopher S. Penn – 18:52 Three-year plan, ‘How do we do… Christopher S. Penn – 18:53 ‘With our three-year master strategy?’ You would load all that into a RAG system, say, ‘What are the main strategic ideas we came up with over the last three years?’ And it’d be able to spit that out. And then you could have a conversation with just that knowledge block that it generated by itself. Katie Robbert – 19:09 You can’t bring up these… Katie Robbert – 19:11 Ideas on these podcast recordings and then… Katie Robbert – 19:13 Not actually build them for me. That, because these are really good use cases. And I’m like, ‘Okay, yeah, so where’s that thing? I need that.’ But what you’re doing is you’re giving that real-world demonstration of when a retrieval augmented generation system is actually applicable. Katie Robbert – 19:34 When is it not applicable? I think that’s equally as important. Katie Robbert – 19:37 We’ve talked a little bit about, oh, if you’re writing a blog post or that kind of thing. Katie Robbert – 19:41 You probably don’t need it. Katie Robbert – 19:42 But where—I guess maybe, let me rephrase. Katie Robbert – 19:45 Where do you see people using those… Katie Robbert – 19:47 Systems incorrectly or inefficiently? Christopher S. Penn – 19:50 They use them for things where there’s public data. So for example, almost every generative AI system now has web search built into it. So if you’re saying, ‘What are the best practices for SEO in 2025?’ You don’t need a separate database for that. Christopher S. Penn – 20:07 You don’t need the overhead, the administration, and stuff. Christopher S. Penn – 20:10 Just when a simple web query would have done, you don’t need it to assemble knowledge blocks that are relatively static. So for example, maybe you want to do a wrap-up of SEO best practices in 2025. So you go to Google deep research and OpenAI deep research and Perplexity Deep Research and you get some reports and you merge them together. You don’t need a RAG system for that. These other tools have stepped in. Christopher S. Penn – 20:32 To provide that synthesis for you, which… Christopher S. Penn – 20:34 We cover in our new generative AI use cases course, which you can find at Trust Insights AI Use cases course. I think we have a banner for that somewhere. I think it’s at the bottom in those cases. Yeah, you don’t need a RAG system for that because you’re providing the knowledge block. Christopher S. Penn – 20:51 A RAG system is necessary when you… Christopher S. Penn – 20:52 Have too much knowledge to put into a knowledge block. When you don’t have that problem, you don’t need a RAG system. And if the data is out there on the Internet, don’t reinvent the wheel. Katie Robbert – 21:08 But shiny objects and differentiators. Katie Robbert – 21:12 And competitive advantage and smart things. Christopher S. Penn – 21:16 I mean, people do talk about agentic RAG where you have AI agents repeatedly querying the database for improvements, which there are use cases for that. One of the biggest use cases for that is encoding, where you have a really big system, you load all of your code into your own internal RAG, and then you can have your coding agents reference your own code, figure out what code is in your code base, and then make changes to it that way. That’s a good use of that type of system. But for the average marketer, that is ridiculous. There’s no reason to that. That’s like taking your fighter jet to the grocery store. It’s vast overkill. When a bicycle would have done just fine. Katie Robbert – 22:00 When I hear the term agentic retrieval augmented generation system, I think of that image of the snake eating its tail because it’s just going to go around… Katie Robbert – 22:11 And around and around and around forever. Christopher S. Penn – 22:15 It’s funny you mentioned that because that’s a whole other topic. The Ouroboros—the snake eating scale—is a topic that maybe we’ll cover on a future show about how new models like Llama 4 that just came out on Saturday, how they’re being trained, they’re… Christopher S. Penn – 22:30 Being trained on their own synthetic data. So it really is. The Ouroboros is consuming its own tail. And there’s some interesting implications for that. Christopher S. Penn – 22:36 But that’s another show. Katie Robbert – 22:38 Yeah, I already have some gut reactions to that. So we can certainly make sure we get that episode recorded. That’s next week’s show. All right, so it sounds like for everyday use, you don’t necessarily need to… Katie Robbert – 22:54 Worry about having a retrieval augmented generation system in place. What you should have is knowledge blocks. Katie Robbert – 23:01 About what’s proprietary to your company, what you guys do, who you are, that kind of stuff that in… Katie Robbert – 23:08 And of itself is good enough. Katie Robbert – 23:10 To give to any generative AI system to say, ‘I want you to look at this information.’ That’s a good start. If you have proprietary data like personally identifying information, patient information, customer information—that’s where you would probably want to build… Katie Robbert – 23:27 More of a true retrieval augmented generation… Katie Robbert – 23:30 System so that you’re querying only that… Katie Robbert – 23:32 Information in a controlled environment. Christopher S. Penn – 23:35 Yep. Christopher S. Penn – 23:36 And on this week’s Livestream, we’re going… Christopher S. Penn – 23:37 To cover a couple of different systems. So we’ll look at NotebookLM and… Christopher S. Penn – 23:42 That should be familiar to everyone. Christopher S. Penn – 23:43 If it’s not, it needs to get on your radar. Soon. We’ll look at anythingLLM, which is how you can build a RAG system that is essentially no tech setup on your own laptop, assuming your laptop can run those systems. And then we can talk about setting up like a Pinecone or Weaviate or a Milvus for an organization. Because there are RAG systems you can run locally on your computer that are unique to you and those are actually a really good idea, and you can talk about that on the livestream. But then there’s the institutional version, which has much higher overhead for administration. But as we talked about in the use cases in this episode, there may be really good reasons to do that. Katie Robbert – 24:22 And if you are interested in that… Katie Robbert – 24:24 Livestream, that’ll be Thursday at 1:00 PM Eastern. Katie Robbert – 24:27 You can catch us on our YouTube channel, Trust Insights. Trust Insights AI YouTube and unsurprisingly, Chris. Katie Robbert – 24:34 I’m assuming we’re going to start with the 5P framework, because before you start building things, you probably have to have… Katie Robbert – 24:40 A good solid understanding of why you’re building it, how you’re going to build… Katie Robbert – 24:46 It, how it’s going to be used. Katie Robbert – 24:47 So if you’re a fan of the 5Ps like I am, tune in because… Katie Robbert – 24:51 We’ll be covering that first. Christopher S. Penn – 24:52 Exactly. Because there’s a very good sort of flowchart. Do you need RAG, yes or no? That before you start with the technology? Because like we said in this episode… Christopher S. Penn – 25:02 There’s a lot of places where it… Christopher S. Penn – 25:03 Just it’s overkill or it doesn’t make any sense to do it. All right, so if you’ve got some things you want to share about your experiences with RAG or you have questions about retrieval augmented generation, pop on by our free Slack group. 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Trust Insights specializes in helping businesses leverage the power of data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to drive measurable marketing ROI. Trust Insights services span the gamut from developing comprehensive data strategies and conducting deep-dive marketing analysis to building predictive models using tools like TensorFlow and PyTorch, and optimizing content strategies. Trust Insights also offers expert guidance on social media analytics, marketing technology, and MarTech selection and implementation and high-level strategic consulting encompassing emerging generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Dall-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and Meta Llama. Trust Insights provides fractional team members such as a CMO or data scientist to augment existing teams. Christopher S. 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Trust Insights offers a unique blend of technical expertise, strategic guidance, and educational resources to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of modern marketing and business in the age of generative AI. Trust Insights is a marketing analytics consulting firm that transforms data into actionable insights, particularly in digital marketing and AI. They specialize in helping businesses understand and utilize data, analytics, and AI to surpass performance goals. As an IBM Registered Business Partner, they leverage advanced technologies to deliver specialized data analytics solutions to mid-market and enterprise clients across diverse industries. Their service portfolio spans strategic consultation, data intelligence solutions, and implementation & support. Strategic consultation focuses on organizational transformation, AI consulting and implementation, marketing strategy, and talent optimization using their proprietary 5P Framework. 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Host Dr. Cristin Slater interviews Dr. Joseph Findley about pelvic conditions that can affect pregnancy rates with IVF. He discusses the indications and pros and cons to do surgery before IVF egg retrieval and/or before embryo transfer with certain medical conditions. Find the #StartwithSART Fertility Experts series wherever you get your podcasts. Looking for advice on building a family? Ask the experts and #StartwithSART. For more information about the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, visit our website at https://www.sart.org Have a topic you'd like to hear? Tell Us!
For the past 10+ years I've been retrieving eggs for people. A process that if you're a new patient, can be daunting. You may be wondering, what exactly is involved? Just like any surgery it is serious business and a procedure that goes best when there's careful planning. As a doctor who's been doing this for over a decade, I want to give you my top 9 tips for how to be the most prepared patient. Why? Preparation will help set the stage for your best retrieval experience. Any why wouldn't you want that?! My Top 9 Tips for Your Best Egg Retrieval Experience 1. Know where you're going 2. Know your anatomy 3. Stay hydrated 4. Food as medicine 5. Mindful meditation 6. Make sure you don't have a sperm emergency 7. Know what to expect the day of the surgery 8. Collect your must-haves for post retrieval 9. Ask your doctor when you can expect updates post retrieval Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Do you have questions about Egg Freezing? Join Dr. Aimee at The Egg Whisperer School where you will learn all about Egg Freezing, and have a chance to ask you her questions live on Zoom.You can enroll by clicking here. Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org. Other ways to connect with Dr. Aimee and The Egg Whisperer Show: Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips!Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates
#updateai #customersuccess #saas #businessIn this episode of the Unchurned podcast, we are joined by our dynamic duo of experts, James Sanders (AI Implementation Strategist) and Michelle Carter (Customer Success Innovation Lead). From automated call summaries and sentiment analysis to predictive analytics and personalized customer experiences, James and Michelle will guide us through the current trends and future possibilities of AI.They discuss the burgeoning interest in specialized AI tools for customer success and delve into various applications—such as conversation intelligence, chatbots, and predictive health scoring—that are reshaping the industry. By leveraging AI, CSMs can focus on building relationships and delivering value with their new AI copilots.Timestamps0:00 - Preview & Intros2:17 - AI and Customer Success3:11 - Call summaries and follow-up generation4:05 - Voice of the Customer (Sentiment Analysis)5:11 - Predictive Analytics for Churn and Upsell6:03 - Customer Health Scoring6:40 - Task Automation and Workflow Orchestration7:42 - Chatbots and Self-Service AI8:37 - Personalized Content and Recommendations10:52 - Sophisticated proactive retention alerts12:02 - Embedded copilots for AI assistance 13:03 - Multichannel customer orchestration15:45 - Solution Categories in AI for Customer Success19:39 - Glossary of Terms Related to AI___________________________
In this episode, Cory, James, and Gray discuss some of the research projects they are working on, including rethinking the Christian history of languages, the doctrines of sin and demons in the Reformed Tradition, the principles of Reformed retrieval, preaching, and worldview vs. wisdom.Exploring Neo-Calvinism: Foundations for Cultural Apologetics6-SESSION WEEKLY ONLINE COHORTMONDAYS, MAY 26 - JUNE 30, 2025https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/cohort/neo-calvinist-theology-for-apologetics-august-2025/Sources mentioned in this episode:Herman Bavinck, Christian Worldview, ed. Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, Cory C. Brock, and James Perman Eglinton (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2019).Herman Bavinck, “Foreword to the First Edition (Volume 1) of the Gereformeerde Dogmatiek,” trans. John Bolt, Calvin Theological Journal 45, no. 1 (2010): 9-10.J. H. Bavinck, Personality and Worldview, ed. James Perman Eglinton (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2023).Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Read the Bible Theologically (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Academic, 2024).Christopher Watkin, Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2022).Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommonOur theme music is Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) CC BY-NC 4.0
In this episode, Dr. Valentin Fuster summarizes the March 25, 2025, issue of the JACC, which focuses on advancements in electrophysiology. Highlights include groundbreaking studies on leadless pacemakers, atrial fibrillation treatments, and appropriate use criteria for cardiac devices, with key papers exploring the safety of pacemaker retrieval, the role of electrograms in ablation procedures, and long-term outcomes for left atrial appendage occlusion devices.
Ross Coulthart says that Elon Musk was not being truthful when he told Joe Rogan that he has not had any knowledge that UFO retrieval programs are real. Coulthart says he has sources that say that the SpaceX head was indeed breifed. Kristian Harloff gives his thoughts. #uap #ufo #sapcex #elonmusk #alien #aliens #disclosure RIDGE Right now Ridge is having their once-a-year Anniversary Sale. Get up to 40% Off at https://www.Ridge.com/DTE. Just head to Ridge.com/DTE to see their biggest sale of the year! After you purchase, they will ask you where you heard about them. PLEASE support our show and tell them our show sent you.
In this week's mini-episode, we explain effortful retrieval! It's a concept from cognitive psychology proposing we can improve our ability to recall information — a critical skill during live rolling — by creating a recall practice that forces our brains to work.For more information on effortful retrieval, check out:BJJMM Ep. 287: Automatic Grappling, feat. Cal McDonaldhttps://bjj.plus/287Effortful Retrieval — BJJ Mental Models databasehttps://www.bjjmentalmodels.com/effortful-retrieval/Get our Intro to Mechanics audio course, normally $79, FREE:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintroDon't forget to check out BJJ Mental Models Premium!If you love the podcast, you'll definitely love our premium membership offerings. The podcast is truly just the tip of the iceberg – the next steps on your journey are joining our community, downloading our strategy courseware, and working with us to optimize your game. We do all this through memberships that come in at a fraction of the cost of a single private.Sign up here for a free trial:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/Need more BJJ Mental Models?Get tips, tricks, and breakthrough insights from our newsletter:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter/Get nitty-gritty details on our mental models from the full database:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database/Follow us on social:https://facebook.com/bjjmentalmodels/https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels/
Ready or not, test season is coming, which means it's time to start thinking about test prep! In this episode, we dive into retrieval practice for test review, a proven strategy that boosts memory and recall. Instead of passive review methods, retrieval practice helps students retain more and feel prepared for the test. We'll discuss why this technique works and how you can easily implement it in your classroom!Prefer to read? Grab the episode transcript and all resources mentioned in the show notes here: https://www.secondstorywindow.net/podcast/retrieval-practice-test-review/Resources:Around the Room review Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning by Pooja K. Agarwal and Patrice M. Bain Emily Amick's Substack The FavoritesConnect with us on Instagram @2ndstorywindow.Shop our teacher-approved resources.Join our Facebook group, Teacher ApprovedLeave your review on Apple Podcasts!Related Episodes to Enjoy:Episode 122, 20 Best Teacher Approved Tips for Surviving Testing SeasonEpisode 121, How to Plan Your Test Prep Around What Content Matters MostEpisode 5, Ditch Your Test Review (This This Instead!)Episode 3, Strengthening the BrainMentioned in this episode:If you're enjoying this podcast, we would love to hear from you! You can leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teacher-approved/id1613980327
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What if failure was the key to learning faster and achieving greater success?In this episode of Unlock Your Potential, I sit down with Dr. Manu Kapur to explore the science of productive failure—a research-backed approach that leads to deeper learning and better results.We dive into:✅ Why failing first leads to twice the learning of traditional methods✅ How to design failure as a tool for success✅ The performance vs. learning zone—and why most people get it wrong✅ How to apply this mindset in business, relationships, and personal growthIf you're ready to stop fearing failure and start using it to your advantage, this episode is a must-watch!Check Out More of Dr. Kapur's Content Here
On episode 395, Ryan explores a mysterious and relatively unknown UFO crash retrieval that took place on a military base in 1958. With UFO crash retrievals in the news now more than ever, we look back at the incredibly enigmatic story of Thomas, his military unit, and the unbelievable top secret project they were tasked with, known only as Code Orange.Voiceover by Paul Gledhill of the Anomaly Podcast: www.anomaly.co.ukResearch by Marcus Lowth: www.ufoinsight.comBook Ryan on CAMEO at: https://bit.ly/3kwz3DOPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/somewhereskiesByMeACoffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQPayPal: Sprague51@hotmail.comDiscord: https://discord.gg/NTkmuwyB4FBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ryansprague.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/SomewhereSkiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/somewhereskiespod/Order Ryan's new book: https://a.co/d/4KNQnM4Order Ryan's older book: https://amzn.to/3PmydYCStore: http://tee.pub/lic/ULZAy7IY12URead Ryan's articles at: https://medium.com/@ryan-sprague51Opening Theme Song by SeptembryoCopyright © 2025 Ryan Sprague. All rights reservedSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Let's get all caught up on the revealations made by whistleblower Jake Barber and his amazing eye witness accounts. When people like this come forward, we are so damn thankful because of the risk they take for themselves and those around them. Dr. Greer weighs on with thoughts on Episode 3 of his podcast, too, to add clarification and try to seperate some bad information from the good information. patreon.com/ryansingerwww.ryansingercomedy.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/me-paranormal-you-with-ryan-singer--5471727/support.
I am joined by Dan for an hour of discussion looking at Ross Coultharts latest exclusive with new whistleblower, Jake Barber, to discuss; The whirlwind interview Disect the new video 'Psionics'/Psychic abilities CE5 UFO's making retrieval teams ill And more Please watch Ross interview in full here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dtA9w5ldHw Get in touch with the show; Twitter: @UFOUAPAM Facebook, YouTube & Instagram: "That UFO Podcast" YouTube: YouTube.com/c/ThatUFOPodcast Email: UFOUAPAM@gmail.com All podcast links & associated links; Linktr.ee/ufouapam ThatUFOPodcast.com Linktr.ee/TheZignal Don't forget to subscribe, like and leave a review of the show Enjoy folks, Andy
Does the US government have a multi-decade UFO/UAP retrieval program? We talk about it with filmmaker James Fox who takes on the subject in his latest documentary, The Program. You can find more info on the film at https://lab9films.com/ Upon release today, Dec 16th, The Program will be available at the following outlets: Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play, Vimeo, Vudu, XBOX, YouTube, Fandango Thanks James! — JIM'S SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUB — EXTENDED CYBER MONDAY SALE! Get access to the entire back catalog of Jim Harold's Campfire, The Paranormal Podcast & exclusive Plus ONLY shows. That's over 2,500 episodes. Join today here: https://jimharold.com/plus and get $30 off your FIRST YEAR or $5 off your FIRST MONTH (with promo code). — For more information on our podcast data policy CLICK HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices