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Kids Code Camp is happening this Saturday! We create a game with each session and teach a lot of CS topics. It's a blast!

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Alibaba open-sourced a TTS model where you literally tell it how to read.

"Calm audiobook narrator style" → it just does it.

I plugged it into my PDF-to-audiobook pipeline and pitted it against Kokoro. The winner wasn't who I expected. 👇
https://t.co/D5PsYXCXH1

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Every machine learning algorithm is doing the same thing — and it's not what you think.

We just published ML 101: a plain-English breakdown of the core concepts behind every learning algorithm — no PhD required. 👇

https://t.co/yXNbLtQKeM

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"No amount of white-swan observations allows the inference that all swans are white" - David Hume

Turns out he was right. And a proof by ML pioneer Tom Mitchell shows exactly why — and reveals what's actually happening under the hood when your AI "learns" https://t.co/EQgG1UPgmF

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LangChain is a great framework for turning chatbots into functional tools. Today, we'll be having a look at LangChain's own Quick Start Tutorial and how we were able to get it to work with Ollama for a free.

https://t.co/ZAJvZCADff

#AI #ML #LLM #LangChain #Ollama

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Recently, we needed to find out if a new idea of ours was already patented. Not wanting to spend weeks sifting through patent records, we spent just a few hours building an AI agent that could do it in minutes. Here's how we did it:

https://t.co/gL7S4drKUc

#AI #Llama #Gemma

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To yield useful results, AI needs structure. The LangChain framework can provide that structure. Learn how it works and when to use it in this article by Bruce Nielson.

https://t.co/ZTaNdZNHuW

#AI #ML #LLM #LangChain #RAG

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What are your thoughts on the AI industry? Is this all just misplaced hype for the stock market, or is AI truly the most important technology of our near future?

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Are you worried about the AI bubble bursting? Or maybe you're hoping it does. Or perhaps you don't think it is a bubble. In this Mindfire Tech article, we'll be having a closer look at the AI bubble and its possible consequences.

https://t.co/As8T2GPD2x

#AIBubble #AI #Bezos

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Chainlit is a conversational AI application framework that provides an elegant, real-time chat interface out of the box. Check out this short tutorial on how to use it to build your own AI chatbot!

https://t.co/4gZFU5MVUk

#Chainlit #AI #Python #Ollama

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Interested in learning how to build your own private and locally ran chatbots? You're in luck! Check out this article by Bruce Nielson on how to use Deepseek R1 and Streamlit to build a secure and powerful chatbot: https://t.co/J5cV5ueP32 #Deepseek #Ollama #Streamlit

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Merry Christmas from the Mindfire Team! As a late present, here is another free article from Bruce Nielson on DSPy, a powerful tool that turns LLMs into structured, type-safe Python functions.

https://t.co/wsImmXhnH8

#DSPy #Python #AI

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DSPy is an incredible tool that can be used to prompt LLMs with Python code. But how does it actually work? In this quick AI tutorial, Bruce Nielson will break down how DSPy builds its unique prompts.

https://t.co/WU8k9iLS8i

#DSPy #Python

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Previously, we showcased DSPy and how it could be used to prompt LLMs using Python. Today, we'll be showcasing another example to help you really get the hang of how DSPy can benefit your workloads.

https://t.co/IbNjq3JyDX

#Python #AI #DSPy

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Ever wondered if you could communicate with an LLM using code rather than prompts? Thanks to DSPy, an open-source Python framework, you can do just that. This tutorial by Bruce Nielson will walk you through how it works and how to use it.

https://t.co/XUlkbUtcKL

#DSPy #Python

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This year, Gemini 3 has gotten closer than any other LLM to true AGI performance (according to the ARC Prize leaderboard). Will Google be the first to finish the race? Learn more on the Mindfire Tech Blog.

https://t.co/Y3xdbb10j6

#AI #LLM #Gemini3 #AGI #ARCPrize

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Want to experiment with Gemini-based AI chatbots? In today's AI tutorial by Bruce Nielson, he'll be walking us through how to build a Gemini AI chatbot FOR FREE using n8n.

https://t.co/INcFJUzZXk

#AI #ML #Gemini #ChatBots #n8n

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In today's AI Tutorial by Bruce Nielson, we'll be covering how to install n8n Community Edition on Windows, a foundation for building cost-effective AI workflows.

https://t.co/5H9qrY6ycV

#AI #ML #LLM #Tutorial #n8n #Windows #AIWorkflows

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This week, we released a quick start guide on how to install Node.js on Windows, a necessity when starting out with AI and n8n development. Check it out on the Mindfire Tech blog:

https://t.co/3AUppXXP1t

#Node #Javascript #AI #n8n

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This year we've experienced a number of major cloud service outages and have been able to see the widespread impact of such. Perhaps going fully cloud-based is not the best option for every business, especially when costs are considered.

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