https://sigmoidal.io/blog/all Writing on research, engineering, and the frontier of enterprise AI. en https://sigmoidal.io/blog/explore-the-horizon-of-possibilities-access-the-comprehensive-report-on-current-market-applications-of-generative-ai https://sigmoidal.io/blog/explore-the-horizon-of-possibilities-access-the-comprehensive-report-on-current-market-applications-of-generative-ai Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT Generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents an area of explosive potential, with over 60% of organizations with implemented AI now activating generative… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/genai-risks-your-business-cant-afford-to-roll-the-dice-on https://sigmoidal.io/blog/genai-risks-your-business-cant-afford-to-roll-the-dice-on Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT Enterprises commonly use advanced technologies like Generative AI, including models like ChatGPT, despite challenges such as data leaks. Despite risks like… Marcin StachowiakAndrew Cox https://sigmoidal.io/blog/dont-let-81-of-enterprise-companies-outrun-yours-with-an-internal-generative-ai-team https://sigmoidal.io/blog/dont-let-81-of-enterprise-companies-outrun-yours-with-an-internal-generative-ai-team Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT The State of AI 2023 report unveils pivotal insights for executives navigating the AI landscape. OpenAI's GPT-4, surpassing all models, propels an AI… Andrew CoxPeter Nguyen https://sigmoidal.io/blog/five-ways-businesses-are-using-ai-to-their-advantage https://sigmoidal.io/blog/five-ways-businesses-are-using-ai-to-their-advantage Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT AI offers significant opportunities for businesses to improve operations and gain competitive edges. This article covers five areas where AI boosts performance… Andrew CoxPeter Nguyen https://sigmoidal.io/blog/embrace-the-next-gen-of-business-with-ai-knowledge-assistants https://sigmoidal.io/blog/embrace-the-next-gen-of-business-with-ai-knowledge-assistants Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT Embark on a journey into the realm of Next-Generation Knowledge Assistants, where innovation meets necessity in the dynamic landscape of business. This… Mason ClarkeAleksandra Dąbrowska https://sigmoidal.io/blog/full-power-of-custom-data-integration-in-rags https://sigmoidal.io/blog/full-power-of-custom-data-integration-in-rags Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a revolutionary methodology that combines elements of information retrieval and natural language generation. Let’s… Matthew LewisMason Clarke https://sigmoidal.io/blog/is-your-company-ready-to-join-the-75-making-the-next-gen-shift-by-2024 https://sigmoidal.io/blog/is-your-company-ready-to-join-the-75-making-the-next-gen-shift-by-2024 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT While many organizations are pursuing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for innovation and competitive advantage, most struggle to… Aleksandra DąbrowskaAndrew Cox https://sigmoidal.io/blog/is-your-ai-thinking-outside-the-box https://sigmoidal.io/blog/is-your-ai-thinking-outside-the-box Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT While businesses have successfully implemented AI to streamline repetitive tasks and process data, they have only scratched the surface of what AI can offer. The article… Peter NguyenChristopher JonesMatthew Lewis https://sigmoidal.io/blog/secure-over-83-of-customers-strictly-by-embracing-ai-compliance https://sigmoidal.io/blog/secure-over-83-of-customers-strictly-by-embracing-ai-compliance Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT Understand the far-reaching consequences of insufficient AI compliance in business based on compliance lapses of tech titans like Google, Meta, and OpenAI, and… Peter Nguyen https://sigmoidal.io/blog/this-is-why-85-of-machine-learning-projects-fail https://sigmoidal.io/blog/this-is-why-85-of-machine-learning-projects-fail Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT Machine learning projects, while transformative, often grapple with challenges stemming from disjointed team efforts, leading to project delays and… Marcin Stachowiak https://sigmoidal.io/blog/revolutionize-documents-generation-market-research-with-ai https://sigmoidal.io/blog/revolutionize-documents-generation-market-research-with-ai Fri, 21 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT Unveil the transformative power of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) through insights into how businesses can maximize the potential of large language… Aleksandra DąbrowskaAndrew Cox https://sigmoidal.io/blog/be-the-business-in-the-57-succeeding-not-the-43-worried-about-ai https://sigmoidal.io/blog/be-the-business-in-the-57-succeeding-not-the-43-worried-about-ai Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT Companies face hurdles in developing a comprehensive data strategy to ensure the accuracy and organization of the data that powers AI systems. 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I will discuss why everyone needs to know about NLP and AI (Artificial… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/natural-language-processing-vs-machine-learning-vs-deep-learning https://sigmoidal.io/blog/natural-language-processing-vs-machine-learning-vs-deep-learning Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Natural Language Processing (or NLP) is an area that is a confluence of Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics . It involves intelligent analysis of written language. If… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/latest-chatbot-api https://sigmoidal.io/blog/latest-chatbot-api Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT So you want to build your own chatbot, and you want to do it quickly? 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It can bring more… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/uncertainty-in-bayesian-linear-regression https://sigmoidal.io/blog/uncertainty-in-bayesian-linear-regression Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Breaking Bayesian linear regression uncertainty into aleatoric and epistemic parts, and using it for active learning and outlier detection. https://sigmoidal.io/blog/ai-business-tools-making-an-impact-in-2020 https://sigmoidal.io/blog/ai-business-tools-making-an-impact-in-2020 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT A list of AI business tools that are making an impact this year and how to adopt them into operational strategies to remain forward-thinking. https://sigmoidal.io/blog/where-syntax-ends-and-semantics-begin https://sigmoidal.io/blog/where-syntax-ends-and-semantics-begin Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT A review of sentence autoencoders that disentangle syntax from semantics, and why separate embeddings matter for text generation and NLP tasks. https://sigmoidal.io/blog/ai-event-driven-investing https://sigmoidal.io/blog/ai-event-driven-investing Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Event-driven or opportunistic investing is a strategy associated with exploiting stock mispricings occurring before, during or after corporate events (also called catalyst… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/ai-in-investment-management https://sigmoidal.io/blog/ai-in-investment-management Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT AI in investment management pairs well with event-driven strategies to identify significant corporate events before and after they take place. https://sigmoidal.io/blog/6-jobs-see-uptick-demand-rise-ai-venturebeat-article https://sigmoidal.io/blog/6-jobs-see-uptick-demand-rise-ai-venturebeat-article Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT Sigmoidal's CEO, Mariusz Kierski wrote an article on VentureBeat about the jobs that can expect higher demand due to the development of Artifical Intelligence. https://sigmoidal.io/blog/boosting-your-solutions-with-nlp https://sigmoidal.io/blog/boosting-your-solutions-with-nlp Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT Natural Language Processing Algorithms are more of a scary, enigmatic, mathematical curiosity than a powerful Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/use-case-portfolio-analysis-ai-choosing-the-most-profitable-portfolio https://sigmoidal.io/blog/use-case-portfolio-analysis-ai-choosing-the-most-profitable-portfolio Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT The stock market has always been a core interest in predictive analytics. 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Clustering analysis redefines… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/machine-learning-in-business https://sigmoidal.io/blog/machine-learning-in-business Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT Machine Learning in Business automation can speed up workflows and allow your team to focus on creativity and innovation instead of memorizing boring… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/machine-learning-for-trading https://sigmoidal.io/blog/machine-learning-for-trading Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are revolutionizing trading. Machine Learning hedge funds outperform traditional hedge funds according… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/how-to-reuse-keras-deep-neural-network-using-docker https://sigmoidal.io/blog/how-to-reuse-keras-deep-neural-network-using-docker Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT Docker Deep Learning container is able to run an already trained Neural Network (NN). 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Notebook (previously IPython Notebook) is a tool that allows to create… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/tensorflow-aws https://sigmoidal.io/blog/tensorflow-aws Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT Tensorflow AWS setup is usually troublesome. In this article, we describe how to properly setup Tensorflow 1.0 on the Amazon Cloud. TensorFlow provides a set… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/machine-learning-pipeline https://sigmoidal.io/blog/machine-learning-pipeline Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT Machine Learning Pipeline development is a challenging task. Agile methodology is omnipresent in the software development world. However, the Machine… https://sigmoidal.io/blog/pdfrw-explained https://sigmoidal.io/blog/pdfrw-explained Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT Pdfrw explained. At Sigmoidal we had a curious case of filling PDF forms for our users. They can print them out pre-filled by us and use.