Please join us on Saturday for the #DataToboggan winter edition. We have 32 speakers, 3 tracks, including an AI track. Lots of fun and learning. We also have the amazing Knee-deep in Tech not to be missed and a keynote from Kim Manis
Event Date: Saturday 3rd February 2024
Register now for free: https://bit.ly/DT24-Register
Agenda: https://bit.ly/DT24-Agenda
Adopt, extend and build Copilot experiences across the Microsoft Cloud. Copilot uses Large Language Models (LLMs) . There are various level of expertise and effort required for each type. As with each type they connect to different data sources and require different level of customisations.
A few terms
Temperature - This controls how conservative or adventurous Copilot should be. The higher the temperature, the more adventurous Token – when text is processed in large AI model, it is divided into the smallest units, these are called tokens. So tokens are the finest granularity in natural language progressing for these large language models
Prompt - The text you send to Azure OpenAI Service as an API call. This text is then input into the AI model.
Metaprompts – part of the orchestration layer. A set of instructions that are passed to copilot that are sent to the model on every turn of conversation and where safety tuning happens.
I had the privilege to present at the The Form Rooms on Tuesday 14 November 2023 at the Microsoft Cloud Innovation and Security Summit run by Cloud Direct.
The Forms Rooms is on a quiet street in London’s chic Covent Garden that was once a historic Victorian school that has been lovingly restored.
My session was on 'The disruptive power of data and AI'. About how Generative AI, Microsoft Fabric and Data Governance are the talk of the town, but without the building blocks of good quality, secure, accessible data, innovation in business is stunted.
The talk covered how Data & AI are providing a catalyst for innovation addressing
1970s where Codd invented the relational database
To the 1990s when ‘Big Data’ became a term to address the ever-increasing large volume of data, with discussions of volume, velocity , variety and veracity. Here we saw the mention of that ever-important reference to the quality of data.
With that grew the ‘Internet of Things’ processing more data from sensors, devices and communication networks.
Behind the scenes world leading database researchers meet every few years to discuss the impact on practice, challenges and emerging applications. The latest output was documented in the Seattle report in 2019. One of the areas discussed was the fact that it was impractical to continue to move volumes of data between systems. We see this fundamental change in Microsoft Fabric.
And today, it is all about ‘Generative AI’ and what it can create...
There were many really interesting sessions during the conference with Innovation, AI and Security intertwined.
There is a one day free event in London on 19 October 2023 to help
developers discover new opportunities with AI and advance their knowledge and
skills to deliver more value faster with AI and Microsoft Azure. I am excited to be attending the event and helping out.
The event is at ExCeL London and the event agenda is full of interesting sessions
Opening Keynote: Learn what developers need to know about AI
today, and explore new paths forward in your organization and career.
Breakout Sessions: Dive into topics like:
Immersive Workshops: Bring your device and join a 75-minute
immersive workshop on topics like building flexible, intelligent apps with OSS
on Microsoft Azure and GitHub Copilot, learn how to use OpenAI models using
Azure OpenAI, and how to automate your cloud application testing.
Connection Hub: Connect and learn with one-to-one meetings
with experts, and spaces to collaborate with other developers and industry
leaders to help solve your technical questions.
Evening Mixer: Come together with speakers, industry
leaders, and the developer community to continue your conversations, mix and
mingle, and have a little fun.
