📢 Microsoft Devblogs: Similarity Search with FAISS and Azure SQL Summary: FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) is a powerful tool for searching similar items within large datasets. It supports various indexes, including flat indexes, hierarchical navigable small world indexes, and inverted file indexes, which can be used for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors. To use FAISS, you need to load your data and choose an encoding model, such as the pre-trained "all-MiniLM-L6-v2" model from SentenceTransformers. You then create a FAISS index using one of the supported indexes, which can be stored on GPU for faster execution. Once the index is created, you can perform similarity searches by defining a function that encodes the input query, searches the index, and retrieves the top results. This allows you to efficiently search for similar items within your data, making it suitable for applications such as semantic search, recommendation systems, and clustering. Source 🔗: https://lnkd.in/g9gPu-mu. Curated with ❤️ via https://lnkd.in/g4cU9w62, aggregating 150+ #tech blogs on a single feed! ✨ Subscribe to Techflix Daily: https://lnkd.in/grHe5C5f
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Azure SQL and SQL Server empower the creation of new generative AI experiences that reach new heights when integrated with your data. Explore more about this exciting capability here: https://lnkd.in/gstntfXv #AzureSQL
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Checkout my latest blog post and Data exposed video on topic of “Similarity Search with FAISS and Azure SQL”! 🎉 In this comprehensive guide, I dive into how you can leverage data stored in Azure SQL for efficient similarity searches using FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search). Whether you’re a data enthusiast or a seasoned professional, this tutorial will help you implement search capabilities in your projects. Plus, the code works seamlessly in notebooks within #MicrosoftFabric. 🔗 Read the full blog post here: https://lnkd.in/g72EG2ea 📺 Watch the YouTube video here: https://lnkd.in/gucKkSky 💻 Check out the sample code here: https://lnkd.in/gaS5spjF Feel free to experiment with different FAISS indexes and encoding models to optimize your searches. Ever wondered what movies are similar to your favorite heist film or a mysterious murder in a small town? With FAISS and Azure SQL, you can find out! 🎬🍿 Dive into the world of movie searches and discover hidden gems that match your queries. Happy searching! 🚀 #DataScience #MachineLearning #FAISS #AzureSQL #SimilaritySearch #TechTutorial #AI #AIApplications
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Did you know there's a way for you to use #FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) Index in an #AzureSQL #Database? Check it out: https://buff.ly/46DNop8 #Microsoft #SQLServer #AI #Azure #MadeiraData
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Discover the integration between FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) and Azure SQL, designed to enhance your data analytics capabilities. 📊 What is it ?🤔 FAISS, combined with Azure SQL, enables high-speed similarity searches on large datasets, streamlining the process of deriving insights from your data. How to Implement:🛠️ 1. Set up your Azure SQL environment. 2. Integrate FAISS for efficient vector searches. 3. Leverage Azure's robust security and compliance features for a seamless experience. Impact and Benefits:🌟 1. Lightning-fast Vector Searches: Achieve personalized recommendations with ease. 2. Enhanced Data Analytics: Boost your machine learning capabilities. 3. Seamless Integration: Enjoy a unified experience with Azure's security and compliance features. This integration is set to transform data interaction and insight generation. Learn more about this development here: https://lnkd.in/gW6k8tMg #DataInnovation #AI #MachineLearning #TechNews
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The latest update for #BigQuery includes "Introducing BigQuery metastore, a unified metadata service with Apache Iceberg support" and "How to simplify building RAG pipelines in BigQuery with Document #AI Layout Parser". #bigdata #analytics https://lnkd.in/dQP5hVbe
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This is really powerful if you need to perform tasks like scanning documents and ranking them by similarity:
Third feature for #elasticsearch / Elastic Stack 8️⃣.1️⃣5️⃣: More efficient vector search with every release — int4 quantization and bit vectors + Hamming distance. It took me some time to wrap my head around dense_vector — hope this helps others 🙃 dense_vector is the representation your inference is providing and it can come as an array of float (default, 4 byte), byte, or bit (🆕, the inference needs to provide this precision) values in up to 4K dimensions. By default, dense_vector is stored as part of the _source but it is large / expensive to load and often not necessary to retrieve (you need it for searching, not displaying). So you can disable it (recommended) but then you cannot reindex your data without redoing the inference. Or you can use synthetic source, which restores it from the indexed data (more in a moment) if needed. That has some overhead at query-time, which is often a great tradeoff for observability or security but search is commonly too latency sensitive for it. Also, synthetic source is not GA for search yet. By default, the dense_vector is also indexed as doc_value, which is used for scoring and exact kNN search. Out of the box as flat (same data type as provided by the inference), or you can quantize a float to int8_flat or int4_flat to save some disk space. Additionally, dense_vector can also be indexed in HNSW for approximate kNN search (uses doc_value for scoring). HNSW should always fit into memory using the same data type as provided by the inference; or quantized to int8_hnsw (default for float values) or int4_hnsw — reducing memory and storage 4x or 8x. If you have a dense_vector of bits, you can also use the hamming distance 🆕, giving you a highly performant comparison algorithm. tl;dr: Your dense_vector is stored in up to 3 different ways for storage (_source), scoring + exact kNN (doc_value), and approximate kNN (HNSW). the most costly one, since it needs to fit into memory for good performance, is HNSW but it also scales best. https://lnkd.in/djNnxkrW for the full docs.
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MySQL Rockstar 2023: Q&A with Alkin Tezuysal " #MySQL stepping into the vector realm is not only crucial but inevitable. I foresee vector data types evolving regarding indexing, storage, compression, and encryption techniques, all of which will be essential as AI/ML applications grow." https://lnkd.in/eTCjcwYR #database #databases #AI #VectorDatabase #MachineLearning
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Thrilled to announce the general availability of BigQuery Data Canvas - a game-changer for data analysts! Forget the old, slow, and fragmented data analysis process. Data Canvas revolutionizes your workflow with a natural language-driven experience, making data discovery and analysis intuitive and efficient. Learn more and get started today! #BigQuery #DataCanvas #DataAnalysis #AI https://lnkd.in/dJUKyGsu
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Thinking about how AI is changing the way founders can build powerful SaaS products—especially those that talk directly to databases. Imagine building a product that lets users query their data naturally, without needing to be SQL experts or wade through complex dashboards. That’s the power of AI, and it’s something that’s about to take off. Building a system that "talks to" a database like SQL, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL isn’t a simple task. But with AI, the heavy lifting can be streamlined—if you understand how to break out the data structure. Steps 1. Picking a platform with a large user base: Think Shopify, WordPress, your local payment system, job board software, CRM or any system with a robust API that’s already managing tons of data. This could be for e-commerce sales, customer behavior, inventory data, or even content management. 2. Your goal is to create an AI-powered product that can dive into those databases and provide meaningful insights. To build a product that talks to databases effectively, you need to understand how data is structured in different systems—whether it’s relational databases like PostgreSQL, NoSQL like MongoDB, or other custom schemas. The AI will not just query data you have to help it understand how it’s organized. 3. Provide AI native UI to "chat" with the data: Once you’ve cracked the data structure, write prompts that will convert text-SQL e.g. “How did my sales perform last week across different regions?” > SQL. 4. Focus on a niche, and make it so good 50% of users can’t live without it: Don’t try to serve everyone. Pick a system or platform and make your AI-powered tool so essential for a specific use case that half of that platform’s user base finds your product indispensable. 5. Go freemium: To gain traction, offer your AI tool frree setup and a few questions. Get users hooked. 6. Expand or sell: Once you dominate one platform, you have options: either build additional features and move into other platforms in same category or get acquired by the platform itself. AI-powered SaaS tools that talk to your database—that could be the next SaaS wave. Youtube video from CodeWolf here explains basics of AI>text>SQL.
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