2023
April – June
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Regression Toward the Mean in Information Retrieval: Most new vector engines eventually add lexical indexing and search. Most mature search engines eventually add vector indexing and ANN. Either way, hybrid search wins. Pay attention to the engines where both are first class.
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Observation from an industry search conference: Few people seem to have hybrid search fully figured out (lexical + semantic). There's a lot of room for applied research and information sharing. haystackconf
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The talks from the first day of Haystack US have been quite good! It's a healthy mix of practical techniques and emerging tech. Get an online ticket to catch the talks tomorrow or get recordings/decks soon after. https://haystackconf.com/2023/ haystackconf
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Search systems can be the root of ml ops in the enterprise https://x.com/jobergum/status/1648219958990520320
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Interested in the recent landscape of language model research? This is a well-organized, concise overview. It does a nice job touching on the combinations of model architectures, training methodologies, and dataset characteristics. https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/underst…
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Carl Sagan said “You have to know the past to understand the present”. That's true for enterprise search today. Blend that understanding with the rapid advancements in search and ml, and... Enterprise Search is Better Than You Imagine https://www.atolio.com/blog/enterprise-searc…