Not everyone can declare themselves “benevolent dictator for life” of a company, but such was the nature of Guido van Rossum, the Dutch programmer who invented an entire programming language from ...

Abstract: This paper explores the effectiveness of various retrieval and re-ranking strategies within a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) framework, applied to the Azerbaijani Tax Code. We ...

Abstract: Recent advances in deep learning-based retrieval have established models such as SPLADE—a prominent variant of Learned Sparse Retrieval (LSR)—as state-of-the-art approaches, particularly in ...

SPLADE-Index is an ultrafast index for SPLADE sparse retrieval models implemented in pure Python and powered by Scipy sparse matrices. It is built on top of the BM25s library. SPLADE is a neural ...

Qdrant has launched Qdrant Cloud Inference, a managed service that allows developers to generate, store, and index text and image embeddings in the Qdrant Cloud. The service, which uses integrated ...

Qdrant, the leading provider of high-performance, open-source vector search, today announced the launch of Qdrant Cloud Inference, a fully managed service that enables developers to search both text ...

Soon to be the official tool for managing Python installations on Windows, the new Python Installation Manager picks up where the ‘py’ launcher left off. Python is a first-class citizen on Microsoft ...

A startling milestone has been reached in Florida's war against the invasive Burmese pythons eating their way across the Everglades. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida reports it has captured and ...

A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and OpenAlex for literature published between December 1, 2022, and December 31, 2024. Studies were included if they explicitly ...