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APIs in Action: Unlocking the Potential of APIs in Today’s Digital Landscape
Hi! In today’s world, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are essential for connecting applications and services, driving digital innovation. But with the rise of hybrid and multi-cloud setups, effective API management becomes essential for ensuring security and efficiency. That’s where APIs in Action, a virtual event dedicated to unlocking the full potential of APIs, comes in. Join — read more
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#SemanticKernel – 📎Chat Service demo running Llama2 LLM locally in Ubuntu
Hi! Today’s post is a demo on how to interact with a local LLM using Semantic Kernel. In my previous post, I wrote about how to use LM Studio to host a local server. Today we will use ollama in Ubuntu to host the LLM. Ollama Ollama is an open-source language model platform designed for — read more
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#SemanticKernel – 📎Chat Service demo running Phi-2 LLM locally with #LMStudio
Hi! It’s time to go back to AI and NET, so today’s post is a small demo on how to run a LLM (large language model, this demo using Phi-2) in local mode, and how to interact with the model using Semantic Kernel. LM Studio I’ve tested several products and libraries to run LLMs locally, — read more
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#Windows11 – Extract Text with Snipping Tool
Hi! A couple of months ago, I wrote about how cool it was to use the “Text Extract” Feature in PowerToys (link). And hey, this is a super cool feature. Now we have a similar feature, out of the box directly in Windows 11 with the Snipping Tool (link). Let’s look at this feature, over — read more
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#Azure Custom Vision – Local model viewer Sample in Python 🐍
Hi! Create an object detection model in Azure Custom Vision and run the model locally in a desktop app in minutes. ✨ This is a sample project to use an object detection model, created using Azure Custom Vision, locally in a desktop application. The model is extracted from the “Custom Vision Export to Docker – Linux” feature. — read more
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How to control your 🚁 drone using #Azure OpenAI or OpenAI APIs and Semantic Kernel
Hi! In my previous post, I wrote about how we can use ChatGPT to generate Python code to control a drone. Today, we are going to use Azure OpenAI Services or OpenAI APIs to generate the same code using GPT models. We are going to use the same prompt that we had for ChatGPT. Running — read more
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How to control your 🚁 drone using #ChatGPT
Hi! I’ve been doing live demos of how to use Azure OpenAI Services or OpenAI APIs to generate code to control the drone, so I think I may write about it to have it public for future references. So, using the base code to send and read drone information, we can create a simple prompt — read more
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#VSCode – Create and use Code Snippets 🗒️ in @code
Hi! Code Snippets are super useful and creating your custom Code Snippets is super easy in Visual Studio Code. The official Documentation (see references) explains how to create snippets, with the full details of the JSON file, sections, contents and more. However, there are some extra tips on top of this information that are super — read more
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💬 #ChatGPT and Copilot Plugins in NET – Resources
Hi! Here are the main resources shared during the live sessions. Resources Videos Let’s build a PlugIn for ChatGPT and BingChat 🤖 Copilot Time! Let’s build a PlugIn for ChatGPT, BingChat and other Copilots Build your own ChatGPT Plugin in C#! | Intro to Semantic Kernel Test your ChatGPT Plugins FOR FREE! | Intro to — read more
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💬 #ChatGPT Plugin in NET – Working and Debugging with the PlugIn Dev Tools
Hi! One of the key elements while debugging a ChatGPT plugin is to understand how ChatGPT will invoke my plugins endpoints. When a user asks a plugin-related question, the model digs into the API specs and the manifest file for answers. Just like testing a variety of prompts, you gotta play around with different descriptions — read more
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💬 #ChatGPT Plugin in NET – GetAll and Add, 2 API endpoints in a single PlugIn
Hi! Moving forward in my PetStore plugin, I decided that my plugin must support several actions: GetAll and AddNew Operations In my current implementation, I have 2 operations to handle GetAll and AddNew. Let’s look at the Swagger def: It’s also important to remark that the pet uses a specific model that is also part — read more
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💬 #ChatGPT Plugin in NET – Map route handler for manifest file: ai-plugin.json
Hi! The ChatGPT Plugin in NET is a fun side pet project. And hey, my goal is to share this with a fully functional Codespace, so everyone can test this without a local dev environment. Note: If you want to learn more about Codespaces, check the official documentation here. Plugin File Manifest Let’s review the — read more
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My 1st NET #ChatGPT Plugin. Demo Included!
Hi! Plugins are the hottest topics now, for both ChatGPT and Microsoft products like BingChat and Windows Copilot. After learning and testing using Javascript and Python versions, I decided to create one in NET. I even talk several times about it in my podcast (in Spanish). NET Pet Store ChatGPT Plugin Repository And here is — read more
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#Code – 🔌Building Plugins for ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing and Edge
Hi! This one was in my top three announcements from Build 2023. We can now build Chat Plugins for Microsoft Bing and Edge. Look at this 10 min intro: Video Summary: Creating Plugins Microsoft is adopting the same open plugin standard that OpenAI introduced for ChatGPT, enabling interoperability across ChatGPT and the breadth of Microsoft’s copilot offerings. — read more
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#AI – Using Whisper to convert audio to text from my podcast episode (in Spanish!)
Hi! Today’s post is how to use Whisper to get the text transcription from my podcast episode audio. Based on the Podcast Copilot sample, I decided to use Whisper to do this. Let’s start! OpenAI – Whisper Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and — read more
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#AI – Using 🎙️ Podcast Copilot to learn Prompt Engineering, Azure OpenAI Services and more
Hi! Last week during Build 2023, there were several amazing announcements. I really liked Kevin Scott (CTO and Executive VP of AI) “The era of the AI Copilot.” Kevin discusses the remarkable advancements in AI and its profound impact worldwide. The focus on AI model applications and the Azure platform is truly awe-inspiring. The possibilities — read more
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#Windows11 – PowerToys now include Mouse Without Borders
Hi! Microsoft Build is all about new AI features, including Windows Copilot. But hey, this is also a cool new one for Windows users: The latest version of Windows PowerToys includes one of the coolest utilities ever: Mouse Without Borders! Mouse Without Borders enables you to interact with other computers from the same keyboard and — read more
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#Windows – Show your camera 🎦 in full screen mode in Windows (thanks VLC!)
Hi! I will write this post, only to save me some time for the next time that I need to do this. The goal is simple: show a camera feed in Windows 11 (or W10, or older) in full screen mode. I’m sure there are other ways to do this, however, this is the one — read more
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#Azure – #OpenAI Services, Completion Playground Parameters
Hi! In part of my demos / explanations on Prompt Engineering, I use Azure OpenAI Services, and the Azure OpenAI Studio. Note: You can request access to Azure OpenAI Services here: https://aka.ms/oai/access. In the Completion Playground there are several parameters that we can use to change the performance of our model. These are the ones — read more
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#PowerAutomate – Using OpenAI APIs, like ChatGPT, Dall-E and more. Also in Azure!
Hi! Back in March we hosted 3 sessions, and we showed how to use OpenAI models and features in Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents. You can check the recordings here: https://aka.ms/OpenAIPowerPlatformSeries Last post I wrote on how to OpenAI Image generation API. Today, I’m going to show how to Text Completions using — read more