Organizations want to leverage the productivity enhancements Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 may enable, but want to avoid unintentional over-exposure of organizational information while users are accessing these Copilot experiences. Our Microsoft team is fielding many questions from customers about how to secure and govern Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365. These organizations want to ensure […]
Machine Intelligence
Navigating AI in Business: Moving Beyond “Using AI”
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) has shifted from being a mere buzzword to a strategic imperative. However, if the goal is simply to be “using AI”, we risk missing opportunities and wasting resources. To truly harness the power of AI, organizations must shift their mindset from vague aspirations […]
Leveraging ChatGPT For Professionals: Part 2
In part 2 of this series, we break down how professionals can leverage ChatGPT to code. This blog breaks down how to do that with both the free and paid version. Overview If you read part 1, you’ll know it was often possible to make 3.5 perform close to the level of 4. Fair warning […]
Lading into Generative AI: Transformers
As we’re all aware, generative AI has come to revolutionize our lives, our daily routines, and particularly the way we work. It’s as simple as choosing your preferred AI assistant and integrating it into your everyday tasks. Major companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and OpenAI are in a race to develop increasingly precise AI systems […]
5 Tips To Ease the Find Care Experience for Patients and Members
Consumers across every age group expect healthcare digital experiences that match the ease and convenience of making purchases online, reserving a restaurant, booking private accommodations, getting personalized movie recommendations, filing taxes, and even virtually buying a car. However, the consumer-patient journey is far more complex and multifaceted than other everyday consumer experiences. Patients and members need […]
AI Tool Selection: How to Pick a Trusted Set of Tools
Organizations are overwhelmed with the volume of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) tools in the market today. Sequoia and Meritech Capital released the latest version of their AI50 in April of 2023. This map visualizes the top 50 privately held companies in the AI space. Since the updated version was released, a large volume of […]
Building a Conversational Search Application with Azure Cognitive Search and OpenAI Embedding
Introduction In this blog, we will show you how to build a conversational search application that can interact with Azure Cognitive Search (ACS) and retrieve relevant content from a web-scraped index by asking natural language questions, requesting for summary information, and using vector search. The application will also use OpenAI embeddings, which are pre-trained models […]
3 Key Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2023
Now that the dust has settled, the team has had the chance to Re:flect on the events and announcements of AWS re:Invent 2023. Dominating the conversation was the advancement and capabilities of Generative AI across several AWS Services, while not losing sight on the importance of application modernization and cloud migration. Perficient walked away with […]
The Creative Spark: Exploring the Magic of Generative AI
In the rapidly evolving world of technology, one phenomenon has been capturing the imagination of creators across many fields – the magic of generative AI. In this blog, we explore the enchanting world of generative AI and learn how it can ignite the spark that fuels innovation and creativity. Generative AI is a type of […]
Exploring the Potential of Your Data with AWS Q Gen AI Chat Assistant and Perficient Handshake
The recent introduction of AWS Q has certainly caught the attention of the tech community. This new platform offers a promising set of features, including Retrieval Augmented Generation capabilities, aiming to enhance the domain of generative AI-powered assistance. It’s an interesting development that offers fresh possibilities for IT professionals and developers. In terms of utilizing […]
Demystifying LangChain: A Brief Introduction and Implementation Overview
Introduction LangChain represents an open-source framework that aims to streamline the development of applications leveraging large language models (LLMs). Its primary objective is to establish a standardized interface for chains, boasting numerous integrations with various tools, and offering end-to-end chains for frequently encountered applications. This platform facilitates AI developers in constructing applications that amalgamate Large […]
Building a Private ChatBot with Langchain, Azure OpenAI & Faiss Vector DB for Local Document Query
In this blog, we will explore how we can effectively utilize Langchain, Azure OpenAI Text embedding ADA model and Faiss Vector Store to build a private chatbot that can query a document uploaded from local storage. A private chatbot is a chatbot that can interact with you using natural language and provide you with information […]