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Make Azure AI Real

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Topic: Using AI Products, Core AI

Language: English

  • Events in this Series:
  • 15

Microsoft Reactor’s Make Azure AI Real series is a collection of AI livestreams that are focused on AI technical content from experts at Microsoft. You will learn how to use Microsoft AI tools and services, such as Azure Cognitive Services, Azure OpenAI Service, and more. You will also get insights into the latest AI trends and best practices from Microsoft AI experts. Join us for this exciting series and discover how to make AI real for your projects and goals.

Speakers

Past Events in this Series

All times in - Coordinated Universal Time

Oct

26

Thursday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Exploring Azure OpenAI Service

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

In this lab led by David Smith and Korey Stegared-Pace, you will understand the capabilities of Azure OpenAI Service and learn how to use and customize natural language generative AI models like GPT-3.5 and ChatGPT.

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Language: English

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Oct

31

Tuesday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Train, Debug & Deploy Responsible AI Models with Azure ML (Pt 1)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

You’ll learn how to train a model in the cloud, and how to ensure it performs responsibly. We’ll be using the UCI hospital diabetes dataset to train a classification model using the Scikit-Learn framework. The model will predict whether or not a diabetic patient will be readmitted back to a hospital within 30 days of being discharged.

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Language: English

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Nov

01

Wednesday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Train, Debug & Deploy Responsible AI Models with Azure ML (Pt 2)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

You’ll learn how to train a model in the cloud, and how to ensure it performs responsibly. We’ll be using the UCI hospital diabetes dataset to train a classification model using the Scikit-Learn framework. The model will predict whether or not a diabetic patient will be readmitted back to a hospital within 30 days of being discharged.

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Topic:

Language: English

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Nov

09

Thursday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Azure AI Cognitive Search + ChatGPT

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

In this session, join Korey Stergared-Pace and Matt Gotteiner for a dive deep into learning how to chat with your data. Explore how to use AI-powered search and understanding to facilitate natural language question and answering over your data sets. This session is oriented towards developers and enthusiasts interested in using large language models to comprehend natural language questions and respond effectively with relevant information from a dataset.

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Topic:

Language: English

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Nov

29

Wednesday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Building NLP solutions with GPT-powered Azure AI Language

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

In this demo session, you will learn about what is in Azure AI Language and see how task-oriented and -optimized Language models can help you effectively process and understand documents and meetings, with features such as summarization, translation, PII redaction, sentiment analysis, and named entity recognition, etc. You will see two examples of how these skills can be applied to different scenarios.

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Language: English

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Dec

15

Friday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Build your own copilot with Azure AI studio

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

In this session, join Korey Stegared-Pace and Nabila Babar to learn about using Azure AI studio to create, manage, and deploy AI solutions using Azure OpenAI Service, which provides access to large-scale, generative AI models that can understand and generate natural language and code.

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Topic: Using AI Products

Language: English

View on Demand

Oct

03

Thursday

2024

How to get the best out of Make Azure AI Real

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

Kick off Make Azure AI Real Season 2 with Korey and Malena. Make Azure AI Real is a livestream series designed specifically for developers eager to dive into the world of Azure AI. MAIR offers practical, hands-on labs led by subject matter experts (SMEs) who will guide you through the latest developments, tools, and best practices in Azure AI. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting out, this series will provide you with the knowledge and skills to harness the full potential of Azure AI in your projects. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from the best and take your AI capabilities to the next level!

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Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Oct

10

Thursday

2024

Building with Small Language Models (SLMs)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

The world of Small Language Models (SLMs) is a growing one. In this session, we will explore the available SLMs, the unique features of working with SLMs and how to get started. After this workshop you will have a better understand of the benefits and use cases of building with SLMs.

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Topic: Core AI

Language: English

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Oct

17

Thursday

2024

Working with Agents and Multi-agents using Azure OpenAI

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

Explore how to work with agents and multi-agents using the Azure OpenAI Assistants API. Learn to create, manage, and coordinate multiple AI agents to perform complex tasks and enhance your applications. By the end of this video, you’ll have the skills to effectively implement and deploy multi-agent systems using Azure’s powerful tools.

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Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Nov

07

Thursday

2024

Deploying AI Solutions with GitHub @azure and @workspace Agents

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

Join us for a code-first session where you’ll dive into deploying AI solutions using GitHub’s @azure and @workspace agents. We’ll start with a template from the AI template gallery and demonstrate how to deploy it using Azure Developer CLI (azd). You’ll learn how to seamlessly swap out models both locally and in production, ensuring your AI solutions are always up-to-date and optimized. This session is perfect for developers looking to enhance their AI deployment skills with practical, real-world examples.

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Topic: Core AI

Language: English

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Nov

21

Thursday

2024

Building with Mistral Model and Azure

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

Explore how to customize a Mistral AI LLM by tailoring it to your business needs using Azure AI's managed fine-tuning capabilities. By the end of this presentation you should know how to prepare, run and deploy the outcome of a fine-tuning job using Mistral models on Azure AI.

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Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Nov

26

Tuesday

2024

Building with Agentic RAG and Cohere

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

First, we’ll deep-dive into agentic RAG with Cohere models, covering the transition from vanilla to agentic RAG. Then we'll show how an agent can dynamically route queries to the best data sources for smarter, faster retrievals. Using a notebook example walkthrough, participants will learn to set up and run a simple agent that powers context-aware applications.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Dec

12

Thursday

2024

Finetuning & Customizing your Generative AI Apps

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

Learn how to finetune and customize generative AI models. Discover techniques for improving model performance and adapting them to your specific needs, while exploring best practices for deployment.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Past Events in this Series

All times in - Coordinated Universal Time

Oct

26

Thursday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Exploring Azure OpenAI Service

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

In this lab led by David Smith and Korey Stegared-Pace, you will understand the capabilities of Azure OpenAI Service and learn how to use and customize natural language generative AI models like GPT-3.5 and ChatGPT.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic:

Language: English

View on Demand

Oct

31

Tuesday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Train, Debug & Deploy Responsible AI Models with Azure ML (Pt 1)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

You’ll learn how to train a model in the cloud, and how to ensure it performs responsibly. We’ll be using the UCI hospital diabetes dataset to train a classification model using the Scikit-Learn framework. The model will predict whether or not a diabetic patient will be readmitted back to a hospital within 30 days of being discharged.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic:

Language: English

View on Demand

Nov

01

Wednesday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Train, Debug & Deploy Responsible AI Models with Azure ML (Pt 2)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

You’ll learn how to train a model in the cloud, and how to ensure it performs responsibly. We’ll be using the UCI hospital diabetes dataset to train a classification model using the Scikit-Learn framework. The model will predict whether or not a diabetic patient will be readmitted back to a hospital within 30 days of being discharged.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic:

Language: English

View on Demand

Nov

09

Thursday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Azure AI Cognitive Search + ChatGPT

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

In this session, join Korey Stergared-Pace and Matt Gotteiner for a dive deep into learning how to chat with your data. Explore how to use AI-powered search and understanding to facilitate natural language question and answering over your data sets. This session is oriented towards developers and enthusiasts interested in using large language models to comprehend natural language questions and respond effectively with relevant information from a dataset.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic:

Language: English

View on Demand

Nov

29

Wednesday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Building NLP solutions with GPT-powered Azure AI Language

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

In this demo session, you will learn about what is in Azure AI Language and see how task-oriented and -optimized Language models can help you effectively process and understand documents and meetings, with features such as summarization, translation, PII redaction, sentiment analysis, and named entity recognition, etc. You will see two examples of how these skills can be applied to different scenarios.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic:

Language: English

View on Demand

Dec

15

Friday

2023

Make Azure AI Real: Build your own copilot with Azure AI studio

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

In this session, join Korey Stegared-Pace and Nabila Babar to learn about using Azure AI studio to create, manage, and deploy AI solutions using Azure OpenAI Service, which provides access to large-scale, generative AI models that can understand and generate natural language and code.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Using AI Products

Language: English

View on Demand

Oct

03

Thursday

2024

How to get the best out of Make Azure AI Real

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

Kick off Make Azure AI Real Season 2 with Korey and Malena. Make Azure AI Real is a livestream series designed specifically for developers eager to dive into the world of Azure AI. MAIR offers practical, hands-on labs led by subject matter experts (SMEs) who will guide you through the latest developments, tools, and best practices in Azure AI. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting out, this series will provide you with the knowledge and skills to harness the full potential of Azure AI in your projects. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from the best and take your AI capabilities to the next level!

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Oct

10

Thursday

2024

Building with Small Language Models (SLMs)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

The world of Small Language Models (SLMs) is a growing one. In this session, we will explore the available SLMs, the unique features of working with SLMs and how to get started. After this workshop you will have a better understand of the benefits and use cases of building with SLMs.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Oct

17

Thursday

2024

Working with Agents and Multi-agents using Azure OpenAI

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC)

Explore how to work with agents and multi-agents using the Azure OpenAI Assistants API. Learn to create, manage, and coordinate multiple AI agents to perform complex tasks and enhance your applications. By the end of this video, you’ll have the skills to effectively implement and deploy multi-agent systems using Azure’s powerful tools.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Nov

07

Thursday

2024

Deploying AI Solutions with GitHub @azure and @workspace Agents

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

Join us for a code-first session where you’ll dive into deploying AI solutions using GitHub’s @azure and @workspace agents. We’ll start with a template from the AI template gallery and demonstrate how to deploy it using Azure Developer CLI (azd). You’ll learn how to seamlessly swap out models both locally and in production, ensuring your AI solutions are always up-to-date and optimized. This session is perfect for developers looking to enhance their AI deployment skills with practical, real-world examples.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Nov

21

Thursday

2024

Building with Mistral Model and Azure

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

Explore how to customize a Mistral AI LLM by tailoring it to your business needs using Azure AI's managed fine-tuning capabilities. By the end of this presentation you should know how to prepare, run and deploy the outcome of a fine-tuning job using Mistral models on Azure AI.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Nov

26

Tuesday

2024

Building with Agentic RAG and Cohere

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

First, we’ll deep-dive into agentic RAG with Cohere models, covering the transition from vanilla to agentic RAG. Then we'll show how an agent can dynamically route queries to the best data sources for smarter, faster retrievals. Using a notebook example walkthrough, participants will learn to set up and run a simple agent that powers context-aware applications.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

Dec

12

Thursday

2024

Finetuning & Customizing your Generative AI Apps

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC)

Learn how to finetune and customize generative AI models. Discover techniques for improving model performance and adapting them to your specific needs, while exploring best practices for deployment.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Core AI

Language: English

View on Demand

For questions please contact us at reactor@microsoft.com