Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) is crucial in today's tech landscape, even with the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs). Implementing MLOps on AWS, leveraging services like SageMaker, ECR, S3, EC2, and EKS, can enhance productivity and streamline workflows. ZenML, an open-source MLOps framework, simplifies the integration and management of these services, enabling seamless transitions between AWS components. MLOps pipelines consist of Orchestrators, Artifact Stores, Container Registry, Model Deployers, and Step Operators. AWS offers a suite of managed services, such as ECR, S3, and EC2, but careful planning and configuration are required for a cohesive MLOps workflow.
We compare ZenML with Apache Airflow, the popular data engineering pipeline tool. For machine learning workflows, using Airflow with ZenML will give you a more comprehensive solution.
Context windows in large language models are getting super big, which makes you wonder if Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems will still be useful. But even with unlimited context windows, RAG systems are likely here to stay because they're simple, efficient, flexible, and easy to understand.
I explain why data labeling and annotation should be seen as a key part of any machine learning workflow, and how you probably don't want to label data only at the beginning of your process.
As our AI/ML projects evolve and mature, our processes and tooling also need to keep up with the growing demand for automation, quality and performance. But how can we possibly reconcile our need for flexibility with the overwhelming complexity of a continuously evolving ecosystem of tools and technologies? MLOps frameworks promise to deliver the ideal balance between flexibility, usability and maintainability, but not all MLOps frameworks are created equal. In this post, I take a critical look at what makes an MLOps framework worth using and what you should expect from one.
ML practitioners today are embracing data-centric machine learning, because of its substantive effect on MLOps practices. In this article, we take a brief excursion into how data-centric machine learning is fuelling MLOps best practices, and why you should care about this change.
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