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Agent loop: Build AI Agents in Azure Logic Apps 🤖
🦾Plus: 💰 OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's AI device startup
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Hey folks! Let’s get into Big Data and AI craziness…
In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?
📊How to Choose the Right Machine Learning Model
🐍Python Tooling at Scale: LlamaIndex's Monorepo Overhaul
📈VDBBench: Open Source Benchmarking for Vector Databases
📐 Data Modelling for the Modern Data Stack
💼 Shopify’s new AI store builder, tools
🇫🇷 Mistral’s new open-source coding model
💡 AI Tutorial:‘Try on’ clothes with Google AI
🤖 AI Tools and Data Tools to checkout
At the annual Build conference, Microsoft announced agent loop, a new capability within Azure Logic Apps that allows developers to build AI agents directly into their enterprise workflows.Agent loop is a central component for AI Agent development within Logic Apps. It is a new action type integrating a chosen AI model (like Azure OpenAI), domain-specific tools (via Logic Apps connectors), and enterprise knowledge sources.
Did you know that the World Wide Web was born in Geneva, Switzerland? Indeed, the first version of the Internet cropped up at CERN in 1989. Today the world-renowned center is home to the largest particle accelerator and to the CERN Science Gateway – a must-see hub for science enthusiasts that features hands-on exhibits, immersive virtual reality experiences, and live demonstrations.
In this detailed guide, we shall examine the basic steps and requirements that should be considered when selecting the most appropriate machine learning model. From a beginner’s viewpoint and with the furthering of one’s knowledge through a machine-learning course, this guide will serve as a helpful resource to aid in making informed decisions when it comes to model choice.
LlamaIndex is an ecosystem consisting of more than 650 Python packages, mostly Integrations and Packs. All of these packages share a single GitHub repository, or monorepo. This article discusses LlamaDev, a tool for managing monorepos at scale, and explains the challenges with existing tooling.
When building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, choosing the right vector database is critical. Latency, indexing speed, filtering accuracy, and ingestion performance all have a direct impact on how well your application scales and serves users. VDBBench is an open-source benchmark suite designed to address this
A semantic model serves as a conceptual layer that translates raw data structures into business-meaningful concepts and relationships. Unlike physical data models that focus on how data is stored, semantic models focus on what the data means to the business.
Through Squarespace’s cutting-edge features that combine automation, design presets, creative guidance, and generative AI, Design Intelligence makes it easy to build a beautiful and impactful website. With just a few pieces of information, Blueprint AI generates an entire website customized based off your brand’s goals, name, and personality. It’s AI speed, with Squarespace’s 20+ years of design expertise in website building.
👨💻 Data Tools, Libraries
magic-cli
Magic CLI is a command line utility which uses LLMs to help you use the command line more efficiently.
Toit
Toit is a modern high-level language designed specifically for microcontrollers.
Korvus
Korvus is a search SDK that unifies the entire RAG pipeline in a single database query. Built on top of Postgres with bindings for Python, JavaScript, Rust and C.
AI News:
OpenAI just announced its acquisition of io, the AI device startup co-founded by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive, in a $6.5B all-stock deal to create a new generation of AI-powered devices. This deal merges io with OpenAI, bringing in 50+ io engineers and designers, including ex-Apple veterans who helped create the iPhone and iPad.
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Shopify just released its Summer '25 Edition, packed with AI-powered features, including an automated store builder that creates complete storefronts from simple text descriptions and major upgrades to its Sidekick AI assistant.
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French AI startup Mistral just partnered with All Hands AI to release Devstral, a new open-source coding model that outperforms much larger rivals on software engineering tasks while being small enough to run on a laptop or single GPU. Devstral beats all open-source and several closed models on benchmarks like SWE-Bench Verified, which measures real-world GitHub issues.
The biggest product ever
— Kekius Maximus (@elonmusk)
4:44 AM • May 21, 2025
The Tesla Optimus team's latest video demonstration shows the humanoid robot performing a variety of tasks, including household using a broom and vacuum cleaner, tearing a paper towel, stirring a pot of food, opening a cabinet, closing a curtain, and picking up a Model X fore link and placing it on a dolly.
At I/O 2025, Google unveiled Glasses with Android XR, a sleek new generation of AI-powered smart glasses developed with Samsung and fueled by Gemini AI. The glasses pair with smartphones, include speakers, and offer an optional in-lens display for private viewing.
Around $6.8 trillion dollars in value has been wiped from U.S. stocks, as Wall Street is reportedly already reacting to a new era of trade wars. But as stocks slip and inflation worries reignite, one asset class may remain uncorrelated: fine art.
Unlike equities, contemporary art has near-zero correlation to stocks. In fact, Masterworks data shows it has outpaced the S&P 500 by 32% since 1995, making it a go-to hedge for a slice of savvy investor portfolios.
Masterworks’ platform allows everyday investors to invest in shares of multimillion-dollar artwork offerings featuring artists like Picasso and Basquiat. With 23 exits across their 450+ offerings—all profitable—it’s clear why investors are flocking to art.
AI Tutorial
‘Try on’ clothes with Google AI
Google is testing a feature that lets users virtually try on garments using their own photo. It uses an AI model that “understands the human body and the nuances of clothing.”
Go to Search Labs and opt into the “try on” experiment.
Browse your style: When you’re shopping for shirts, pants or dresses on Google, simply tap the "try it on" icon on product listings.
Upload a full-length photo of yourself. For best results, ensure it's a full-body shot with good lighting and fitted clothing.
In just a moment, you will see how the garment looks on you.
Save or share your look with friends.
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