Feature Engineering with LLM Embeddings 🧠

🦾Plus: OpenAI working on payment checkout system

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In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?

  • šŸ’ø5 Cost Scenarios for Building Custom AI Solutions

  • šŸ‘» Snapchat Data Tech Stack

  • šŸ7 Python Statistics Tools That Data Scientists Actually Use

  • šŸ› ļø Amazon’s Bedrock AgentCore

  • šŸ“Š New ChatGPT agents for Excel, PowerPoint

  • šŸ›‘ Meta deal sparks Scale AI layoffs?

  • šŸ’”AI Tutorial:How to automate your job application with AI

  • šŸ¤– AI Tools and Data Tools to checkout

Large language model embeddings, or LLM embeddings, are a powerful approach to capturing semantically rich information in text and utilizing it to leverage other machine learning models — like those trained using Scikit-learn — in tasks that require deep contextual understanding of text, such as intent recognition or sentiment analysis. This article briefly describes what LLM embeddings are and shows how to use them as engineered features for Scikit-learn models.

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When people ask about AI development cost, they expect a clean number. But it’s slippery. Contextual. Like asking how much it costs to build a house—you can put up a tiny cabin in the woods, or you can commission a multi-winged villa with heated floors and solar panels

Snapchat is a tech company that handles complex, large-scale challenges in the data space. Today, we will explore the tools and technologies Snapchat uses for data ingestion, transformation, governance, and more.

In this article, we will explore 7 essential Python tools that data scientists are actually using in 2025. These tools are transforming the way analytical reports are created, statistical problems are solved, research papers are written, and advanced data analyses are performed.

AWS unveiled Bedrock AgentCore in preview, a new enterprise platform of tools and services for deploying AI agents at scale. the preview of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a comprehensive set of enterprise-grade services that help developers quickly and securely deploy and operate AI agents at scale using any framework and model, hosted on Amazon Bedrock or elsewhere.

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JoƩ Dupuis has noticed an influx of videos and blog posts about the "correct" way of working with AI agents. JoƩ thinks most of it is bad advice, and has a better approach he wants to show you.

Sigma experts and industry leaders Luke Stock, Luke Stanke, and Tai Abukasis will take you behind the scenes for a deep dive introduction to Next Gen BI.

Wave Terminal (GitHub Repo)

Wave Terminal can launch graphical widgets that are controlled and integrated directly with the CLI. It makes it easy to access the web from the CLI.

VectorChord (GitHub Repo)

VectorChord is a PostgreSQL extension designed for scalable, high-performance, and disk-efficient vector similarity search.

AI News:

OpenAI is planning to integrate a payment checkout system into ChatGPT to take a cut from online product sales made through the chatbot. The move would open up a new source of revenue for OpenAI, which lost around $5 billion last year. OpenAI has been presenting early versions of the system to brands and discussing financial terms.

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Lightricks just released an update to its open-weights LTXV model, now allowing for image-to-video generations over 60 seconds long — streamed in real time, with live prompt control and efficient performance on consumer GPUs. The model streams video live as it generates, returning the first second instantly while building scenes continuously without cuts.

OpenAI is reportedly developing ChatGPT agents that can create and edit spreadsheets or presentations directly in chat and bypass the need for suites like Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, according to a report from The Information. ChatGPT will feature dedicated buttons below the search bar to generate spreadsheets and presentations using natural language prompts.

Scale AI—a data labeling company that annotates data used by leading AI firms—is about to lay off 200 employees (14% of its workforce) and 500 global contractors, reportedly to ā€œstreamline the business.ā€

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North Carolina State University researchers developed an AI-powered, self-driving lab that continuously streams chemical experiments, collecting 10 times more data than traditional systems and speeding up the search for new materials.

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AI Tutorial

How to automate your job application with AI

  • Open your preferred job site and log in to your account.

  • Go to Runner H and sign up.

  • Attach your resume, enter your prompt, and press Enter.

Sample Prompt: [CV attached] I have attached my CV. Go to [job site URL] and find [job title] in [location] and apply on my behalf.

  • In seconds, Runner H will start applying to your preferred jobs for you—automatically

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