In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and data management, "Harnessing Snowflake with Generative AI and LLMs" serves as a comprehensive guide for leveraging the powerful combination of Snowflake's Data Cloud and advanced generative AI technologies, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs). This book is designed for data scientists, AI practitioners, and business leaders eager to unlock the full potential of their data and AI initiatives. The book begins with an introduction to the foundational concepts of generative AI and LLMs, explaining their significance and impact on various industries. It provides a clear overview of Snowflake's unique architecture and capabilities, highlighting its ability to efficiently store, manage, and analyze large volumes of data. By integrating Snowflake with generative AI, readers will learn how to build scalable and efficient AI-driven solutions that can handle complex data processing tasks in real-time. A detailed exploration of integrating generative AI with Snowflake follows, showcasing practical applications and real-world use cases. These include enhancing customer support through advanced chatbots, automating content creation for marketing, and implementing predictive analytics for more informed business decisions. The book emphasizes best practices for using Snowflake with LLMs, covering data quality, scalability, and security considerations. Further chapters delve into the technical aspects of Snowflake, such as data warehousing, real-time data processing, and performance optimization for AI workloads. The book also addresses crucial ethical considerations, including bias, fairness, and data privacy, ensuring that readers are equipped to develop responsible and compliant AI solutions. Looking ahead, the book explores emerging technologies and future trends in generative AI and Snowflake, providing insights into the next wave of innovations. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of how to stay ahead in the AI landscape by continuously adapting to new advancements. "Harnessing Snowflake with Generative AI and LLMs" is an essential resource for anyone looking to effectively combine cutting-edge AI techniques with robust data management practices, driving transformative results in their organization.

This book equips you with the skills to harness the power of Generative AI, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), to create various text formats. Get ready to experiment, explore, and unleash your creative potential! Part 1: Unveiling the Power of Generative AI and LLMs We'll begin by demystifying Generative AI and understanding how it transforms text creation. You'll then delve into the capabilities of LLMs, the powerhouse behind this technology. Through interactive exercises, you'll gain firsthand experience with pre-trained LLMs, exploring their strengths and limitations. Part 2: Mastering Text Generation Techniques Now that you're familiar with the tools, let's explore specific techniques for generating different text formats: Text Inpainting: Imagine restoring missing sections of historical documents or poems. We'll use LLMs to fill the gaps and reconstruct the text, putting your detective skills to the test with hands-on exercises. Text Summarization: Information overload is real! Learn how to leverage LLMs to create concise summaries of lengthy texts, like research papers or news articles. You'll practice generating summaries for presentations or reports through engaging exercises. Part 3: Unleashing Your Inner AI Artist Get ready to tap into your creative side! We'll explore how LLMs can assist you in crafting various artistic text formats: Storytelling: Spark your imagination with a starting line and see where the story unfolds! Prompt the LLM and collaborate on creating engaging narratives. Exercises will guide you in co-writing stories with an LLM, taking turns adding sentences. Poetry: Let the AI muse inspire you! We'll experiment with generating poems in different styles, from classic sonnets to modern haikus. Challenge yourself with themed haiku writing exercises using LLMs. Code Generation: Stuck on a coding problem? Discover how LLMs can become your coding assistant! We'll explore using LLMs for code completion and bug detection, putting their capabilities to the test with practical exercises. Part 4: Refining Your Craft - Advanced Techniques Ready to take your skills a step further? We'll delve into advanced techniques for generating more refined and controlled text outputs: Conditional Text Generation: Imagine guiding the LLM to create text that adheres to specific requirements. We'll experiment with specifying genre, style, or even keywords to influence the narrative in your exercises. Sampling Techniques: Discover how to generate diverse outputs from a single prompt! Explore different sampling techniques with LLMs and see how they impact the creativity and unexpectedness of the generated text. You'll compare and analyze outputs generated with different sampling methods. Style and Tone Control: Want your text to sound formal, funny, or even sarcastic? You'll learn how to control the stylistic elements of the generated text, tailoring it to your specific needs. Exercises will guide you in generating product descriptions with different writing styles. By the end of this workshop, you'll be a confident generative AI text creator, equipped with the skills to experiment with LLMs and produce creative, informative, and engaging text formats tailored to your needs

Develop robust data pipelines, deploy mature machine learning models, and build secure data apps with Snowflake Snowpark using Python Key Features Get to grips with Snowflake Snowpark’s basic and advanced features Implement workloads in domains like data engineering, data science, and data applications using Snowpark with Python Deploy Snowpark in production with practical examples and best practices Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionSnowpark is a powerful framework that helps you unlock numerous possibilities within the Snowflake Data Cloud. However, without proper guidance, leveraging the full potential of Snowpark with Python can be challenging. Packed with practical examples and code snippets, this book will be your go-to guide to using Snowpark with Python successfully. The Ultimate Guide to Snowpark helps you develop an understanding of Snowflake Snowpark and how it enables you to implement workloads in data engineering, data science, and data applications within the Data Cloud. From configuration and coding styles to workloads such as data manipulation, collection, preparation, transformation, aggregation, and analysis, this guide will equip you with the right knowledge to make the most of this framework. You'll discover how to build, test, and deploy data pipelines and data science models. As you progress, you’ll deploy data applications natively in Snowflake and operate large language models (LLMs) using Snowpark container services. By the end of this book, you'll be able to leverage Snowpark's capabilities and propel your career as a Snowflake developer to new heights.What you will learn Harness Snowpark with Python for diverse workloads Develop robust data pipelines with Snowpark using Python Deploy mature machine learning models Explore the process of developing, deploying, and monetizing native apps using Snowpark Deploy and operate containers in Snowpark Discover the pathway to adopting Snowpark effectively in production Who this book is for This book is for data engineers, data scientists, developers, and data practitioners seeking an in-depth understanding of Snowpark’s features and best practices for deploying various workloads in Snowpark using the Python programming language. Basic knowledge of SQL, proficiency in Python, an understanding of data engineering and data science basics, and familiarity with the Snowflake Data Cloud platform are required to get the most out of this book.

The rise of the Data Cloud is ushering in a new era of computing. The world’s digital data is mass migrating to the cloud, where it can be more effectively integrated, managed, and mobilized. The data cloud eliminates data siloes and enables data sharing with business partners, capitalizing on data network effects. It democratizes data analytics, making the most sophisticated data science tools accessible to organizations of all sizes. Data exchanges enable businesses to discover, explore, and easily purchase or sell data—opening up new revenue streams. Business leaders have long dreamed of data driving their organizations. Now, thanks to the Data Cloud, nothing stands in their way.

With this practical book, AI and machine learning practitioners will learn how to successfully build and deploy data science projects on Amazon Web Services. The Amazon AI and machine learning stack unifies data science, data engineering, and application development to help level upyour skills. This guide shows you how to build and run pipelines in the cloud, then integrate the results into applications in minutes instead of days. Throughout the book, authors Chris Fregly and Antje Barth demonstrate how to reduce cost and improve performance. Apply the Amazon AI and ML stack to real-world use cases for natural language processing, computer vision, fraud detection, conversational devices, and more Use automated machine learning to implement a specific subset of use cases with SageMaker Autopilot Dive deep into the complete model development lifecycle for a BERT-based NLP use case including data ingestion, analysis, model training, and deployment Tie everything together into a repeatable machine learning operations pipeline Explore real-time ML, anomaly detection, and streaming analytics on data streams with Amazon Kinesis and Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka Learn security best practices for data science projects and workflows including identity and access management, authentication, authorization, and more

Get more out of your legacy systems: more performance, functionality, reliability, and manageability Is your code easy to change? Can you get nearly instantaneous feedback when you do change it? Do you understand it? If the answer to any of these questions is no, you have legacy code, and it is draining time and money away from your development efforts. In this book, Michael Feathers offers start-to-finish strategies for working more effectively with large, untested legacy code bases. This book draws on material Michael created for his renowned Object Mentor seminars: techniques Michael has used in mentoring to help hundreds of developers, technical managers, and testers bring their legacy systems under control. The topics covered include Understanding the mechanics of software change: adding features, fixing bugs, improving design, optimizing performance Getting legacy code into a test harness Writing tests that protect you against introducing new problems Techniques that can be used with any language or platform—with examples in Java, C++, C, and C# Accurately identifying where code changes need to be made Coping with legacy systems that aren't object-oriented Handling applications that don't seem to have any structure This book also includes a catalog of twenty-four dependency-breaking techniques that help you work with program elements in isolation and make safer changes.

WINNER AT THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 - SPECIALIST BUSINESS BOOK CATEGORY. As one of the leading business trends today, extended reality (XR) promises to revolutionize the way consumers experience their encounters with brands and products of all kinds. Top brands from Pepsi and Uber to Boeing and the U.S. Army are creating immersive digital experiences that capture the interest and imaginations of their target markets. In Extended Reality in Practice: 100+ Amazing Ways Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality are Changing Business and Society, celebrated futurist, technologist, speaker, and author Bernard Marr delivers a robust and accessible explanation of how all kinds of firms are developing innovative XR solutions to business problems. You’ll discover the new ways that companies are harnessing virtual, augmented, and mixed reality to improve consumers’ perception of their brands. You’ll also find out why there are likely to be no industries that will remain untouched by the use of XR, and why these technologies are popular across the commercial, governmental, and non‑profit spectrums. Perfect for Chief Executive Officers, business owners, leaders, managers, and professionals working in business development, Extended Reality in Practice will also earn a place in the libraries of professionals working within innovation teams seeking an accessible resource on the possibilities and potential created by augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies. An insightful exploration of extended reality from a renowned thought leader, technologist, and futurist Extended Reality in Practice: 100+ Amazing Ways Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality are Changing Business and Society offers readers a front-row seat to one of the most exciting and impactful business trends to find traction in years. Celebrated futurist and author Bernard Marr walks you through the ins and outs of XR, or extended reality, and how it promises to revolutionize everything from the experience of walking through an airport or shopping mall to grabbing a burger at a fast-food restaurant. Discover insightful and illuminating case studies from businesses and organizations in a variety of industries, including Burger King, BMW, Boeing, and the U.S. Army, and see how they’re turning virtual, mixed, and augmented reality experiences into big wins for their stakeholders. You’ll also find out about how XR can help businesses tackle the problems of lackluster engagement and lukewarm customer loyalty with reinvigorated consumer experiences. Ideal for executives, founders, business leaders and owners, and professionals of all sorts, Extended Reality in Practice is an indispensable guide to an indispensable new technology. The book is the leading resource for anyone seeking a one-stop reference for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality tech and their limitless potential for enterprise.