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Learn how to apply unit testing, version control, and continuous integration to data analysis scripts using Python and GitHub Actions.

Another month, another AI-powered trend taking over the internet, and this one is all about turning yourself into a caricature using ChatGPT Image. From LinkedIn feeds to group chats, people are sharing playful versions of themselves that capture not just their faces, but also their profession, pers...

Learning AI in 2026 is definitely not the same as it was just a couple of years ago. Back then, the advice was simple (and intimidating): learn advanced math, master machine learning theory, and maybe – just maybe – you’d be ready to work with AI. Today, that narrative no longer holds. And the reaso...

7 Python tricks applicable to your early exploratory data analyses (EDA) to identify and deal with various data quality issues.

When I started working in the medical device industry almost 20 years ago, static analysis tools had captured the spotlight and attention of the medical device industry. This was apparent in a 2007 press article, which highlighted the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devic...

Data Engineering is not just about moving data from point A to point B. In 2026, data engineers are expected to design scalable, reliable, cost-efficient, and analytics-ready data systems that support real-time decision making, AI workloads, and business intelligence. Modern data engineers work at t...

AI has evolved far beyond basic LLMs that rely on carefully crafted prompts. We are now entering the era of autonomous systems that can plan, decide, and act with minimal human input. This shift has given rise to Agentic AI: systems designed to pursue goals, adapt to changing conditions, and execute...

The rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI has intensified, from competing Super Bowl ads to launching new coding models on the same day. Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI’s Codex 5.3 are now live. Both show strong benchmarks, but which one truly stands out? I’ll put them to the test and compare ...

Here are five critical pipeline areas to audit, with practical strategies to reclaim your team’s time.

Anthropic has been buzzing as of late. It recently caused a stock market meltdown with its release of the Claude Cowork tool that tanked the stocks of major SaaS providers across the world. And now they’re about to revolutionize reasoning models with their latest release, Claude Opus 4.6, which they...

We have seen big corporate rivalries in products across the gamut. Mac and Windows went at it for long. Then it was Pepsi and Coca-Cola, Burger King and McDonald’s, BMW and Mercedes, and the list goes on. But it is the era of AI, and it was only a matter of time before the competitiveness […] The po...

Recent developments on AI models have been specifically focused on one task – coding agents. Following the line, Alibaba’s Qwen is now out with a new model, one that promises industry-leading results, all while running locally. This essentially makes it an open-weight language model designed, in the...

Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG, has become the backbone of most serious AI systems in the real world. The reason is simple: large language models are great at reasoning and writing, but terrible at knowing the objective truth. RAG fixes that by giving models a live connection to knowledge. W...

Want to become an AI engineer in 2026? This step-by-step roadmap breaks down the skills, tools, and projects you need.

AI agents are no longer just answering questions. They read code, deploy apps, run workflows, move money, search the web, and remember what happened last week. MCP servers make that possible by connecting models to real systems. MCP replaces brittle APIs with structured, permission-aware access to t...

The business impact of AI is clear: faster response times, higher customer satisfaction, reduced operational costs, and data-driven insights that leaders can act on with confidence.

Ever since its introduction, Kimi K2.5 has flipped the script on what we expect from large language models. From personal experience, I know that most of the AI models being used every day still focus on chat-style responses. In such an AI era, Kimi K2.5 arrived with a different ambition: using AI p...

AI orchestration coordinates specialized models and tools into systems greater than the sum of their parts.

Imagine building a full Android app that generates AI questions, runs on a real backend, and uses a database without writing a single line of code. Claude Code, Anthropic’s terminal-based assistant, makes it possible to ship a working product from one clear prompt. This tutorial shows how to create ...

OpenClaw is everywhere right now. People are talking about the platform and the kinds of agents you can build with it. But what is all this hype really about? Most AI assistants still stop at conversation. They answer questions, forget context, and never actually take action. OpenClaw agents change ...

Analyze billion-row datasets in Python using Vaex. Learn how out-of-core processing, lazy evaluation, and memory mapping enable fast analytics at scale.

Large language models like ChatGPT, Claude are made to follow user instructions. But following user instructions indiscriminately creates a serious weakness. Attackers can slip in hidden commands to manipulate how these systems behave, a technique called prompt injection, much like SQL injection in ...

One of the best-performing algorithms in machine learning is the boosting algorithm. These are characterised by good predictive abilities and accuracy. All the methods of gradient boosting are based on a universal notion. They get to learn through the errors of the former models. Each new model is a...

Hot take – just like the Internet era, Google is leading the AI revolution. While there are many AI solutions out there, almost none of them integrate with the daily lives of users as deeply as Google’s AI ecosystem. Case in point: the tech giant has now partnered with PhysicsWallah and Career360 an...