AI-For-Beginners is a comprehensive 12-week, 24-lesson curriculum designed by experts at Microsoft to introduce beginners to the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The curriculum covers various topics such as Symbolic AI, Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Genetic Algorithms, and Multi-Agent Systems. It includes hands-on lessons, quizzes, and labs using popular frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch. The focus is on providing a foundational understanding of AI concepts and principles, making it an ideal starting point for individuals interested in AI.

This course has 18 lessons. Each lesson covers its own topic so start wherever you like! Lessons are labeled either "Learn" lessons explaining a Generative AI concept or "Build" lessons that explain a concept and code examples in both **Python** and **TypeScript** when possible. Each lesson also includes a "Keep Learning" section with additional learning tools. **What You Need** * Access to the Azure OpenAI Service **OR** OpenAI API - _Only required to complete coding lessons_ * Basic knowledge of Python or Typescript is helpful - *For absolute beginners check out these Python and TypeScript courses. * A Github account to fork this entire repo to your own GitHub account We have created a **Course Setup** lesson to help you with setting up your development environment. Don't forget to star (🌟) this repo to find it easier later. ## 🧠 Ready to Deploy? If you are looking for more advanced code samples, check out our collection of Generative AI Code Samples in both **Python** and **TypeScript**. ## 🗣️ Meet Other Learners, Get Support Join our official AI Discord server to meet and network with other learners taking this course and get support. ## 🚀 Building a Startup? Sign up for Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub to receive **free OpenAI credits** and up to **$150k towards Azure credits to access OpenAI models through Azure OpenAI Services**. ## 🙏 Want to help? Do you have suggestions or found spelling or code errors? Raise an issue or Create a pull request ## 📂 Each lesson includes: * A short video introduction to the topic * A written lesson located in the README * Python and TypeScript code samples supporting Azure OpenAI and OpenAI API * Links to extra resources to continue your learning ## 🗃️ Lessons | | Lesson Link | Description | Additional Learning | | :-: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 00 | Course Setup | **Learn:** How to Setup Your Development Environment | Learn More | | 01 | Introduction to Generative AI and LLMs | **Learn:** Understanding what Generative AI is and how Large Language Models (LLMs) work. | Learn More | | 02 | Exploring and comparing different LLMs | **Learn:** How to select the right model for your use case | Learn More | | 03 | Using Generative AI Responsibly | **Learn:** How to build Generative AI Applications responsibly | Learn More | | 04 | Understanding Prompt Engineering Fundamentals | **Learn:** Hands-on Prompt Engineering Best Practices | Learn More | | 05 | Creating Advanced Prompts | **Learn:** How to apply prompt engineering techniques that improve the outcome of your prompts. | Learn More | | 06 | Building Text Generation Applications | **Build:** A text generation app using Azure OpenAI | Learn More | | 07 | Building Chat Applications | **Build:** Techniques for efficiently building and integrating chat applications. | Learn More | | 08 | Building Search Apps Vector Databases | **Build:** A search application that uses Embeddings to search for data. | Learn More | | 09 | Building Image Generation Applications | **Build:** A image generation application | Learn More | | 10 | Building Low Code AI Applications | **Build:** A Generative AI application using Low Code tools | Learn More | | 11 | Integrating External Applications with Function Calling | **Build:** What is function calling and its use cases for applications | Learn More | | 12 | Designing UX for AI Applications | **Learn:** How to apply UX design principles when developing Generative AI Applications | Learn More | | 13 | Securing Your Generative AI Applications | **Learn:** The threats and risks to AI systems and methods to secure these systems. | Learn More | | 14 | The Generative AI Application Lifecycle | **Learn:** The tools and metrics to manage the LLM Lifecycle and LLMOps | Learn More | | 15 | Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Vector Databases | **Build:** An application using a RAG Framework to retrieve embeddings from a Vector Databases | Learn More | | 16 | Open Source Models and Hugging Face | **Build:** An application using open source models available on Hugging Face | Learn More | | 17 | AI Agents | **Build:** An application using an AI Agent Framework | Learn More | | 18 | Fine-Tuning LLMs | **Learn:** The what, why and how of fine-tuning LLMs | Learn More |

Telco-AIX is a collaborative experimental workspace dedicated to exploring data-driven decision-making use-cases using open source AI capabilities and open datasets. The repository focuses on projects related to revenue assurance, fraud management, service assurance, latency predictions, 5G network operations, sustainability, energy efficiency, SecOps-AI for networking, AI-powered SmartGrid, IoT perimeter security, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, customer relationship management voice app, Starlink quality of experience predictions, and NoC AI augmentation for OSS.

LLM4AD is an open-source Python-based platform leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for Automatic Algorithm Design (AD). It provides unified interfaces for methods, tasks, and LLMs, along with features like evaluation acceleration, secure evaluation, logs, GUI support, and more. The platform was originally developed for optimization tasks but is versatile enough to be used in other areas such as machine learning, science discovery, game theory, and engineering design. It offers various search methods and algorithm design tasks across different domains. LLM4AD supports remote LLM API, local HuggingFace LLM deployment, and custom LLM interfaces. The project is licensed under the MIT License and welcomes contributions, collaborations, and issue reports.

EasyEdit is a Python package for edit Large Language Models (LLM) like `GPT-J`, `Llama`, `GPT-NEO`, `GPT2`, `T5`(support models from **1B** to **65B**), the objective of which is to alter the behavior of LLMs efficiently within a specific domain without negatively impacting performance across other inputs. It is designed to be easy to use and easy to extend.

LlamaV-o1 is a Large Multimodal Model designed for spontaneous reasoning tasks. It outperforms various existing models on multimodal reasoning benchmarks. The project includes a Step-by-Step Visual Reasoning Benchmark, a novel evaluation metric, and a combined Multi-Step Curriculum Learning and Beam Search Approach. The model achieves superior performance in complex multi-step visual reasoning tasks in terms of accuracy and efficiency.

A curated repository of code recipes, demos, and resources for basic and advanced Redis use cases in the AI ecosystem. It includes demos for ArxivChatGuru, Redis VSS, Vertex AI & Redis, Agentic RAG, ArXiv Search, and Product Search. Recipes cover topics like Getting started with RAG, Semantic Cache, Advanced RAG, and Recommendation systems. The repository also provides integrations/tools like RedisVL, AWS Bedrock, LangChain Python, LangChain JS, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, RelevanceAI, and DocArray. Additional content includes blog posts, talks, reviews, and documentation related to Vector Similarity Search, AI-Powered Document Search, Vector Databases, Real-Time Product Recommendations, and more. Benchmarks compare Redis against other Vector Databases and ANN benchmarks. Documentation includes QuickStart guides, official literature for Vector Similarity Search, Redis-py client library docs, Redis Stack documentation, and Redis client list.

MaixPy is a Python SDK that enables users to easily create AI vision projects on edge devices. It provides a user-friendly API for accessing NPU, making it suitable for AI Algorithm Engineers, STEM teachers, Makers, Engineers, Students, Enterprises, and Contestants. The tool supports Python programming, MaixVision Workstation, AI vision, video streaming, voice recognition, and peripheral usage. It also offers an online AI training platform called MaixHub. MaixPy is designed for new hardware platforms like MaixCAM, offering improved performance and features compared to older versions. The ecosystem includes hardware, software, tools, documentation, and a cloud platform.

HuatuoGPT2 is an innovative domain-adapted medical large language model that excels in medical knowledge and dialogue proficiency. It showcases state-of-the-art performance in various medical benchmarks, surpassing GPT-4 in expert evaluations and fresh medical licensing exams. The open-source release includes HuatuoGPT2 models in 7B, 13B, and 34B versions, training code for one-stage adaptation, partial pre-training and fine-tuning instructions, and evaluation methods for medical response capabilities and professional pharmacist exams. The tool aims to enhance LLM capabilities in the Chinese medical field through open-source principles.

sktime is a Python library for time series analysis that provides a unified interface for various time series learning tasks such as classification, regression, clustering, annotation, and forecasting. It offers time series algorithms and tools compatible with scikit-learn for building, tuning, and validating time series models. sktime aims to enhance the interoperability and usability of the time series analysis ecosystem by empowering users to apply algorithms across different tasks and providing interfaces to related libraries like scikit-learn, statsmodels, tsfresh, PyOD, and fbprophet.

OpenKore is a custom client and intelligent automated assistant for Ragnarok Online. It is a free, open source, and cross-platform program (Linux, Windows, and MacOS are supported). To run OpenKore, you need to download and extract it or clone the repository using Git. Configure OpenKore according to the documentation and run openkore.pl to start. The tool provides a FAQ section for troubleshooting, guidelines for reporting issues, and information about botting status on official servers. OpenKore is developed by a global team, and contributions are welcome through pull requests. Various community resources are available for support and communication. Users are advised to comply with the GNU General Public License when using and distributing the software.

DinoPal is an AI voice assistant residing in the Mac menu bar, offering real-time voice and video chat, screen sharing, online search, and multilingual support. It provides various AI assistants with unique strengths and characteristics to meet different conversational needs. Users can easily install DinoPal and access different communication modes, with a call time limit of 30 minutes. User feedback can be shared in the Discord community. DinoPal is powered by Google Gemini & Pipecat.

The TME-AIX repository is a collaborative workspace dedicated to exploring Telco Media Entertainment use-cases using open source AI capabilities and datasets. It focuses on projects like Revenue Assurance, Service Assurance Predictions, 5G Network Fault Predictions, Sustainability, SecOps-AI, SmartGrid, IoT Security, Customer Relation Management, Anomaly Detection, Starlink Quality Predictions, and NoC AI Augmentation for OSS.

Spark NLP is a state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing library built on top of Apache Spark. It provides simple, performant, and accurate NLP annotations for machine learning pipelines that scale easily in a distributed environment. Spark NLP comes with 36000+ pretrained pipelines and models in more than 200+ languages. It offers tasks such as Tokenization, Word Segmentation, Part-of-Speech Tagging, Named Entity Recognition, Dependency Parsing, Spell Checking, Text Classification, Sentiment Analysis, Token Classification, Machine Translation, Summarization, Question Answering, Table Question Answering, Text Generation, Image Classification, Image to Text (captioning), Automatic Speech Recognition, Zero-Shot Learning, and many more NLP tasks. Spark NLP is the only open-source NLP library in production that offers state-of-the-art transformers such as BERT, CamemBERT, ALBERT, ELECTRA, XLNet, DistilBERT, RoBERTa, DeBERTa, XLM-RoBERTa, Longformer, ELMO, Universal Sentence Encoder, Llama-2, M2M100, BART, Instructor, E5, Google T5, MarianMT, OpenAI GPT2, Vision Transformers (ViT), OpenAI Whisper, and many more not only to Python and R, but also to JVM ecosystem (Java, Scala, and Kotlin) at scale by extending Apache Spark natively.

Awesome AI GPTs is an open repository that collects resources and fun ways to use OpenAI GPTs. It includes databases, search tools, open-source projects, articles, attack and defense strategies, installation of custom plugins, knowledge bases, and community interactions related to GPTs. Users can find curated lists, leaked prompts, and various GPT applications in this repository. The project aims to empower users with AI capabilities and foster collaboration in the AI community.

Botright is a tool designed for browser automation that focuses on stealth and captcha solving. It uses a real Chromium-based browser for enhanced stealth and offers features like browser fingerprinting and AI-powered captcha solving. The tool is suitable for developers looking to automate browser tasks while maintaining anonymity and bypassing captchas. Botright is available in async mode and can be easily integrated with existing Playwright code. It provides solutions for various captchas such as hCaptcha, reCaptcha, and GeeTest, with high success rates. Additionally, Botright offers browser stealth techniques and supports different browser functionalities for seamless automation.

The Azure-Analytics-and-AI-Engagement repository provides packaged Industry Scenario DREAM Demos with ARM templates (Containing a demo web application, Power BI reports, Synapse resources, AML Notebooks etc.) that can be deployed in a customer’s subscription using the CAPE tool within a matter of few hours. Partners can also deploy DREAM Demos in their own subscriptions using DPoC.

Sorrentum is an open-source project that aims to combine open-source development, startups, and brilliant students to build machine learning, AI, and Web3 / DeFi protocols geared towards finance and economics. The project provides opportunities for internships, research assistantships, and development grants, as well as the chance to work on cutting-edge problems, learn about startups, write academic papers, and get internships and full-time positions at companies working on Sorrentum applications.

TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.

Zep is an open-source platform for building and deploying large language model (LLM) applications. It provides a suite of tools and services that make it easy to integrate LLMs into your applications, including chat history memory, embedding, vector search, and data enrichment. Zep is designed to be scalable, reliable, and easy to use, making it a great choice for developers who want to build LLM-powered applications quickly and easily.

This repository codifies the Airflow cluster that is deployed at workflow.telemetry.mozilla.org (behind SSO) and commonly referred to as "WTMO" or simply "Airflow". Some links relevant to users and developers of WTMO: * The `dags` directory in this repository contains some custom DAG definitions * Many of the DAGs registered with WTMO don't live in this repository, but are instead generated from ETL task definitions in bigquery-etl * The Data SRE team maintains a WTMO Developer Guide (behind SSO)

Mojo is a new programming language that bridges the gap between research and production by combining Python syntax and ecosystem with systems programming and metaprogramming features. Mojo is still young, but it is designed to become a superset of Python over time.

PandasAI is a Python library that makes it easy to ask questions to your data in natural language. It helps you to explore, clean, and analyze your data using generative AI.

Databend is an open-source cloud data warehouse that serves as a cost-effective alternative to Snowflake. With its focus on fast query execution and data ingestion, it's designed for complex analysis of the world's largest datasets.

NanoLLM is a tool designed for optimized local inference for Large Language Models (LLMs) using HuggingFace-like APIs. It supports quantization, vision/language models, multimodal agents, speech, vector DB, and RAG. The tool aims to provide efficient and effective processing for LLMs on local devices, enhancing performance and usability for various AI applications.

This repository contains materials for the Microsoft Learn AI Fundamentals module. It covers the basics of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science. The content includes hands-on labs, interactive learning modules, and assessments to help learners understand key concepts and techniques in AI. Whether you are new to AI or looking to expand your knowledge, this module provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of AI.

Awesome AI Tools is a curated list of popular tools and resources for artificial intelligence enthusiasts. It includes a wide range of tools such as machine learning libraries, deep learning frameworks, data visualization tools, and natural language processing resources. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced AI practitioner, this repository aims to provide you with a comprehensive collection of tools to enhance your AI projects and research. Explore the list to discover new tools, stay updated with the latest advancements in AI technology, and find the right resources to support your AI endeavors.

The go2coding.github.io repository is a collection of resources for AI enthusiasts, providing information on AI products, open-source projects, AI learning websites, and AI learning frameworks. It aims to help users stay updated on industry trends, learn from community projects, access learning resources, and understand and choose AI frameworks. The repository also includes instructions for local and external deployment of the project as a static website, with details on domain registration, hosting services, uploading static web pages, configuring domain resolution, and a visual guide to the AI tool navigation website. Additionally, it offers a platform for AI knowledge exchange through a QQ group and promotes AI tools through a WeChat public account.

AI-Notes is a repository dedicated to practical applications of artificial intelligence and deep learning. It covers concepts such as data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, and AI. The repository contains Jupyter Notebook examples for hands-on learning and experimentation. It explores the development stages of AI, from narrow artificial intelligence to general artificial intelligence and superintelligence. The content delves into machine learning algorithms, deep learning techniques, and the impact of AI on various industries like autonomous driving and healthcare. The repository aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of AI technologies and their real-world applications.

Prompt Panel is a tool designed to accelerate the adoption of AI agents by providing a platform where users can run large language models across any inference provider, create custom agent plugins, and use their own data safely. The tool allows users to break free from walled-gardens and have full control over their models, conversations, and logic. With Prompt Panel, users can pair their data with any language model, online or offline, and customize the system to meet their unique business needs without any restrictions.

The 'ai-demos' repository is a collection of example code from presentations focusing on building with AI and LLMs. It serves as a resource for developers looking to explore practical applications of artificial intelligence in their projects. The code snippets showcase various techniques and approaches to leverage AI technologies effectively. The repository aims to inspire and educate developers on integrating AI solutions into their applications.

AI Summer is a repository focused on providing workshops and resources for developing foundational skills in generative AI models and transformer models. The repository offers practical applications for inferencing and training, with a specific emphasis on understanding and utilizing advanced AI chat models like BingGPT. Participants are encouraged to engage in interactive programming environments, decide on projects to work on, and actively participate in discussions and breakout rooms. The workshops cover topics such as generative AI models, retrieval-augmented generation, building AI solutions, and fine-tuning models. The goal is to equip individuals with the necessary skills to work with AI technologies effectively and securely, both locally and in the cloud.