We’ve got a workshop on production retrieval-augmented generation with open models, benchmarked end to end, thought it’d be relevant here [D]

There’s a hands-on workshop on August 29 that builds and benchmarks this properly, end to end, using entirely open models, no API calls involved. Led by Ben Auffarth, AI Consultant and Founder of Chelsea AI Ventures. What it covers: • Hybrid retrieval (vector + keyword, not vector alone) • Reranking