Retrieval-Augmented Generation has transformed how language models interact with knowledge bases, enabling them to access external information beyond their training data. Building a local RAG system with FAISS and Llama3 creates a powerful, privacy-preserving solution that runs entirely on your hardware without external API dependencies. This architecture combines Meta’s open-source Llama3 language model with Facebook’s … Read more
Faiss (Facebook AI Similarity Search) is a powerful library developed by Facebook AI Research that is widely used for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors. If you’re working with large-scale vector data, Faiss can significantly speed up your nearest neighbor search tasks, especially when combined with GPU acceleration. While Faiss installation on Linux … Read more
When working with large-scale vector similarity search, performance and scalability become crucial. That’s where Faiss, an open-source library developed by Facebook AI Research, stands out. Designed for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors, Faiss is widely adopted in applications like recommendation systems, image retrieval, semantic search, and large language model (LLM) embeddings. But … Read more
If you’re working on large-scale similarity search or machine learning tasks involving nearest neighbor search, you’ve probably heard of Faiss (Facebook AI Similarity Search). Developed by Facebook AI Research, Faiss is a powerful open-source library designed for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors, especially when dealing with high-dimensional data. Whether you’re building a … Read more
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, the ability to search, retrieve, and analyze vast amounts of data efficiently is critical for building scalable AI applications. Vector search plays a pivotal role in this process by enabling the fast retrieval of relevant data from high-dimensional embeddings. Two of the most powerful tools for vector search … Read more
As the adoption of vector search and vector databases accelerates, many developers and machine learning engineers are asking, is FAISS a vector database? FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) is a popular tool for fast vector similarity search, but it differs fundamentally from a full-fledged vector database. In this article, we will explore what FAISS is, … Read more
