From prototype to production: Vector databases in generative AI applications
What exactly is a vector database? And how does it relate to generative AI?
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Leonie Monigatti is a Developer Advocate at Weaviate with a focus on technical writing. Her background is in electrical engineering, and prior to her current role, she was a software developer in the automotive industry. On her blog and Kaggle, she shares her learnings on data science and machine learning.
What exactly is a vector database? And how does it relate to generative AI?