Summary This is the introduction to a blog series that shows how to create an API out of one of the Transformer models from Hugging Face. Currently, all the AI-related blog posts out there explain how to create an AI system, but few talk about how to actually deploy it. Which…

While most organisations are only just coming to terms with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the next big thing is already looming on the horizon: The EU AI-Act, or AIA. As we have now entered the trilogue phase, any organisation using AI, or planning to use AI, should…

While most organisations are only just coming to terms with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the next big thing is already looming on the horizon: The EU AI-Act, or AIA. As we have now entered the trilogue phase (more on that later), any organisation using AI (or planning…

TLDR We had our first look at the recently released Dolly 2.0, an open-source instruction-following Large Language Model (LLM). This model is similar to ChatGPT’s but with a free license for research and commercial use. Furthermore you can run it locally! However, running the model efficiently can be a challenge…

Are you tired of hearing about the next major wave of digital transformation that will revolutionize government; only to see it fall short of expectations? From the e-government crisis of the 90s to today’s hype surrounding big data and AI, it feels like we’re stuck in a cycle of hope…

TLDR You can run long-running jobs on a fully configurable virtual machine using Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) new Batch service. You can find the link to Github with our working sample here. For whom is this blog? If you are looking for a serverless way to run long-running jobs, look…

Tim Sanderse did this research as part of his master in Data Science and Society at Tilburg University. I tried to predict vaccine coverage rates in sub-national areas based on socio-demographic variables using machine learning models. Vaccination coverage rates of different countries show that there are differences in sub-national areas…