Identify the strengths and limits of next generation chatbots for your business

Description

The course will aim at explaining the nuts and bolts of the new generation of chatbots such as ChatGPT, what they can be used for, and what are their limits. We will start with an overview of reference chatbots (both closed and open source, ChatGPT and Mistral for example),common use cases (writing, summarizing, brainstorming, ...), and some of the main limits of these tools (bias, hallucinations, ...). The course will then dive gradually into more advanced use cases, addressing along the way more subtle issues, both ethical and technical. Examples of ethical issues that we will address cover data privacy, intellectual property, and the digital divide. On the technical side, we will show how chatbots can be programmed and trained, using either APIs for closed-source solution, or libraries such as HuggingFace for open-source models. By the end of the course, the goal is that participants can make their informed decisions on the capabilities of this new type of software, and when and for what they may appropriately use them.

Course content

• Introduction to large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT
• Experiment with different use cases
• Discuss about limitations, both technical and ethical
• Program LLMs, both closed and open-source models (workshop day-technical profile)
• Design a Chatbot Web application (workshop day-technical profile)

Learning outcomes

• Demonstrate an understanding of large language models' technology within the field of machine learning
• Identify the primary use cases for LLMs and formulate effective prompts
• Recognize and explain the technical limitations and ethical issues associated with LLMs
• Use and program with LLMs in Python
• Apply methods for data augmentation and fine-tuning

Price

Thanks to the support of the European Commission and Innoviris in the framework of the EDIH sustAIn.brussels, SMEs and midcaps receive this training free of charge (0€), in the context of de minimis aid. Large companies and participants without a company pay 6746€ per participant.

Teachers

• Yann-Aël LE BORGNE
• Olivier CAELEN
• Jacopo DE STEFANI

Dates

• • Wednesday 2 April 2025 (9:00- 16:00)- On site
  • Thursday 3 April 2025 (13:00 - 16:00) - Online 
  • Friday 4 April 2025 (13:00- 16:00) - Online 

*Please note that the schedule and location is subject to change and may be updated as necessary.