Discussion - Topic: Azure OpenAI Service

This week's topic: Azure OpenAI Service

As described in Thoughtworks Technology Radar Vol. #29.

With the huge interest in generative AI, many solutions have sprung up to access the major models. If considering or already using Azure, then it’s worth assessing Azure OpenAI Service. It provides access to OpenAI’s GPT-4, GPT-35-Turbo and Embeddings models through a REST API, a Python SDK and a web-based interface. The models can be adapted to tasks such as content generation, summarization, semantic search and natural language to code translation. Fine-tuning is also available via few-shot learning and the customization of hyperparameters. In comparison to OpenAI’s own API, Azure OpenAI Service benefits from Azure’s enterprise-grade security and compliance features; it’s also available in more regions, although availability is limited for each of the larger geographic regions, and, as of writing, India is not included.

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Discussion Resources :

What is Azure OpenAI Service? by Microsoft
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/overview

A Beginners Guide to AI I EP 4: Azure OpenAI services by Johan Myburgh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54IgRTipAzc

Azure OpenAI vs OpenAI: What's the Difference? by Gavita Regunath and Anna Wykes
https://www.advancinganalytics.co.uk/blog/2023/4/24/azure-openai-vs-openai-whats-the-difference