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NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails for Developers
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OpenAI Guardrails
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The Guardrails Hub
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Thank you for running a wonderful Masterclass on AI Guardrails. It was brilliant!
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What do you think are the pros and cons of a podcast being an audio-only medium?
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Three principles for AI Agent Configuration
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A testerโs guide to AI guardrails
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Write about something you donโt know much about
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A pessimist, optimist and realist are talking about writing. Acknowledging that it's helpful to write about something that annoys or frustrates, they turn to the world of the unknown. Optimist: One...
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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"This sounds like a lot of fun and I'm so glad James is running this at MoTaCon.
He's got tonnes of insight about guardrails. I recommend watching his Call for Insights which you can find on his profile page."
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The AI revolution has arrived, but so have the vulnerabilities.ย The question is, do you have the mindset needed to break them before the bad actors do?We are super excited to announce that Jam...
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๐ Capture the flag: Collaborative red-teaming for LLMs
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๐ Capture the flag: Collaborative red-teaming for LLMs
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๐ Capture the flag: Collaborative red-teaming for LLMs
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Quality Was Always One Job
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People are not friction
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AI Playbook for the UK Government
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Apple to pay up to $95 to some US iPhone buyers over AI lawsuit
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I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133
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I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133
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What is Holistic Testing? The Holistic Testing model, developed by Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin, maps testing activity across every stage of an infinite development loop: discover, plan, underst...
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The Holistic Testing Model
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The Holistic Testing Model
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The Holistic Testing Model
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The Holistic Testing Model
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Back in 2016, Dan Ashby wrote about the Continuous Testing Model, which emphasises the ability to test at every stage of the software development lifecycle.
What is The Continous Testing Model? Da...
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The Continuous Testing Model
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The Continuous Testing Model
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Three principles for AI Agent Configuration
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Whose code is it anyway?
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Three principles for AI Agent Configuration
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The evolution of a hiring manager
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AI Doesn't Fix Accessible Systems. It Depends on Them.
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Who's that guy on the MoTaverse homepage? It's Gary Hawkes of course! ๐คฉ
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The evolution of a hiring manager
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The evolution of a hiring manager
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What we should have been hiring for all along
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The evolution of a hiring manager
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. ๐ MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
โThanks for making me feel so confident about myself.โ | โI'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!โ | โA simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.โ | โSimon is one of the best people that I've ever met to have conversations with. He's so grounded in his way of thinking and articulates his thoughts so well and his feelings and his knowledge about community and everything.โ
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