Build Your Own AI Lab

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3 hours of video training
Set up your own AI lab and infrastructure at home.
Hands-on guide to home and cloud-based AI labs and infrastructure
Learn to set up and optimize labs to research and experiment in a secure environment
Focused training on open-source large language models (LLMs) and generative AI
Build Your Own AI Lab covers how to create powerful and secure AI research environments. The course covers both home-based and cloud-based AI labs, offering comprehensive guidance on hardware and software setup, security best practices, cost management, and scalability. Key topics covered are how to run open-source models that can be accessed at Hugging Face, such as Llama 3, Phi 3, Mistral, Gemma, and other models; how to integrate and leverage the strengths of both environments, ensuring they have the flexibility to meet diverse research needs; and how to use Ollama to run these models easily in your home. It is an all-rounded resource with overview on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services, and high-performance computing and edge AI.