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  In huge ChatGPT news this week, they rolled out web browsing capability and plugins for ChatGPT Pro subscribers. That will be what I blog about next week, but for now, I wanted to post part two of looking at LangChain. In part one of this series, we explained that LangChain was a framework of connectors that allows us to use our code to tie together data and large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. The new ChatGPT browsing capabilities add a lot of functionality, but there is still a need for LangChain to allow us to automate these processes. We’ll look at increased functionality and use cases in future posts, but for now, I wanted to share the code I used in the previous post.   First things first are installing the Python dependencies: pip install openai pip install langchain pip install chromadb pip install tiktoken I installed these successfully on both a Windows system and an M1 Mac OS system. On the Windows system, I needed to download some Microsoft C++ tools for Ch

  You have likely noticed a massive influx of applications that claim to use artificial intelligence. Many of these applications are built using a framework called LangChain. In this post, we’ll provide a basic introduction to this technology and explain why it can be beneficial in your daily taskings. Let’s start off with “normal” ChatGPT usage. Most users go to the ChatGPT website, ask ChatGPT to do something, and read the response. The technology is both awe-inspiring and currently limited. It’s limited by not having internet access, access to recent information, or the ability to incorporate the user’s files or data into its workflow. It’s also limited by the size of how big prompts or answers can be. The “normal” usage of ChatGPT looks like this. You can do some amazing things with this basic model, but think of how many things aren’t incorporated here and the potential that they could unlock if they were. This is where LangChain comes in. LangChain is a framework that allows de

  Recently I had a former student reach out and ask me how they could utilize some of their favorite plugins from Chrome on the dark web. There are multiple ways to achieve this, but we’ll look at one method that is straightforward to implement and can be used with a variety of applications, just not Chrome. The Tor network is a free and open-source software project that enables anonymous communication across the internet. It routes your data through a series of volunteer-operated servers, known as nodes or relays, to obscure your location and browsing habits. This is also used to access the biggest and most widely used dark web. The most straightforward method to start using the dark web is downloading the Tor Browser, a modified version of Mozilla Firefox. This browser is designed to work seamlessly with the Tor network, ensuring that all your browsing activities are routed through the network without any additional configuration. Normal browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Safar