Vector Embeddings & Search Explained 🎯

In this video, Alejandro Duarte (Developer Relations Engineer at MariaDB) explains what vector embeddings are in the context of generative AI applications and RAG.

📖 Read the documentation: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/vectors/

0:00 Intro
0:22 The VECTOR data type
1:33 Storing embeddings in MariaDB
3:32 Distance functions
4:56 Embedders
7:40 Product recommendations
10:42 Semantic search
13:05 Good practices

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