Build Your Own LLM, Lesson 2: Write a BPE Tokenizer in Python
Build the byte-pair encoding tokenizer used by GPT-style models from scratch in about 40 lines of Python: training merges, encoding, decoding and why the…
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AI for Office Work Lesson 8: Safety, Privacy and Company Data
AI for Office Work Lesson 8: Safety, Privacy and Company Data
Use AI without leaking data: what not to paste, approved vs consumer tools, anonymising, Indian data protection basics (DPDP Act), copyright, bias and a…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 7: Copilot in Microsoft 365
AI for Office Work Lesson 7: Copilot in Microsoft 365
What Microsoft 365 Copilot does in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, practical prompts for each app, how it uses your work data, and…
Read article →AI vs Machine Learning vs Deep Learning vs LLM: The Difference in 5 Minutes
AI vs Machine Learning vs Deep Learning vs LLM: The Difference in 5 Minutes
AI, machine learning, deep learning and LLMs are nested ideas, not rivals. A short, jargon-free explanation with everyday examples of each.
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 6: Reports and Presentations
AI for Office Work Lesson 6: Reports and Presentations
Use AI to structure reports, turn numbers into commentary, draft slide outlines, create speaker notes and design with Copilot in PowerPoint — while keeping…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 5: Cleaning and Classifying Data
AI for Office Work Lesson 5: Cleaning and Classifying Data
Use AI to tidy data: categorise transactions, standardise names and addresses, extract fields from text, and when to ask for a formula or Power…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 4: Meeting Notes and Summaries
AI for Office Work Lesson 4: Meeting Notes and Summaries
Turn meetings into useful notes: Teams/Zoom transcripts, prompts for decisions and action items, follow-up emails, and consent and confidentiality basics.
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 3: Emails and Replies
AI for Office Work Lesson 3: Emails and Replies
Draft and improve emails with AI: replies to long threads, tone adjustments, difficult messages, follow-ups and translations, while keeping your voice and facts correct.
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 2: Excel Formulas With AI
AI for Office Work Lesson 2: Excel Formulas With AI
Get correct Excel formulas from AI: describe your columns and sample rows, state your Excel version, ask for an explanation, test on known cases,…
Read article →Who Invented Zero? India’s Gift to Mathematics
Who Invented Zero? India’s Gift to Mathematics
Zero as a number — something you can add, subtract and multiply — was first written down in India. Brahmagupta's rules from 628 CE,…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 1: What AI Can and Can’t Do at Work
AI for Office Work Lesson 1: What AI Can and Can’t Do at Work
A realistic map of AI at work: tasks it does well (drafting, summarising, formulas, cleaning), tasks to avoid, which tools to use, and how…
Read article →Bank Statement Lesson 8: Project – Monthly Expense Dashboard
Bank Statement Lesson 8: Project – Monthly Expense Dashboard
Final project: category totals, top category, most expensive month, food share and savings rate on a one-page expense dashboard with charts.
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