AI fundamentals
4 articles on AI fundamentals from Ayoob AI, the full code AI automation agency based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
RAG vs Fine-Tuning: Which One Does Your Business Actually Need? (2026)
RAG vs fine-tuning explained: do you retrain the model on your data or let it look it up? When to use each, why you do both, and how data stays private.
What Is a Small Language Model (SLM)? And When It Beats a Big One (2026)
A plain-English guide to small language models: what they are, why a smaller model often beats a frontier one for a task, and how they run on your kit.
What Is a Vector Database? Semantic Search, Explained (2026)
A plain-English guide to vector databases and embeddings: how computers search by meaning not keywords, why they power RAG, and how to keep data private.
What Is AI Inference? Definition, How It Works, and the Cost That Matters
AI inference is running a trained model on new input to produce output. A plain-English guide to inference versus training, and why latency drives cost.
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