December 2024 Summaries

PremSQL is an open-source, local-first Text-to-SQL library designed to promote data privacy and control by avoiding third-party models, offering customizable pipelines for natural language querying on private databases. The library supports small language models and has released Prem-1B-SQL, a fine-tuned model for generating SQL queries from natural language inputs, available on Hugging Face with over 10K monthly downloads. The evaluation of Prem-1B-SQL on datasets like BirdBench and Spider showcases its performance, achieving notable execution accuracy on challenging tasks, although it still faces challenges with increasing difficulty levels. The fine-tuning process of Prem-1B-SQL involved using various datasets and highlighted the importance of model parameter selection and error handling for improving performance. Future plans for PremSQL include scaling up to larger models, enhancing inference methods, and expanding features to further democratize the field of AI-driven data analysis.

Lyra Drake, a multidisciplinary artist, presents her debut exhibition at Faena Art during Art Basel 2024, blending ancient artistic practices with cutting-edge technology through a custom artificial intelligence developed with Prem AI. Set in the Faena Cathedral, her sculpture "Infinite Faith in a Finite World, 2024" engages visitors in live conversations with an AI to explore themes of faith and belief, offering a meditation on the future of human consciousness in a tech-driven world. The exhibition emphasizes sustainability and privacy, with the AI model running offline to protect personal data, and supports environmental initiatives through its proceeds. Prem AI's Small Language Models (SLMs) are central to this effort, providing efficient AI solutions with minimal environmental impact. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public from December 3-8, 2024, invites participants to rethink their assumptions about faith, belief, and the evolving interaction between humans and machines.