Production-scale RAG for Real-Time News Distillation - Robert Caulk | Vector Space Talks

Robert Caulk, founder of Emergent Methods, discusses the innovative approaches his team employs to distill over a million news articles daily in an effort to reduce media bias and improve news awareness through advanced AI systems and open-source projects. He emphasizes the importance of context engineering in news distribution to ensure balanced and diverse information flow, highlighting the use of tools like the Newscatcher API and Qdrant to efficiently handle data from 50,000 news sources. Caulk explains the technical infrastructure supporting this system, including the use of microservice architecture and Kubernetes for service orchestration, which allows for scalable and efficient processing of news data. He also touches on the advantages startups have in adapting to new technologies compared to incumbents burdened by legacy systems, and the potential of recommender systems to enhance user engagement by tailoring news content to individual preferences.