S1:E2 - Hands on With Reasoning Models

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In this episode, we’ll dive into the fascinating world of Reasoning Models with Jennifer Marsman of Microsoft.

Weekly Highlights

In this weekly segment, we round up 5 news items of interest to AI engineers, with an emphasis on new models or model-related announcements that caught our attention.

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Check back for the 5 links shared this week:

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Weekly Spotlight

In this segment, we put the focus on a single model, model family or model feature - and look at it hands-on with code and demos, to get a better intuition for how it works, and where to use it.

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By the end of this segment you should know:

1. What Reasoning Models are, and why they matter.
2. How Reasoning Models work - with a use case!
3. What kinds of problems they solve - more examples!
4. When to NOT use these models - think tradeoffs
5. Where you can go to get hands on code samples

Explore the Code!

In this segment, we made use of two resources:

1. The GitHub Marketplace - try the models out for free!
2. Azure AI Foundry Model Catalog - explore more models in depth!
3. Jennifer Marsman's Sample Repo - repository with core sample

Check back later for an updated section of this repository where you can try these out interactively, with instructions.

Continue the Discussion

Join us on the Azure AI Discord every Friday for office hours where we encourage the community to "show and tell" us what you've been building, with AI models. Plus, watercooler conversations on what has captured our attention this week!

Spotlight Resources

Check back to see the core resources shared by our speakers, to help you continue your learning journey with GitHub Models.

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