Get Up to Speed with AI in 2025: Model Context Protocol, Agents, RAG, Hybrid Search, and More

Explore a comprehensive 1 hour 36 minute lecture on AI innovation in 2025, covering essential concepts for staying current with artificial intelligence technologies. Learn about AI fundamentals, its limitations, and how Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) addresses key challenges. Dive into technical explanations of embeddings, vector databases, hybrid search combining vectors with keyword-based BM25, and rerankers for improving accuracy. Compare RAG with fine-tuning approaches, understand the emerging field of AI agents, and discover the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The lecture includes practical guidance on getting started with these technologies, with chapters covering each topic systematically from basic concepts to advanced implementations. Resources include links to related content, papers, and podcast episodes for further learning about MCP servers and fine-tuning models like Mistral 7B.