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Using sqlite-vec with embeddings in sqlite-utils and Datasette. My notes on trying out Alex Garcia's newly released sqlite-vec SQLite extension, including how to use it with OpenAI embeddings in both Datasette and sqlite-utils.

Posted 11th August 2024 at 11:37 pm

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