Vector Database Stories
From company news to technical tutorials – explore the most popular content on the Zilliz blog.
Engineering
Beyond PGVector: When Your Vector Database Needs a Formula 1 Upgrade
This blog explores why Postgres, with its vector search add-on, pgvector, works well for smaller projects and simpler use cases but reaches its limits for large-scale vector search.
Community
Semantic Search vs. Lexical Search vs. Full-text Search
Lexical search offers exact term matching; full-text search allows for fuzzy matching; semantic search understands context and intent.
Community
GPL: Generative Pseudo Labeling for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation of Dense Retrieval
GPL is an unsupervised domain adaptation technique for dense retrieval models that combines a query generator with pseudo-labeling.
Community
Advancing LLMs: Exploring Native, Advanced, and Modular RAG Approaches
This post explores the key components of RAG, its evolution, technical implementation, evaluation methods, and potential for real-world applications.
Community
Building Secure RAG Workflows with Chunk-Level Data Partitioning
Rob Quiros shared how integrating permissions and authorization into partitions can secure data at the chunk level, addressing privacy concerns.
Community
What is Annoy?
Annoy is a lightweight, open-source library designed for fast, approximate nearest-neighbor searches in high-dimensional vector spaces.
Community
Spotting LLMs With Binoculars: Zero-Shot Detection of Machine-Generated Text
This blog will discuss the growing need to detect machine-generated text, past detection methods, and a new approach: Binoculars.
Community
Augmented SBERT: A Data Augmentation Method to Enhance Bi-Encoders for Pairwise Sentence Scoring
Discover how Augmented SBERT uses data augmentation to enhance the bi-encoder for pairwise sentence scoring.
Engineering
Top 10 AI Agents to Watch in 2025 🚀
AI agents are like having a supercharged assistant by your side—analyzing data, making decisions, and seamlessly integrating with tools and environments.