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November 16th, 2022
Rasa Developer Survey Summary
Sonam Pankaj
We would like to share a summary from the recent developer survey we carried out. We are thankful to the 148 developers from 49 countries that participated. The main goal of this survey was to gain insights so we can better serve the Rasa community with new content and research.
September 14th, 2022
Benchmarking Language Models
Sonam Pankaj
Is AI all about beating numbers to be at the top of leaderboard? Let's reimagine benchmarks, with Dynamic Benchmarking. It hosts tasks dynamically to collect data against state-of-the-art models in the loop, over multiple rounds.
September 7th, 2022
Hi, I'm your new Developer Advocate!
Sonam Pankaj
We are excited to introduce Sonam, the new Developer Advocate at Rasa! Aside from her great work in the areas of NLP and fairness in AI, she loves to play chess, paint, and listen to music. She is looking forward to enabling and nurturing local communities of Rasa to their full potential all over the globe.
August 25th, 2022
The Rasa Developer Survey 2022 is now open!
Lauren Goerz
We are continuing our efforts to understand our community better and are very excited to share the Rasa Developer Survey 2022 with you! It's a short survey which will take you about 5 minutes to complete.
June 8th, 2022
Changes to the Rasa X Community Edition (Free Version)
Soufiane Houri
Today we are announcing that Rasa will not be releasing new versions of the Rasa X Community Edition, making Release 1.1 the last free version of Rasa X. Rasa will no longer issue new bug fixes, security updates, or patches for Rasa X.
December 20th, 2021
The Spoon is in the Sink: Assisting Visually Impaired People in the Kitchen [Part 2]
Angus Addlesee
Angus and his team developed textual VQA components to accurately understand what a user is asking, extract relevant text from images in an intelligent manner, and to provide natural language answers that build upon the context of previous questions. As their system is created to be assistive, they designed it with a particular focus on privacy, transparency, and controllability.
October 5th, 2021
Am I Allergic to This? Developing a Voice Assistant for Sight Impaired People
Angus Addlesee
Angus and his team developed textual VQA components to accurately understand what a user is asking, extract relevant text from images in an intelligent manner, and to provide natural language answers that build upon the context of previous questions. As their system is created to be assistive, they designed it with a particular focus on privacy, transparency, and controllability.
October 1st, 2021
New Livestream: Rasa Community Showcase
Emma Jade Wightman
We have another brand new regular stream on our YouTube channel - The Rasa Community Showcase!
March 24th, 2021
#StandForAsians: Against anti-Asian hate, violence, and racism
Rasa
The violent shootings in Atlanta last week are part of a rising tide of anti-Asian hate, violence, and racism. Rasa condemns these acts and stands in solidarity with the victims and AAPI communities.
February 4th, 2021
New Rasa Starter Pack: Retail
Rasa
We’re excited to announce a new addition to our collection of open source AI assistants: the Retail starter pack.
January 27th, 2021
Join us at the Rasa Summit!
Rasa
Rasa Summit 2021 is less than 2 weeks away! Get the scoop on speakers and agenda, plus registration details and discounts.
December 16th, 2020
4 Year Birthday! - Rasa Community Update
Alex Weidauer
In 2020, downloads grew 5X to over 10 million, YouTube subscribers grew 6X to nearly 12,000, and the number of code and support contributors nearly doubled.
October 8th, 2020
Now Available: Rasa Open Source 2.0
Rasa
We’re excited to announce the release of Rasa Open Source 2.0. This major release is full of enhancements that reduce the learning curve to get started while expanding configuration options for advanced users.
October 1st, 2020
Rasa Education and Certification
Karen White
This year, the Rasa team has introduced classes for every level of Rasa learner, from beginner to advanced.
August 20th, 2020
Superhero Spotlight: Bhavani Ravi
Emma Jade Wightman
In this series we will shed light on the extraordinary community work done by our Rasa Superheroes, take a deep dive into what inspired them, and find out if they have any tips or advice to share with aspiring community builders. In this edition, we get to know Bhavani Ravi!