Category: Search
Twitter Thread tl;dr With AI? Part 2
In part 1 we saw how to scrape Twitter, turn tweets in JSON documents, get an embedding representation of that tweet, store everything in Couchbase and how to run a vector search. These are the first steps of a Retrieval...
Laurent Doguin, Developer Advocate, Couchbase
May 17, 2024
Vector Search Performance: The Rise of Recall
Introducing vector search (KNN), with its distance-based similarity scoring, into the existing Search paradigm necessitated a shift in how we thought about “relevant” results and how to measure them. Text based indexes use tf-idf as their scoring mechanism with the...
Aditi Ahuja, Software Engineer
May 15, 2024
Twitter Thread tl;dr With AI? Part 1
Because who has the time ? (also part 1 because it took me further than I expected 😬) Couchbase recently introduced support for Vector Search. And I have been looking for an excuse to play with it. As it turns...
Laurent Doguin, Developer Advocate, Couchbase
May 7, 2024
What are Foundation Models? (Plus Types and Use Cases)
What is a Foundation Model? A foundation model is a powerful type of artificial intelligence (AI) trained on massive amounts of general data, allowing it to tackle a broad range of tasks. Foundation models, such as OpenAI’s GPT (Generative Pre-trained...
Chat With Couchbase Technical Documentation
Couchbase community: Meet the Couchbase Docs chatbot, your new Generative AI-powered documentation assistant. Now available on the docs.couchbase.com website, the new chatbot will transform the way you learn about Couchbase products. It’s like having a Couchbase expert that’s always on...
Vector Search at the Edge with Couchbase Mobile
We’re pleased to announce the public beta release of Couchbase Lite 3.2 with support for vector search. This launch follows the coattails of vector search support on Capella and Couchbase Server 7.6. Now, with the beta launch of vector search...
Priya Rajagopal, Senior Director, Product Management
March 27, 2024
Couchbase Server 7.6 Top New Features For Developers
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Couchbase 7.6, a groundbreaking update poised to redefine the landscape of database technology. This latest release is a testament to our commitment to enhancing database technology, with a significant leap in AI...
Binh Le
March 25, 2024
What is Vector Similarity Search?
Vector Similarity Search Overview Vector similarity search is a technique that finds similar content or data according to their vector representations. Imagine each piece of data as a collection of numbers arranged in a specific way. By comparing these collections...
Couchbase Product Marketing
March 14, 2024
Unlocking Next-Level Search: The Power of Vector Databases
These days, you can’t go anywhere without hearing about the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI). The concept may feel overwhelming if you haven’t incorporated AI into your platform, but it’s much easier to understand than it seems. One of...
Ian McCloy, Director Product Management
August 15, 2023
Advanced Geospatial Support added to Search Service
The Couchbase Search service is introducing higher dimensional geospatial indexing and querying capabilities with the Couchbase Server release 7.1.2. Until this new feature, the Search service was limited to indexing single dimensional geopoint/location fields. Queries were limited to bounding queries...
Sreekanth Sivasankaran
November 9, 2022
Couchbase Lands A Third Database Patent
It seems that with our third database patent, Couchbase is keeping the US Patent & Trademark Office very busy. We are thrilled to announce that Couchbase has been granted its third database patent in the last nine months. The Third...
Jeff Morris, VP Product Marketing
September 7, 2022
Couchbase vs. MongoDB: NoSQL Misconceptions Part 2
Misconceptions about NoSQL have been around as long as NoSQL itself. It’s always good to get different perspectives, and so I’m continuing this blog series about NoSQL misconceptions, specifically when it comes to two of the top document database companies...
Matthew Groves
June 10, 2022