If your goal is to extract everything possible from documents – text, metadata, layout, embedded objects, and even inferred insights using AI – then a simple PDF-to-text tool won’t cut it. You need a multi-pass, layered pipeline that combines traditional parsers with advanced AI models. This document outlines the most capable open-source tools available today,…
Just in case anyone is trying to get this to work, these are the steps I followed. These steps assume you have a rough idea of what you are trying to accomplish and how to get there; this is not a detailed step-by-step guide. I’m using Windows 11 with a 6700XT and the 23.11.1 drivers….
I’ve been using an AI powered research tool: GPT Researcher One can take the code from GitHub and run it locally. I’ve been intrigued by how fast the tool can create reasonably useful output. As a test of the tool, I asked it to research: The tool ran for a couple minutes and provided the following (PDF at…
I’ve created a ChatGPT ‘GPT’ to assist in adding borders to images. The general purpose was to add a border to emulate a matte so the end result could be framed in cheap off-the-shelf frames of standard sizes. You can ask the tool to ‘add a white border of 20 pixels to the image’ or…
Earlier this month I ran a ChatGPT Research task to review the election status. I ran it again to update it; here is the output. “Great — I’ll run a deep research pass focused on the 2025 Canadian federal election, building on earlier findings to identify new inflection points, updated polling, and whether the projected…