🚀 Platform Updates: September 23, 2024

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We’ve been hard at work improving our platform to deliver an even more robust, scalable, and user-friendly experience. Here’s a snapshot of the latest enhancements:

🌍 AI Updates:

Improved Document Training
Document training workflows are now also supported by AWS, providing enhanced scalability and more efficient processing for worker models. We've also fine-tuned the document retraining endpoint for smoother retraining operations.

Mentor Accessibility & Search Enhancements
All users now have access to global mentors, with improved search functionality for retriever mentors to deliver faster, more relevant results, boosting mentor performance.

Enhanced Analytics & Metadata Processing
We’ve updated analytics URLs and reporting views, providing more granular data insights. Additionally, resource models now benefit from enhanced metadata processing, unlocking more robust mentor capabilities.

Custom Loaders for Document Flexibility
New custom loaders have been introduced for document training, along with resource metadata processing to offer greater flexibility and customization in model development workflows.

🌐 Frontend Enhancements:

Multi-Language Support
We’ve expanded our language support to include English, Spanish, French, Chinese (Simplified), and Arabic, ensuring a broader global reach and accessibility across multiple apps.

Improved Mentor Embeds
Mentor tools are now fully integrated into the app with support for both Anonymous and Authenticated modes, streamlining user engagement in embedded mentor interactions.

UI & Functionality Refinements
A series of UI and functional enhancements have been implemented, including CSS updates, stabilized voice chat, improved dataset display alerts, and better token expiration checks to ensure a smoother, more stable user experience.

Optimized Notifications
We’ve adjusted the notification bell icon size and improved the display of notification titles, now featuring sanitized HTML content for clearer, more secure alerts.

Chat Sharing Without Authentication
Users can now share mentor chats without needing to authenticate, providing a seamless experience for collaboration and engagement.

🛠️ Backend Upgrades:

Auto-Scaling for Workers
Celery workers now benefit from autoscaling, ensuring optimal system performance during periods of high demand.

Search API Improvements
Search functionality has been enhanced with new filters, including course level, tags, topics, and content type, allowing for more targeted and refined results.

Updated Permissions & Authentication
We’ve introduced new permission classes and expanded support for various authentication methods, improving security and access control across the platform.

Document Loader Enhancements
Document loaders have been updated for greater stability and efficiency to ensure smoother mentor operations.

🚀 DevOps Enhancements:

Autoscale and Connection Optimization
We’ve implemented autoscaling for Celery workers to handle fluctuating workloads efficiently. A new RUN_PG_BOUNCER configuration has been added to optimize database connection pooling for faster, more reliable access.