How do you know if your AI app actually works? You evaluate it. But most teams skip this step (or do it wrong) because "eval" feels vague. It's not. Every good ... (opens in new tab)

How do you know if your AI app actually works? You evaluate it. But most teams skip this step (or do it wrong) because "eval" feels vague. It's not. Every good eval is a 3-step recipe. Step 1: Pick a task. AI systems have different capabilities and dimensions to evaluate. For LLMs, it can be safety or math capability, in RAGs it can be grounding and retrieval, Pick one. Step 2: Collect eval data. For every task, gather inputs paired with the right answer or expect...