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How to Create an AI Assistant: A Dev's Guide
Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly prevalent, and many developers are integrating various LLM providers, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and others into their Stream Chat applications across multiple SDKs. To help developers get started and accelerate their development with Stream Chat and AI, we've created a platform-specific, step-by-step guide. To follow along, we
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Harness the Power of Stream, Cronofy, and OpenAI for Team Collaboration
Geographically dispersed teams often have a hard time scheduling meetings that work for all participants. Human Resources departments also face this challenge when working with existing employees and job candidates alike. Employees have the benefit of a defined and somewhat uniform computing environment, job applicants are a whole different challenge. Each candidate uses whatever computer
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Exploring Reasoning LLMs and Their Real-World Applications
LLMs have excelled in writing, coding, and problem-solving tasks and prompts based on the data sets they were trained with. However, these models fall short when used to solve complex puzzles because they respond with the information they were trained with and lack the ability to self-correct. Recent LLMs, like OpenAI's o1 and o3 models,
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Build Your First Android and iOS Mobile App With Kotlin Multiplatform
Cross-platform development provides significant advantages, especially in mobile development, where Android and iOS operate on fundamentally different ecosystems. Developing native apps for each platform can be resource-intensive since it requires separate developers with expertise in different programming languages (Kotlin for Android and Swift/Objective-C for iOS). Managing two distinct codebases also increases development and maintenance costs
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How to Implement Real-Time Language Translation in Chat with LLMs
Real-time language translation has become essential for global applications, communities, and businesses to break down language barriers and foster inclusive environments. In this article, I’ll explain how to implement real-time language translation in Stream applications using large language models (LLMs). By the end, you will understand how to: Authenticate users using a Stream token. Create
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How to Build an AI Wine Sommelier with Stream Chat SDK
AI chatbots have become a familiar feature in many modern applications. Yet, practical questions remain: “How should we integrate a chatbot into our service?” To explore this question, I launched an experimental project: a sommelier chatbot. Wine is a domain rich with variety and unfamiliar terms—perfect for testing how helpful an AI assistant can be
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Build a Video Calling App on AWS With Lambda and Amazon Chime SDK
This tutorial covers building the full stack video calling application using Amazon Chime SDK and AWS Lambda. Video calling applications need a specialized server setup to handle real-time video streaming. Building and maintaining such servers for one application is challenging. Hence, services like Amazon Chime SDK or Stream Video API provide API-based access to these
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How to Build a Job Application and Interview Platform with Next.js, Stream, and Firebase
Hiring the right candidate and finding the perfect job can be challenging. Recruiters need an efficient way to manage job postings, screen applicants, and conduct virtual interviews—all in one platform. In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a job application and interviewing platform using Next.js, Stream, and Firebase. This app will allow recruiters
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How to Build Accessible Video Experiences
Roughly 16% of the human population suffers from some form of long-term disability. If you include temporary disability like a broken arm, that number shoots up significantly. If your in-app video content isn't accessible, you're potentially excluding a large part of the population and missing an opportunity to create better experiences for everyone. As more
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Global Airline Streamlines Team Operations With Chat
A leading international airline is on a mission to become a truly digital-first operation—delivering seamless, user-friendly experiences for both passengers and staff. A key pillar of its strategy is boosting internal digital dexterity by equipping frontline teams with intuitive, purpose-built tools. One such tool, is a custom-built communication app powered by the Stream Chat API.
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How To Run OpenAI Agents SDK Locally With 100+ LLMs, and Custom Tracing
The OpenAI Agents SDK for Python provides developers with the building blocks to implement two agentic solutions for AI applications. You can create text-generation agents, allowing users to get responses from text prompts. Additionally, you can build voice agents using the SDK. To create your first agent with the OpenAI Agents SDK, get started here.
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Multi-Model AI Chat: How to Switch Between Different LLMs in Your Stream App
An interesting quirk of large language models (LLMs) is that they aren’t all the same. ChatGPT tends to be better for analysis, but in the words of Paul Graham, “writes like a kid doing an assignment.” Claude is a much better writer but loves a little bit of hallucination. All other models have their strong
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