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James Croft
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🇬🇧 Software Engineer on Azure at Microsoft focused on AI engineering. Empowering ISVs and Startups to succeed. Opinions are my own. He/him. #Azure #OpenAI
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Decided to convert the top drawer in my IKEA office drawers into a cat bed... Daisy instantly took a liking to it 😂
A cat sleeping in the top drawer of a set of IKEA office drawers in with a comfy blanket bed inside.
February 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Turns out my phone got stolen...

I had 15 minutes to get across Schiphol Airport to catch my connecting flight and I ran like the wind with it!

Love this new Theft Detection feature that locks your phone if someone steals it, then moves really fast away.

It worked, but not as intended 😂
A card with a light green background describes the Theft Protection feature for Android devices, stating 'Use built-in safeguards to protect your personal data if your device is stolen.' An illustration shows a hand holding a phone. A toggle switch labeled 'Theft Detection Lock' is shown, with a description that reads, 'The screen will lock if this setting detects that someone took your device and ran away.'
January 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Started the year off with a night time winter light trail run!

Not a PB but thoroughly enjoyed the route 🏃🏅
The image displays the results for James Croft, who participated in the "Run for Wildlife Night 5K" on January 4, 2025. The event's logo is prominently featured at the top, showing a crescent moon, stars, and silhouettes of animals and runners. Below, the details for James Croft are as follows: Bib Number: 344 Gender: Male Age Category: Ages 30-34 Status: Finished Finish time: 00:31:48 Overall Ranking: 214 out of 675 Age Category Ranking: 11 out of 23 Gender Ranking: 114 out of 204
January 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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🚀 I created this new quickstart template providing you everything you need to setup a new Azure AI Content Understanding project in the Azure AI Foundry, complete with Microsoft Entra ID authentication.

Get the template here 👉 github.com/jamesmcroft/...

#Azure #AI #ContentUnderstanding
December 21, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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QOL improvement to the unofficial Azure OpenAI Image Token Calculator!

You can now select presets for common print and web image sizes. Want to work out how many tokens a 10-page document would cost to process with GPT-4o? Now you can!

jamesmcroft.github.io/openai-image...
A screenshot of the Azure OpenAI Image Token Calculator, designed to calculate token usage and costs for image processing in Azure OpenAI services. It highlights the preselection of an A4 preset at 3508x2480 pixels highlighting the cost.
December 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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I'm not the only one fascinated with the advancements in security for AI #MSIgnite
A tortoiseshell cat watching the Microsoft Ignite keynote live stream
November 19, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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Excited about the announcement of our new Azure AI Content Understanding service! A content processing pipeline that can take documents, audio, and video to generate structured, actionable insights with confidence to reduce human intervention!

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-a...

#MSIgnite
A diagram showing how to generate insights with the Azure AI Content Understanding service. It shows audio, video, document, and image inputs being understood with content extraction, field extraction, and confidence scores, to produce structured insights and new content outputs.
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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I have a feeling these two are enjoying their first fire of the Autumn 😸
Two cats laid out on a carpet in front of a log burner toasting their buns
November 16, 2024 at 6:41 PM