🚀 Platform Updates | March 14, 2025

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🚀 Platform Updates | March 14, 2025

This week's updates bring major AI enhancements, frontend refinements, backend optimizations, and infrastructure upgrades. Check out what's new! 👇

🧠 AI Updates

Langchain Integration for AI Mentors

• Updated Langchain AI Mentors for enhanced processing flexibility.
• Mentors now support multiple audiences while maintaining backward compatibility.
• Optimized guided prompts to reduce excess data and improve LLM responses.
• New fake AI mentor & embedding mentor integrated into Langchain.

Improved Document Processing & Translation

• PDF translation option added for document training.
• Scanned PDF loader introduced, improving OCR-based training workflows.
• Better document indexing ensures only content-rich files are processed.

AI Chat & Session Upgrades

• WebRTC configuration added for seamless real-time peer connections.
• Improved AI prompt processing to maintain user-edited instructions.
• Optimized session memory usage for reduced data load and faster queries.

🖥️ Frontend Updates

Revamped AI Mentor Embed Features

• Sessions now properly initialize in embedded mentor views.
• STUN & TURN server configurations added for better real-time interactions.

Improved User Experience & Customization

• HTML-to-Markdown conversion added in the rich text editor.
• New account component toggle for Skills Leaderboard & Mentor AI visibility.
• Pathways, Programs, and Courses search bars added for faster navigation.

Enhanced Data Visibility & Management

• Custom course overview pages now display edited content dynamically.
• Bulk import of users into licensing groups is now supported.
• AI Analytics team management improved, with new role-based access.

⚙️ Backend & Infrastructure Updates

Advanced Search & Filtering

• Improved department filtering for API reports, user groups, and learning data.
• New filtering for courses based on the currently signed-in tenant.

Performance & Security Enhancements

• Optimized mentor categories to support multiple audience groups.
• Improved bulk import/export for SCORM, videos, enrollments, and programs.
• Mentor AI now enforces unified API key usage across Google, Azure OpenAI, Groq, and OpenAI integrations.

New Data Import Framework

• Introduced CSV-based data import with Celery integration for async processing.
• Sample data generation and admin UI now support easy bulk onboarding.

🔧 DevOps & Security Updates

Langchain vs Langflow Support

• Environment variables added to switch between Langchain & Langflow backends.
• Custom domain & Cloudfront configurations introduced for a more scalable AI deployment.

Platform & API Improvements

• New search unit tests integrated for improved AI search reliability.
• Custom domain parameters added for SPA deployment with Cloudfront integration.