This white paper from February 2025, authored by Lee Boonstra with contributions from several others, offers a detailed exploration of prompt engineering for large language models. It begins by defining prompt engineering and discussing the configuration of LLM outputs, such as length and sampling controls like temperature and top-K/top-P. The paper then examines various prompting techniques, including zero-shot, one-shot, few-shot, system, contextual, and role prompting, along with more advanced methods like step-back, Chain of Thought, self-consistency, Tree of Thoughts, and ReAct. Furthermore, it covers automatic prompt engineering and code prompting, providing practical examples for writing, explaining, translating, debugging, and reviewing code. Finally, the paper concludes with best practices for crafting effective prompts and a summary of the discussed techniques.

The sources you have provided are excerpts from the Artificial Intelligence Index Report 20251 . This report tracks and interprets critical trends shaping the field of AI, from technological evolution to its impact on society and governance . The 2025 edition includes in-depth analyses of AI hardware, inference costs, publication trends, and the adoption of responsible AI practices . The report highlights improvements in AI performance on demanding benchmarks and its increasing role in scientific advancements, evidenced by Nobel and Turing Prizes .... While global optimism about AI is growing, significant regional differences in sentiment remain . Policymakers across the globe are demonstrating a significant interest in responsible AI and are intensifying cooperation on AI governance

The Agent Development Kit (ADK) is a new open-source framework from Google designed to simplify the development and deployment of AI agents and multi-agent systems .... It offers a flexible and modular structure that integrates tightly with the Google ecosystem and Gemini models . ADK provides developers with tools for orchestration, tool usage, evaluation, and deployment, enabling the creation of complex agent architectures .... It particularly excels in building collaborative multi-agent systems with features like hierarchical structures and intelligent delegation .... While flexible, ADK is optimised for the Google Cloud environment, offering seamless integration with services like Vertex AI

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