MariaDB 11.8 adds Vector Datatype

The lat­est Mari­aDB release adds a Vec­tor datatype, which is great for stor­ing and query­ing embed­dings. Embed­dings are basi­cal­ly a rep­re­sen­ta­tion of con­cepts for AI/GPT. I’ve used this when cre­at­ing a knowl­edge­base that can have ques­tions asked effi­cient­ly against it even at scale.