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When Will Large Vision Models Have Their ChatGPT Moment?
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 was a watershed moment in natural language processing (NLP), as it showcased the startling effectiveness of the transformer architecture for understanding and generating textual dat Read more…
Sumo Logs a Stand with Dynamic Observability
The concept of dynamic observability has emerged to exploit the full breadth combined observability data, including logs, metrics, and traces. Observability tool provider Sumo Logic has also embraced the concept, but wit Read more…
Three Ways Data Products Empower Internal Users
Many companies want to give their employees access to data, but are overwhelmed by the size and complexity of the data, as well as security and privacy risks inherent with opening it up. One powerful way that companies a Read more…
Why Data Lakehouses Are Poised for Major Growth in 2025
The humble data lakehouse emerged about eight years ago as organizations sought a middle ground between the anything-goes messiness of data lakes and the locked-down fussiness of data warehouses. The architectural patter Read more…
The Top 2025 Generative AI Predictions: Part 1
Generative AI is kind of a big deal these days (perhaps you’ve heard about it). Not surprisingly, lots of people have lots of opinions about where GenAI is today and where it’s headed. As a public service for our rea Read more…
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Reltio Gooses Entity Resolution with AI
With the latest update to its data unification and management software, Reltio is employing one-shot learning techniques using large language models (LLMs) to resolve identities of objects in organizations' data, which w Read more…
Still Too Much Duct Tape in Data Transformation, dbt Labs’ Handy Says
While real progress has been made in streamlining some aspects of big data analytics workflows, there is still too much duct tape keeping it all together, according to Tristan Handy, the founder and CEO of dbt Labs, whic Read more…
Oracle Bolsters Big Data, Analytics, and AI at CloudWorld
Oracle unleashed a torrent of new analytic and AI capabilities this week at its Oracle CloudWorld conference in Las Vegas. The fun kicked off yesterday with an expansion of capabilities in AWS and Google Cloud, updates t Read more…
Confluent Nabs Competitor WarpStream to Bolster Streaming in the Cloud
Well, that was quick. Barely a year after Kafka-compatible streaming startup WarpStream Labs opened its virtual doors, it’s been acquired by Confluent, the commercial outfit behind Apache Kafka. The big get for Conflue Read more…
OpenAI Takes On Google with SearchGPT
OpenAI is testing a new offering called SearchGPT that uses generative AI to explain search results for users, potentially putting it on a collision course with Google in the search engine business. Google completely Read more…
This Just In
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2025 — NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA AI Blueprint for retail shopping assistants, a generative AI reference workflow designed to transform shopping experiences online and in stores. Read more…
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2025 — Amazon Ads has announced a SQL generator for Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC), a new generative AI capability that helps advertisers more quickly and easily develop insights from their AMC signals. Read more…
Jan. 10, 2025 — Cohere has launched the early access program for North, the company’s all-in-one secure AI workspace platform that empowers employees to significantly improve the quality and speed of their work. Read more…
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2025 — Ahead of NRF 2025, the retail industry’s largest event, Google Cloud has announced a series of new advancements designed to help retailers transform their businesses and deliver exceptional customer experiences powered by AI. Read more…
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Jan. 9, 2025 — Crisp, a leader in retail analytics and supply chain innovation, has launched AI Blueprints, a suite of open-source, AI-ready templates designed to help CPG brands identify opportunities and address challenges in sales, assortment planning, supply chain optimization, and more. Read more…