AI technologies
Forward-looking enterprises have to be aware of emerging artificial intelligence technologies. Get the latest on AI technologies such as NLP, bots, machine learning, deep learning and open source AI tools.
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05 Feb 2026
How watermarking AI content benefits businesses
AI watermarking is being used to identify deepfakes, enhance transparency and build trust in AI-generated content, but reliability issues and false positives present challenges. Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2026
Databricks launches PostgreSQL Lakebase to aid AI developers
Resulting from the $1B acquisition of Neon, the database built for AI workloads -- including separate compute and storage -- is now integrated with the vendor's broader platform. Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 Feb 2026
The operational reality of enterprise AI
AI models are now commodities. It's enterprise challenges like security, scalability and integration are the real barriers to successful deployment. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2026
What to know about synthetic data as a business advantage
Synthetic data mimics real data without sensitive information. It offers cost-effective options and competitive advantages for AI training, software testing and data monetization. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2026
10 top AI hardware and chip-making companies in 2026
Due to rapid AI hardware advancement, companies release advanced products yearly to keep up with the competition. The new competitive product on the market is the AI chip. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2026
How to ensure AI transparency, explainability and trust
Transparency, explainability and trust are critical for enterprise AI. Learn how organizations can embed these principles to build accountable, ethical and reliable systems. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2026
10 AI business use cases that produce measurable ROI
When justifying their investments in AI deployments, business leaders know keeping up with the Joneses isn't enough without uncovering a positive ROI. Here's where to find it. Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2026
7 best practices for leading and managing agentic teams
Agentic AI teams are an evolution in professional partnerships. Business leaders can ensure agents succeed with clear objectives, strong governance and disciplined management. Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2026
Spotlight on AI and emerging tech in 2026
As we welcome 2026, AI continues to lead the charge in business innovation. Expect to see more about governance, physical AI and integration with emerging technologies. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2026
Leading AI with ethics: The new governance mandate
Ethical AI governance is now a boardroom priority, enabling organizations to curb bias, ensure accountability and build trust as a strategic advantage. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2026
Domo adds App Catalyst to platform to aid AI development
By combining natural language code generation with enterprise-grade security and governance, the vendor aims to help customers more successfully build cutting-edge applications. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2026
Turn your AI center of excellence from sidelines to impact
AI CoEs face a challenging mission -- aligning AI investments with business strategy across multiple functions -- and many obstacles complicate their ability to deliver value. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2026
AI's business future: What's to come in the next 5 years
Five years can seem like an eternity in a world where AI's technological advancements occur almost daily, but best to be prepared now and avoid "future shocks." Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2026
New Snowflake suite simplifies data, AI for energy sector
Energy Solutions joins the vendor's spate of industry-specific offerings and includes partner-built applications and pre-modeled datasets that accelerate data-driven initiatives. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2026
Teradata's AgentStack aims to simplify building, managing AI
Featuring capabilities for developing, deploying and governing agents, the vendor's new suite addresses many of the problems enterprises face when trying to launch agentic systems. Continue Reading
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26 Jan 2026
Humans and AI: The role of people in the new AI world
With AI now poised to be a capable teammate rather than a mere tool, businesses are struggling to identify where and to what extent human-AI collaboration makes sense. Continue Reading
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23 Jan 2026
Context engineering takes prompting to a higher business level
In the care and feeding of AI models and chatbot interfaces, prompting alone can be a fool's errand in strategic business planning without the proper context to interpret prompts. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2026
AI will heavily influence cloud-related decisions in 2026
AI is set to become a defining force in shaping cloud-related decisions and strategies for 2026. See what the experts are saying about multi-cloud, neoclouds, data sovereignty and serverless. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2026
GoodData launches MCP server to fuel AI-powered analysis
By connecting its platform and customers' AI tools, the vendor is enabling users to automate the analytics workflow and speed insight generation. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2026
Humanoid robots: The next frontier in physical AI
Once seen as merely science fiction, humanoid robots are becoming increasingly tangible due to advancements in AI and other technologies. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2026
Regression in machine learning: A crash course for engineers
Regression in machine learning helps organizations forecast and make better decisions by revealing the relationships between variables. Learn how it's applied across industries. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2026
ScyllaDB adds vector search to managed database platform
The feature's direct integration in the X Cloud platform is aimed at simplifying AI development by eliminating the need for customers to add specialized databases. Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2026
Why business leaders must explore post-quantum pre-quantum
With the continual advance of quantum technology comes threats to traditional cryptographic standards. Discover how to prepare for PQC pre-quantum. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2026
AI governance can make or break data monetization
As pressures mount for businesses to get the most value from their data, AI governance ensures the data to be monetized is secure, protected, trustworthy and used responsibly. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2026
MongoDB launches latest Voyage models to aid AI development
With many enterprises struggling to build advanced applications, new embedding and reranking models improve data retrieval to make agents and other tools more effective. Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2026
AI's role in different software architecture contexts
Generative AI is reshaping architecture by augmenting human judgment, accelerating understanding and expanding options across design, migration and maintenance -- when applied thoughtfully. Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2026
Sisense targets embedding AI with latest new features
Tools such as an MCP server and a natural language assistant demonstrate the vendor's evolution toward artificial intelligence as the interface for analytics. Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2026
4 top data storage trends for 2026
Data storage is currently being shaped by a number of ongoing and developing trends, including AI integrations, hybrid and multicloud storage strategies, cyber resilience and native cost governance. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2026
4 types of machine learning models explained
Rigorous experimentation is key to building machine learning models. Learn about the main types of ML models and the factors that go into picking and training them for a specific task. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2026
11 emerging technologies to watch in 2026
Technology never stands still, and 2026 could see it go full sprint. See our picks for emerging and developing technologies and tell us what tech your organization is watching. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2026
Snowflake storms into IT monitoring with Observe acquisition
Historically focused on data management and AI development, the vendor is adding infrastructure observability capabilities in a move that could differentiate it from competitors. Continue Reading
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08 Jan 2026
New Databricks tool aims to up agentic AI response accuracy
With enterprises struggling to successfully develop agents using traditional RAG pipelines, the vendor's new Instructed Retriever offers an alternative. Continue Reading
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08 Jan 2026
How AI can support developer productivity
While human oversight remains crucial and developers are far from handing over entire projects to AI, there are many ways in which the technology makes devs more productive Continue Reading
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08 Jan 2026
35 AI content generators to explore in 2026
Stay abreast of the growing selection of artificially generated media that businesses can use to produce text, images, music and code. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2026
Snowflake boosts Google partnership, integrates Gemini 3
By making the tech giant's LLM natively available in Cortex AI, the data cloud vendor is adding yet another significant tool to its evolving development suite. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jan 2026
How AI and the browser will change end-user IT in 2026
Looking ahead to 2026, the end-user IT landscape will shift in subtle but critical ways. Here's what to expect, from prompt security to browsers, productivity and autonomous IT. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jan 2026
Software development in 2026: A hands-on look at AI agents
The agentic workflows that software teams are transitioning to in 2026 are fundamentally changing the economics of writing, testing and releasing code. Continue Reading
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05 Jan 2026
10 AI topics for 2026 that enterprise leaders need to know
Use these trending AI topics to inform your organization's strategy for 2026 and position it for future success. Continue Reading
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05 Jan 2026
AI regulation: What businesses need to know in 2026
Numerous local, regional and national AI regulations can help businesses govern AI, foster innovation and mitigate potential risks -- as long as their differences are understood. Continue Reading
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05 Jan 2026
9 top generative AI tool categories for 2026
Agentic systems and AI data centers are driving forces shaping the development of GenAI tools and frameworks to build LLMs, orchestrate processes and integrate physical AI. Continue Reading
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29 Dec 2025
4 trends that will shape data management and AI in 2026
The tendencies that influence the next 12 months build on what began last year, including rising mergers and acquisitions and the need to simplify developing and deploying agents. Continue Reading
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Definition
26 Dec 2025
What is automated machine learning (AutoML)?
Automated machine learning (AutoML) is the automated process that applies machine learning models to real-world problems. Continue Reading
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22 Dec 2025
4 trends that shaped data management, analytics in 2025
With each relating to agentic AI development, tendencies included nearly universal support for MCP and rising emphasis on semantic modeling, among others. Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Dec 2025
5 storage industry predictions for 2026
2026 will likely see a number of trends regarding storage and infrastructure. Much of these trends come from already developing spaces like AI, security and digital sovereignty. Continue Reading
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16 Dec 2025
Databricks adds $4B funding round; IPO could be next
With a valuation well over $100 billion and strong revenue growth from both data management and AI, the vendor could be preparing to go public. Continue Reading
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16 Dec 2025
EnterpriseDB updates WarehousePG with features that fuel AI
The PostgreSQL database specialist's data warehouse update targets AI development by adding predictable pricing, real-time data processing and improved governance capabilities. Continue Reading
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10 Dec 2025
ThoughtSpot automates full platform with new Spotter agents
With agents for data modeling, dashboard development and embedding applications, the vendor is simplifying processes that have historically slowed analytics workflows. Continue Reading
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10 Dec 2025
Couchbase adds agentic AI development suite to Capella DBaaS
AI Services, which includes an integration with Nvidia and governance capabilities -- among other features -- represents the vendor's growth beyond its database roots. Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2025
IBM acquiring Confluent to boost AI development capabilities
The purchase of a streaming data platform complements the tech giant's existing tools by enabling developers to build agents using real-time information. Continue Reading
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05 Dec 2025
New HPE node enriches data in real time for AI pipelines
At HPE Discover Barcelona 2025, HPE unveils data intelligence nodes that enrich, organize and prepare data for advanced analytics and machine learning applications. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Dec 2025
AWS re:Invent 2025: Agentic AI leaves the POC graveyard
These five announcements from re:Invent are aimed at helping developers reclaim productivity by streamlining overhead cloud infrastructure and DevOps tasks with AI. Continue Reading
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04 Dec 2025
Snowflake, Anthropic boost partnership with $200M commitment
After first partnering in 2024 to make Claude models available in Cortex AI, the companies plan to collaborate on agentic AI development and marketing strategies. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2025
Informatica tightens bond with AWS's AI development tools
New features optimized for joint customers include MCP servers to connect governed data with foundation models and a framework for developing agents on the tech giant's platform. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2025
Why CIOs need AI fix-engineers for chatbot success
Enterprise chatbots can break under real-world use. IT executives need strategies and AI fix-engineers to maintain performance and trust. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2025
Evaluate 10 AI chatbots for business use cases
Businesses are bypassing out-of-the-box AI for custom chatbots tailored to their complex needs. Explore these 10 AI chatbot platforms for building business-ready assistants. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2025
30 of the best large language models in 2026
Behind the scenes influencing search for years, large language models have proliferated since the debut of ChatGPT and other chatbot interfaces. Wade through the LLM waters. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2025
How engineers can build a machine learning model in 8 steps
Building a machine learning model is a multistep process involving data collection and preparation, training, evaluation and ongoing iteration. Follow these steps to get started. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2025
How AI can improve 5G telecommunications for enterprises
AI is helping make 5G networks more resilient, integrated and easy to implement. That makes private 5G networks for enterprises a clearly superior alternative to Wi-Fi. Continue Reading
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25 Nov 2025
Meet quantum needs with hybrid digital infrastructure
The potential for quantum computing remains unparalleled. Does your organization understand the demands quantum computing will have on digital infrastructure? Continue Reading
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25 Nov 2025
One year of MCP: Support a must for data management vendors
With most AI development initiatives focused on agentic AI, failure to provide the framework for easily connecting agents with relevant data is now a competitive disadvantage. Continue Reading
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25 Nov 2025
10 AI and machine learning trends to watch in 2026
AI is reshaping virtually every aspect of business operations. Stay ahead of the curve by exploring these 10 emerging AI trends for 2026. Continue Reading
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24 Nov 2025
Microsoft helps Premier League fuel fan experience with AI
A new app built by England's top soccer division using the tech giant's data management and development capabilities draws on decades of data to deliver personalized insights. Continue Reading
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Definition
20 Nov 2025
What are AI agents? Types and examples
AI agents are autonomous intelligent software components that form the foundation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Continue Reading
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19 Nov 2025
Precisely intros AI capabilities to simplify data quality
The data integrity specialist's new features, including a conversational interface and a fabric for connecting governed assets, address the growing emphasis on high-quality data. Continue Reading
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19 Nov 2025
Generative models: VAEs, GANs, diffusion, transformers, NeRFs
From powering conversational chatbots to realistic image creators, generative models are critical for many AI applications. Continue Reading
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19 Nov 2025
Snowflake integrates with Nvidia to speed AI/ML workloads
Adding data science libraries featuring GPUs to the vendor's development suite aims to exponentially improve the performance of application workloads. Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Nov 2025
The big AI misconception: Most AI apps run on CPUs, not GPUs
While the industry touts GPUs as the foundation for AI applications, CPUs can still provide the reliable and quick processing that's necessary for most daily AI use cases. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2025
New Microsoft tools connect AI agents with proper data
Semantic modeling to unite enterprise data and automated pipeline capabilities to feed applications with relevant information aim to give autonomous tools appropriate context. Continue Reading
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14 Nov 2025
Ng: Biggest benefit of AI may be unlocking unstructured data
Tech entrepreneur Andrew Ng says that in addition to autonomous action, one of the most beneficial applications of AI is enabling easy access to valuable unstructured data. Continue Reading
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13 Nov 2025
Alation unveils agentic AI suite for governing critical data
CDE Manager includes agents that set standards and establish rules to help enterprises to connect data to key operations and govern such data to ensure it can be trusted. Continue Reading
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13 Nov 2025
Dremio Cloud: An autonomous lakehouse powered by AI agents
The new platform automates complex data preparation and pipeline management tasks that fuel AI development and could be a differentiator for the vendor. Continue Reading
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10 Nov 2025
Time to promote AI agents from "assistants to associates"?
Are our humble AI agents turning into valuable AI associates? Learn about the growth of AI agents from experts at this year's EmTech MIT conference. Continue Reading
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07 Nov 2025
Managing trust in the age of AI influence
Can AI technology foster trust and serve the common good, or will algorithms shape humanity's future for the worse? Experts at EmTech MIT wrestled with the nuances. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Nov 2025
Agentic process automation: The enterprise guide to autonomous AI workflows
Agentic process automation, also known as agentic automation, is an automation approach that integrates autonomous AI agents and advanced AI technologies to perform tasks with minimal human intervention. Continue Reading
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06 Nov 2025
Ataccama automates data quality with agentic AI-fueled suite
The new version of the vendor's platform automates tasks previously performed by humans to substantially reduce the time it takes to ensure that data can be trusted. Continue Reading
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04 Nov 2025
Move from reactive to predictive cloud management with AI
Discover how AI transforms cloud management from reactive firefighting to predictive optimization. Learn executive strategies for AI-human partnerships. Continue Reading
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04 Nov 2025
Snowflake delivers slew of AI tools, introduces new ones
The newly released tools simplify access to enterprise data and enable deeper analysis through natural language to address challenges in AI development and data utilization. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2025
New Databricks tools target successful agentic AI development
With enterprises struggling to build agents, new Agent Bricks features address accuracy and governance to help move development projects from pilot to production. Continue Reading
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31 Oct 2025
Low-code/no-code tools simplify AI customization for engineers
Low-code/no-code AI platforms bridge the gap between AI coding demand and developer availability. They speed development, cut costs and let nontechnical users build AI apps. Continue Reading
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31 Oct 2025
10 real-life examples of AI in the agriculture industry
From crop monitoring to autonomous machinery, AI is changing the agriculture industry. Hear from farm owners and domain experts on what use cases are having an effect in 2025. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2025
3 enterprise AI horror stories for CISOs from 2025
In a race to adopt innovative technology, organizations across the globe made mistakes in enterprise AI deployment. What lessons can you learn from this year's AI horror stories? Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2025
Streaming specialist Confluent unveils AI development suite
In addition to a unified environment for building and deploying agents, the vendor launched a private cloud version of its platform and integrations that simplify data preparation. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2025
Informatica launches agents, adds new AI development tools
Prebuilt agents for data quality and other data management tasks and a development framework featuring MCP support highlight the vendor's Fall 2025 platform update. Continue Reading
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28 Oct 2025
Streaming vendor Redpanda buys SQL engine, unveils AI suite
With the Agent Data Plane, which features newly acquired SQL database capabilities, the specialist is expanding beyond its roots and adding tools to train and govern AI agents. Continue Reading
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Definition
28 Oct 2025
What is natural language processing (NLP)?
Natural language processing (NLP) is the ability of a computer program to understand human language as it's spoken and written -- referred to as natural language. Continue Reading
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Definition
28 Oct 2025
Agentic AI explained: Key concepts and enterprise use cases
Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that are capable of autonomous action and decision-making. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Oct 2025
What is a neural network?
A neural network is a machine learning (ML) model designed to process data in a way that mimics the function and structure of the human brain. Continue Reading
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24 Oct 2025
How open source AI models benefit developer innovation
Discover why most businesses rely upon the benefits of open source AI models. Could open source provide companies with the resources they need to succeed? Continue Reading
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22 Oct 2025
How ReAct agents can transform the enterprise
Humans solve complex problems with reasoning and actionable steps. Now, agentic AI can do the same. Are ReAct agents the future of enterprise problem-solving? Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2025
Immuta adds provisioning prowess to speed insight generation
Featuring automation capabilities, the new tools dramatically reduce the time it takes to operationalize governed data and could help differentiate the vendor from its peers. Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2025
Couchbase ups database vector search, indexing capabilities
The vendor's update takes a three-pronged approach to storing and searching vectorized data to make building AI tools trained on massive amounts of relevant information faster. Continue Reading
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Definition
20 Oct 2025
What is a large language model (LLM)?
A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massively large data sets to understand, summarize, generate and predict new content. Continue Reading
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16 Oct 2025
Snowflake, Palantir team to simplify AI, insight generation
Native integration between the vendors' platforms aims to simplify and speed development of AI and analytics tools for current joint customers -- and to attract new ones. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2025
Oracle launches new platform to streamline AI development
The suite, which combines capabilities from OCI and other platforms, will help Oracle compete with rivals providing similar feature sets for building agents and other AI tools. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2025
DBT Labs targets costs with data engine, adds AI agents
The new capabilities, revealed amid news that the vendor is merging with Fivetran, include an updated engine that lowers data transformation expenses and task-specific agents. Continue Reading
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13 Oct 2025
Fivetran, DBT Labs merge to add complementary capabilities
The deal brings together data movement and data transformation platforms that help developers build AI and analytics applications. Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Oct 2025
Low-code tool n8n bridges gap between AI models and business
Many organizations struggle to realize AI projects. N8n aims to bridge the gap between AI engineers and business users, empowering non-technical staff to build AI workflows. Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2025
Agentic AI architecture: An enterprise guide
Agentic architectures can work independently to automate and orchestrate complex tasks in manufacturing, retail operations and supply chains but they present several challenges. Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2025
Starburst's latest targets agentic AI development
The data lakehouse vendor continues to expand beyond its roots in data mesh, adding features such as an MCP server and access to vector stores that enable users to build agents. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2025
How agentic RAG supports effective business workflows
AI agents can complete business tasks with little to no human intervention. What if they could access domain-specific knowledge when completing those tasks? Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2025
New AI-powered suite boosts Teradata's CX capabilities
Autonomous Customer Intelligence features agents and other tools aimed at enabling the vendor's users to gain greater insight into their own customers to improve business outcomes. Continue Reading
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03 Oct 2025
What is AI agent memory? Types, tradeoffs and implementation
AI agents with short- and long-term memory leapfrog simple task-oriented assignments into areas of autonomy, pattern recognition, personalization and strategic business planning. Continue Reading