Over a coffee, an executive at a major database vendor recently admitted, "Database migration tools haven't really delivered on their promise." Most practitioners would agree. After decades of ...

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“This looks like a rock concert, but for data people,” said Conviction CEO Sarah Guo at the opening keynote of Snowflake Summit 2025, hosted in San Francisco. A crowd of 20,000 erupted in cheers as ...

A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning.

MIT researchers developed a technique that enables LLMs to permanently absorb new knowledge by generating study sheets based on data the model uses to memorize important information.

When a data platform breaks, the clock starts ticking. Engineers rush to diagnose the problem, pull logs, investigate errors and take corrective measures. Every minute of downtime adds cost, risk and ...

Databricks has unveiled new features for its Data Intelligence Platform at the Data+AI World Tour. The focus was on the Agent Bricks platform.

Trust is fragile, and that's one problem with artificial intelligence, which is only as good as the data behind it. Data integrity concerns -- which have vexed even the savviest organizations for ...

Of all the hurdles researchers face when analysing patient data, the most intimidating might be the sheer volume of information they need to sift through. A hospital can generate millions of data ...