Databricks research shows multi-step agents consistently outperform single-turn RAG when answers span databases and documents

Data teams building AI agents keep running into the same failure mode. Questions that require joining structured data with ...
TechSpot

GitHub Copilot will use your data for AI training by default, but you can opt out

A hot potato: GitHub has announced that starting April 24, the company will begin using interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train and improve its AI models unless they opt out.
Wired

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually ...
CNBC

Databricks enters cybersecurity market with Lakewatch launch, bulking up ahead of IPO

Databricks is introducing a security information and event management service called Lakewatch. The privately held company sees an opportunity to challenge mature cybersecurity vendors using ...
Business Wire

Accenture and Databricks Accelerate Enterprise Adoption of AI Applications and Agents at Scale

Clients across industries, such as Albertsons, BASF, and Kyowa Kirin International are working with Accenture and Databricks to build agent-ready databases and AI applications on their enterprise data ...
CRN

New Databricks Offering Targets Next-Generation Data Streaming

The data and AI platform developer is now marketing its new Zerobus Ingest software as an alternative to legacy message-based software for real-time and near-real-time data movement. Databricks is ...
The Hill

Data centers’ air pollution associated with lung issues: Report

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Emissions from data centers can cause breathing issues and premature deaths for those living nearby, according to a new report. The report was compiled by Community & ...
CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...
InfoQ

Databricks Introduces Lakebase, a PostgreSQL Database for AI Workloads

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The New York Times

Trump Pushes A.I. Data Centers, but the G.O.P. Is Cool to One in Alabama

Residents also oppose a data center the size of 18 Walmarts that is set to be built in pristine woodland outside Bessemer, Ala. “All this will be gone,” one said. The woodland around Bessemer, Ala., ...
Wired

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities,” according to ...