Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70% — enterprise metadata was the missing link

Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader ...

What type of data is needed to find opportunities

What data helps investment managers spot opportunities in volatile markets? We explore how alternative and unstructured data, ...
InfoWorld

Generative AI and the future of databases

Google Cloud’s lead engineer for databases discusses the challenges of integrating databases and LLMs, the tools needed to ...

Daimler Truck uses graph technology to untangle its IT estate and gains long-lasting operational windfall

Daimler Truck uses graph technology to untangle its IT estate and gains long-lasting operational windfall - SiliconANGLE ...

Six data shifts that will shape enterprise AI in 2026

In 2026, contextual memory will no longer be a novel technique; it will become table stakes for many operational agentic AI ...
Ars Technica

In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

Two sibling contractors convicted a decade ago for hacking into US State Department systems have once again been charged, this time for a comically hamfisted attempt to steal and destroy government ...
Bleeping Computer

Cloudflare blames this week's massive outage on database issues

On Tuesday, Cloudflare experienced its worst outage in 6 years, blocking access to many websites and online platforms for almost 6 hours after a change to database access controls triggered a ...
ZDNet

Graph databases are exploding, thanks to the AI boom - here's why

The graph database market, driven by AI, is growing at a rate of almost 25% annually. Graph databases support knowledge graphs, providing visual guidance for AI development. There are multiple ...
The Nation Newspaper

JAMB, technology, and the business of cheating

Sir: When nearly two million young Nigerians filed into computer-based test centres this year, they carried with them the weight of ambition, sacrifice, and hope. But for 6,458 of them, those dreams ...
MIT Technology Review

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

Personally identifiable information has been found in DataComp CommonPool, one of the largest open-source data sets used to train image generation models. Millions of images of passports, credit cards ...
The New York Times

Lawmakers Demand Palantir Provide Information About U.S. Contracts

Ten Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the tech company this week asking about its expanding contracts under the Trump administration. By Sheera Frenkel Ten Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to ...
Dark Reading

NIST Outlines Real-World Zero-Trust Examples

The National Institute of Standards and Technology released new guidance on building end-to-end zero-trust architectures (ZTA), providing security teams with practical, real-world examples of how to ...