Granite 4.2 LLMs: How They're Built
Hugging Face released Granite 4.2, a reasoning-focused LLM family with 3B, 8B, and 30B models, featuring extended 512K-token context windows and multi-stage reinforcement learning for agentic tool use.
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Source-linked coverage of AI models, frameworks, developer platforms and enterprise software releases. Page 22 of 42: briefings 631-660, published Aug 24, 2026 to Aug 25, 2026.
Modernizing SQL ETL in Lakehouse with Declarative Patterns
Databricks is introducing declarative SQL ETL patterns in Lakehouse, enabling SQL analysts to define append, CDC, and batch overwrite operations directly in their queries without dedicated pipeline tools.
IAM Roles Anywhere now provides a Java plugin for the AWS SDK
AWS IAM Roles Anywhere now offers a Java plugin for its SDK v2, allowing Java applications to obtain temporary AWS credentials directly without separate credential helper processes.
We’re partnering with the State of Delaware to provide free AI and career training.
Google is collaborating with Delaware’s Department of Labor and Libraries to offer free AI and career training through Google Career Certificates, aiming to equip residents with in-demand skills without requiring a...
Introducing Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services
Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services, integrating agentic AI into capital markets and corporate banking workflows with secure, domain-specific tools and partner integrations.
Introducing Gemini Enterprise for Legal
Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal, a purpose-built AI platform for law firms and corporate legal departments, integrating skills, trusted data connections, and agentic workflows with governance controls.
Quantization-Aware Healing: a compressed, 4-bit model that outperforms its full-precision original
Hugging Face introduces Quantization-Aware Healing (QAH), a method to recover compressed, 4-bit large language models, outperforming their full-precision versions on most benchmarks while reducing size and cost.
Open Table Formats Explained: Iceberg vs. Delta vs. Hudi
Open table formats—Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Apache Hudi—enable ACID transactions, schema evolution, and time travel for data lakes by adding metadata layers to object storage files.
The full stack behind abundant intelligence
OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom inference chip, demonstrating higher throughput per kilowatt and lower latency than commercial alternatives in public benchmarks. The company emphasized an integrated compute...
Jalapeño’s first results show industry-leading speed and efficiency in AI inference
OpenAI reports its custom inference chip Jalapeño delivers up to 1.9x higher throughput per watt and 3.6x lower latency than leading systems across major AI models, enabling faster responses and more efficient agentic...
The 3 Best AI Website Builders in 2026
A 2026 review of AI website builders finds most tools fall short despite technical ease, with only a handful offering practical, maintainable sites beyond basic templates.
The 6 Best Dropbox Alternatives in 2026
Zapier evaluates leading Dropbox alternatives for 2026, comparing features, pricing, and integrations across Google Drive, OneDrive, and iCloud to help users select the best cloud storage solution.
Wire It, Run It, Deploy It: AI Workflows in Gradio
Hugging Face introduces gr.Workflow in Gradio, enabling drag-and-drop AI pipelines with live previews, REST APIs, and one-command deployments to Hugging Face Spaces.
Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia
OpenAI disrupted a Russian covert influence campaign using ChatGPT to generate social media posts promoting the International Burke Institute (IBI), a website featuring misattributed academic content and a pro-Russia...
Introducing the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex
OpenAI launches the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex, enabling administrators to analyze workspace data, update settings, and execute actions through conversational prompts without switching tools.
AI Gateway now supports asynchronous video generation
Vercel’s AI Gateway now supports asynchronous video generation, allowing applications to handle long-running video tasks without HTTP timeouts by using webhooks, polling, or deferred retrieval.
MiniMax M3 and M2.7 are free on AI Gateway
Vercel’s AI Gateway offers free access to MiniMax’s M3 and M2.7 models via GMI Cloud until September 6, 2025, using specific model IDs.
Wan 3.0 now available on AI Gateway
Alibaba’s Wan 3.0 video model is now accessible via Vercel’s AI Gateway as alibaba/wan-v3.0-video, replacing multiple earlier versions with a single unified tool for text-to-video and image-to-video generation.
Streaming Data into Apache Iceberg with Snowflake
Snowflake demonstrates streaming over 1M TPS into Apache Iceberg tables using Snowpipe Streaming and Snowpark Container Services, eliminating external infrastructure for rapid evaluation.
UC Berkeley announces new professional graduate degree in AI and machine learning
UC Berkeley will launch a Master of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in fall 2027, accepting applications from September 24, 2026. The two-semester program focuses on core AI and machine learning principles,...
Run, debug, and scale Databricks workloads from your local IDE
Databricks has introduced an SSH tunnel feature enabling developers to run, debug, and scale Python and SQL workloads directly from local IDEs or CLI using Databricks compute infrastructure.
How Databricks Uses AI to Accelerate Incident Investigation
Databricks has introduced AI SRE, an AI-powered debugging agent that accelerates incident resolution by automatically gathering evidence and guiding engineers through root cause analysis across multiple services and...
Relational vs Non-Relational Database: Choosing the Right Data Store
A Databricks analysis compares relational and non-relational databases, outlining their structural differences, scalability trade-offs, and ideal use cases for data-intensive applications.
Transactional Vs Analytical Database: Choosing OLTP, OLAP, or Hybrid
Databricks outlines criteria for selecting between transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) databases, or running both via CDC replication, based on workload demands for speed, consistency, and historical analysis.
AI-powered Quick Assessments in Migration Center
Google Cloud introduces AI-powered Quick Assessments in Migration Center to automate infrastructure discovery and financial modeling, aiming to reduce migration timelines from months to minutes.
Celebrate 110 years of national parks with Maps, Search, and Gemini
Google introduces tools to aid National Parks Week celebrations, including AI-powered trip planning, real-time wildlife identification, and scenic route suggestions via Search, Maps, and the Gemini app.
Celebrate 110 years of national parks with Maps, Search, and Gemini
Google introduces tools to help plan visits to U.S. national parks during the 110th anniversary of the National Park Service, including AI-powered itinerary planning and real-time landmark identification.
How developers build AI for good with Gemma 4
Google announced the winners of the Gemma 4 Good Challenge, a Kaggle competition inviting developers to create AI solutions addressing global challenges using Gemma 4 models.
State of AI infrastructure report agent governance and security
A new report highlights security and governance challenges as major barriers to scaling AI agents in enterprises, with 79% of tech leaders citing these as critical concerns.
How XPUs Meet a World-Class AI Factory
NVIDIA introduced NVLink Fusion to integrate custom XPUs with its AI infrastructure, reducing deployment complexity and accelerating time to market for hyperscalers and AI-native companies.