OpenAI drops a security agent; npm gets a new browser
Today on Product Saturday: OpenAI rolls out two new models and a security agent, JavaScript developers have a new way to find npm packages, and the quote of the week.
Today: why using generative AI to automate entry-level jobs could backfire, the ransomware part of the Snowflake data leak story is well underway, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
In an interview at the Data Cloud Summit, Ramaswamy described how enterprise customers are working with generative AI, outlined growth opportunities for Snowflake's future, and lamented the "insular" culture at Google that denied it the opportunity to lead the generative AI transition.
Today: Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi promises to unify the open-format split, a former Microsoft employee reveals new details about its broken security culture, and the latest enterprise moves.
Every company understands the value of their corporate data, but it's easy to lose track of priorities when trying to update their toolsets, especially during the generative AI frenzy. Here's how eight experts think companies should navigate the tricky road to the modern data stack.
Today: Apple reveals a novel architecture for processing AI workloads using its own chip designs and custom software, the scope of the attack on weakly protected Snowflake customers emerges, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Kubernetes has become the second-most widely used open-source project in the world, behind only Linux itself, thanks to a dedicated community that celebrated its 10th birthday last week.
Today: how Kubernetes changed cloud computing faded into the background, and the quote of the week.
Today: an interview with Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, the U.K. signals that Microsoft could be force to make some pricing changes, and the latest enterprise moves.
Snowflake will outline a plan to require all customers to use additional security protections "within the coming days" after a spate of high-profile security breaches involving customers that didn't take that step.
Today: Snowflake targets another layer of the data stack after embracing open formats, why hackers targeted Snowflake customers and stole a massive amount of data, and the latest funding in enterprise tech.
Today: how the rapid adoption of open-source storage formats is upending the Databricks/Snowflake rivalry, Salesforce warns that enterprise software is in for a slow summer, and the latest enterprise moves.
As Snowflake and Databricks gear up for back-to-back user conferences in early June, their customers are increasingly betting on open storage formats that give them new flexibility.