AI slop is overwhelming open source
Today: How two open-source projects are trying and failing to manage a deluge of AI contributions, OpenAI matches Microsoft's energy pledge, and the latest enterprise moves.
Today: Lost in last months' discussions of open data formats was Hudi, but its tech will enable true format compatibility, Stack Overflow's annual developer survey, and the latest moves in enterprise tech.
Now that open data formats are here to stay, unifying them to remove incompatibilities will be a challenge. Delta Lake and Iceberg get all the attention, but tech developed by the creators of Hudi could make it happen.
The shared-responsibility model is groaning under the weight of the modern security environment. Snowflake's ongoing nightmare should be a wake-up call for any infrastructure or SaaS provider that they need to do more to protect their customers, because the old model is no longer working.
Today: why the decades-old bargain that governed cloud security is showing its age, OpenAI thinks smaller is better, and the latest moves in enterprise tech.
Today: Snowflake admins can now set stronger login security practices for their users, how the AI boom is forcing Google to acknowledge that carbon offsets don't work, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
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.
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.
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.