When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
One July morning, a startup founder watched in horror as their production database vanished, nuked not by a hacker, but by a well-meaning AI coding assistant in Replit. A single AI-suggested command, executed without a second glance, wiped out live data in seconds. The mishap has become a cautionary tale about “vibe coding,” the growing […]
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Google intros EmbeddingGemma for on-device AI
With the introduction of its EmbeddingGemma, Google is providing a multilingual text embedding model designed to run directly on mobile phones, laptops, and other edge devices for mobile-first generative AI. Unveiled September 4, EmbeddingGemma features a 308 million parameter design that enables developers to build applications using techniques such as RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) and semantic […]
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Rust Innovation Lab launched, sponsors first project
The Rust Foundation, steward of the Rust programming language, has launched the Rust Innovation Lab, offering fiscal sponsorship to relevant, well-funded open source projects. The inaugural hosted project is Rustls, a memory-safe, high-performance TLS (Transport Layer Security) library, the foundation said. Announced September 3, Rust Innovation Lab sponsorship includes governance, legal, networking, marketing, and administrative […]
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Databricks adds Data Science Agent to automate analytics tasks
Databricks has added a new agent, the Data Science Agent, to the Databricks Assistant, in an effort to help data practitioners automate analytics tasks. The agent, which is available now in preview and is expected to be rolled out soon to enterprise customers, can be toggled from inside the Assistant window in Notebooks and the […]
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PostgreSQL 18 to boost OLTP performance, but misses AI readiness
“The use of Asynchronous I/O via ‘io_uring’ Linux interface should really help improve IO performance, leading to lower latencies. This is a big win for OLTP, where time is everything… We will likely see especially good gains here in environments with network-attached storage,” Lambert said. Asynchronous IO, according to Percona’s Turner, allows database workers to […]
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Neo4j unveils Infinigraph to merge OLTP and OLAP for Agentic AI
Graph database provider Neo4j has launched a new distributed graph architecture, Infinigraph, that will combine both operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads across its databases to help enterprises adopt agent-based automation for analytics. The new architecture, which is currently available as part of Neo4j’s Enterprise Edition and will soon be available in AuraDB, uses […]
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OpenAI acquires Statsig to speed up generative AI-based product launches
The market for AI assistants is expected to expand from $3.35 billion in 2025 to $21.11 billion by 2030, according to a report from MarketsAndMarkets.com. A separate report from Statista showed that revenue in the AI development tool software market is projected to reach $9.76 billion in 2025 and $12.99 billion by 2030. Statsig’s technology […]
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Google to add developer verification requirement for Android apps
Google has announced developer verification as a new layer of security for installing Android apps, though US developers will not face the new requirement until 2027 or later. Announced August 25, the policy is intended to better protect users from repeat bad actors spreading scams and malware through app downloads. Beginning next year, Android will […]
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Spotlight report: IT careers in the AI era
Download the September 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World. Spotlight report: IT careers in the AI eraDownload source
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Three tips for building agentic AI systems on cloud platforms
By their very nature, agentic AI systems operate with a large degree of autonomy. This autonomy has real value: Cloud-based agents can remediate incidents, optimize costs, or interact dynamically with users. However, when autonomy is unchecked or poorly defined, you often end up with unpredictable behaviors, inefficiency, or even compliance breaches. Let’s look at three […]
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