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DatabricksDatabricks

Data Quality Monitoring at scale with Agentic AI

Scale data quality with Agentic AI: an AI-driven, platform-native monitoring approach that learns normal patterns, detects anomalies, profiles data, and leverages Unity Catalog lineage to resolve issues across datasets for enterprise analytics and AI.

2/4/2026
DatabricksDatabricks

The Top 10 Best Practices for AI/BI Dashboards Performance Optimization (Part 2)

Concise guide to scaling AI/BI dashboard performance in Databricks, covering warehouse sizing, star-schema data modeling, and precomputed metrics with Metric Views to sustain fast queries under concurrent usage.

2/4/2026
DatabricksDatabricks

The Top 10 Best Practices for AI/BI Dashboards Performance Optimization (Part 1)

A holistic, end-to-end guide (Part 1) to optimizing AI/BI dashboards performance across design, warehouse concurrency, caching, and lakehouse data layout to reduce latency and scale with concurrent users.

2/4/2026
OpenAIOpenAI

Unlocking the Codex harness: how we built the App Server

A practical walkthrough of unlocking the Codex harness and building the App Server.

2/4/2026
MetaMeta

No Display? No Problem: Cross-Device Passkey Authentication for XR Devices

Screenless XR cross-device passkeys authentication that replaces QR codes with a companion-app-driven, hybrid WebAuthn/CTAP transport for secure passwordless login.

2/4/2026
DatabricksDatabricks

Accelerating Drug Discovery: From FASTA Files to GenAI Insights on Databricks

End-to-end, Databricks-based workflow that ingests FASTA protein sequences, classifies membrane proteins with ProtBERT-BFD, enriches records with LLM-driven research context, and delivers actionable, natural-language drug-target insights within a single governed platform.

2/4/2026
DatabricksDatabricks

Unlocking the Future of Energy with Smart Meter Innovation

Explores how AMI data, Databricks-powered AI analytics, and edge intelligence turn smart meters into a real-time, strategic platform for grid resilience, improved outage response, and enhanced customer value.

2/4/2026
MIT AIMIT AI

3 Questions: Using AI to accelerate the discovery and design of therapeutic drugs

Examines how artificial intelligence and generative models accelerate the discovery and design of therapeutics and antibiotics through MIT collaborations, organ-on-chip testing, and translational pipelines from concept to preclinical candidates.

2/4/2026
MIT AIMIT AI

Antonio Torralba, three MIT alumni named 2025 ACM fellows

Antonio Torralba headlines MIT’s 2025 ACM Fellows alongside three alumni, underscoring advances in computer vision, machine learning, and human visual perception, plus leadership in AI research and education.

2/4/2026
MIT AIMIT AI

Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing

MIT appoints philosopher Brian Hedden as co-associate dean of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) to advance interdisciplinary ethics in computing and AI within the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

2/4/2026
Google CloudGoogle Cloud

The platform usage trap part 2: Choosing meaningful monitoring metrics

Choosing meaningful monitoring metrics: blending DORA metrics with DX-driven developer feedback and Backstage-powered health checks to measure platform value and drive better conversations.

2/4/2026
Google CloudGoogle Cloud

The platform usage trap part 1: Why high activity doesn’t necessarily mean high value

From chasing adoption to delivering real platform value, this article traces John Lewis's journey from simple metrics to multi-stage value measurement - lead times, DORA metrics, and a Technical Health score - driving faster, safer software with paved roads and self-service provisioning.

2/4/2026