Global Investigative Journalism Network

How the Hindu Is Embedding AI Into Its Data Journalism

LLMs are quietly reshaping data journalism workflows at The Hindu, helping reporters process vast document sets, write ...
Tech Xplore

Compression technique makes AI models leaner and faster while they're still learning

Training a large artificial intelligence model is expensive, not just in dollars, but in time, energy, and computational ...
InfoWorld

Databricks launches Genie Code to automate data science and engineering tasks

The launch of Genie Code, analysts say, signals Databricks’ growing ambition to turn its lakehouse platform into the environment where enterprise AI systems build, run, and manage data workflows.
InfoWorld

Snowflake extends Cortex Code CLI to dbt and Airflow to streamline data engineering workflows

Snowflake has extended support for Cortex Code CLI, its terminal-based AI coding agent, to dbt and Apache Airflow to help data practitioners streamline engineering workflows. “With this extended ...
WVXU

Cincinnati Council one step closer to regulating data centers in zoning code

Cincinnati City Council voted Wednesday to temporarily regulate new and expanding data centers while the city studies possible permanent regulations. The discussion started at the Cincinnati Planning ...
Morningstar

Snowflake Unveils Cortex Code, An AI Coding Agent That Drastically Increases Productivity by Understanding Your Enterprise Data Context

Cortex Code, Snowflake’s AI coding agent, helps customers like Braze, Decile, dentsu, FYUL, LendingTree, Shelter Mutual Insurance, TextNow, United Rentals, and WHOOP perform complex data engineering, ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
Reuters

Microsoft rolls out initiative to limit data-center power costs, water use impact

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...
Reason

Data Centers Use Lots of Electricity. This Bill Would Let Them Go Off the Grid.

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...
MIT Technology Review

Generative coding

AI coding tools are rapidly changing how we produce software, and the industry is embracing it—perhaps at the expense of entry-level coding jobs. Generative AI’s ability to write software code has ...
MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...