Databricks launches data engineering copilot and acquires agent evaluation startup Quotient AI

Databricks Inc. today introduced Genie Code, an artificial intelligence agent designed to automate complex data engineering and analytics tasks. The move extends the rapid evolution of agents from ...

Exclusive: Databricks launches ‘Genie Code’ to own the next frontier of vibe-coding

Databricks CEO and co-founder Ali Ghodsi believes that the gap represents the next frontier for AI automation. In his view, the next generation of AI agents won’t just write software, but operate the ...
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New Databricks KARL RAG Agent Promises 33% Cost Reduction vs. Claude Opus 4.6

Databricks has released KARL, an RL-trained RAG agent that it says handles all six enterprise search categories at 33% lower ...

Databricks built a RAG agent it says can handle every kind of enterprise search

Databricks' KARL agent uses reinforcement learning to generalize across six enterprise search behaviors — the problem that breaks most RAG pipelines.

What It’s Like to Get Dragged Through a Florida Swamp by a 200-Pound Python

With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the ...
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GitHub Data Shows AI Tools Creating "Convenience Loops" That Reshape Developer Language Choices

GitHub’s Octoverse 2025 report reveals a "convenience loop" where AI coding assistants drive language choice. TypeScript’s 66% surge to the #1 spot highlights a shift toward static typing, as types ...