Okay, it’s official: AI-managed databases are a thing. We recently covered Qubole, Datometry and Infoworks. Now Oracle itself has announced the world’s first autonomous database cloud and data warehouse cloud. Lots of self-tuning goodness involved. Your DBAs might actually have to talk to people.
Few people really question the value of artificial intelligence, but it’s still nice to see some validation. BlueWolf’s annual State of Salesforce report found that 77% of Salesforce clients using “augmented intelligence” plan to increase their investment, compared with 20% of companies not using AI. There seems to be other interesting information buried here, but the presentation is so horrendous that it’s almost impossible to find.
Second party data is held more tightly than third party data, in that companies who provide the data can pick exactly who uses it. Consumers still don’t have direct say, though. Salesforce has just announced announced Data Studio, a platform to simplify second party sharing arrangements.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.