AI Is Making Us Dumber, MIT Researchers Find
It’s been theorized that using AI tools like ChatGPT to help with writing tasks will lead to lower brain activity. Now researchers at the MIT Media Lab have discovered strong evidence of that in a newly published study Read more…
Cloudflare Now Blocks Data Scrapers by Default
Organizations that are concerned about big AI companies scraping their websites for training data may be interested to learn that Cloudflare, which handles 20% of Internet traffic, now blocks all data scraping by default Read more…
Big Data Career Notes for June 2025
It’s that time of month again–time for Big Data Career Notes, a monthly feature where we keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, ne Read more…
Lucidworks Report Breaks Down What It Takes to Win with GenAI
Only 15% of companies are effectively using GenAI today, and they’re seeing up to 2x higher performance in key metrics like conversion and engagement compared to peers still relying on older tools. At the same time, 44 Read more…
AI Makes Workers More Productive, PwC Finds
If you’re wondering whether or not to invest in AI at your company, here’s a new data point to consider: The more money a company invests in AI, the higher the revenue growth per worker. That’s according to a new r Read more…
With $17M in Funding, DataBahn Pushes AI Agents to Reinvent the Enterprise Data Pipeline
The world is creating more data than enterprises can realistically manage. In 2024, global data creation is expected to hit 149 zettabytes. By 2028, that number is projected to nearly triple, reaching more than 394 zetta Read more…
Are Data Engineers Sleepwalking Towards AI Catastrophe?
Since the earliest days of big data, data engineers have been the unsung heroes doing the dirty work of moving, transforming, and prepping data so highly paid data scientists and machine learning engineers can do their t Read more…
As Security Teams Drown in Data, LakeVilla Offers a Lifeline
“Security teams shouldn’t have to choose between overspending for speed or losing access to what they store.” That’s how Abstract Security’s COO Chris Camacho put it, and he’s not wrong. As data piles up and Read more…
LinkedIn Introduces Northguard, Its Replacement for Kafka
Facing scalability limitations with Apache Kafka for log file management, LinkedIn developed a new publish-and-subscribe (pub/sub) system that didn’t face the same limitations. The replacement pub/sub system that Linke Read more…
Confluent Says ‘Au Revoir’ to Zookeeper with Launch of Confluent Platform 8.0
Since the first instances of Apache Kafka walked the earth many moons ago, they have been tied to a core piece of underlying technology that was critical for distributed operations: Apache Zookeeper. With today’s launc Read more…
HPE Moves Into Agentic AIOps with GreenLake Intelligence
HPE today launched GreenLake Intelligence, a new AI-powered framework designed to proactively monitor IT operations and autonomously take action to prevent problems before they arise. The company, which made the announce Read more…
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Trillion Parameter Consortium and TPC25 But Were Afraid to Ask
Since its inception, many questions about the Trillion Parameter Consortium (TPC) have been asked. Rapid changes in AI technology and the emergence of large language models (LLM) have created many opportunities for intel Read more…
AI Agents and The Trust Equation: When Does Real-Time Data Matter Most?
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolves from offering suggestions to making autonomous decisions, organizations face a fundamental shift in their data requirements. This transition from exploratory AI to agentic AI—sys Read more…
Ocient Finds Big Data Success with Mix of New Tech, Proven Approaches
Solving big data problems often requires developing new computing approaches and new technologies. But sometimes, the newer technologies and techniques create additional problems that didn’t previously exist. One upcom Read more…
Couchbase to Be Acquired by Haveli in $1.5 Billion Deal
Enterprise tech teams face a familiar dilemma. They need to simplify their data stacks without giving up speed, flexibility, or scalability. Many tools focus on solving a single part of the problem but leave gaps when sy Read more…
Meet 2025 BigDATAwire Person to Watch Rajesh Gupta
The University of California, San Diego, has long been at the forefront of high performance computing (HPC), thanks to the San Diego Supercomputer Center. With the creation of a new school dubbed the School of Computing, Read more…
Pure Storage Unveils Enterprise Data Cloud to Unify Storage and Data Management
At this year’s Accelerate event in Las Vegas, Pure Storage laid out an ambitious direction for enterprise infrastructure. The company is building on its reputation for high-performance storage with a broader focus on u Read more…
Bad Vibes: Access to AI Training Data Sparks Legal Questions
As “vibe coding” goes mainstream, AI companies are rushing to build the biggest and most authoritative tech knowledge bases to train the next generation of AI copilots. But how will AI companies obtain these curated Read more…
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