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GCP – Build your own generative AI chatbot directly from BigQuery
Organizations today have access to a wealth of data, including customer information, financial records, operational logs, and more, which they aim to leverage for building new generative AI solutions. However, they face a number of challenges: Building and training LLMs requires significant technical expertise and computational resources. Teams usually need to use many different frameworks […]
GCP – Build gen AI apps quickly with LangChain VectorStore in Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
We recently announced a suite of LangChain packages for the Google Cloud database portfolio. Each package will have up to three LangChain integrations: Vector stores to enable semantic search for our databases that support vectors Document loaders for loading and saving documents to/from your database Chat Message Memory to enable chains to recall previous conversations […]
GCP – Lightricks boosts search retrieval rates by 40% with vector support in Cloud SQL
Editor’s note: Lightricks builds innovative photo and video creation apps based on the latest computer vision and AI technology, enabling content creators and brands to produce engaging, top-performing, and scalable content. When its powerful video editor, Videoleap, needed enhanced search functionality, Lightricks leveraged the pgvector extension in Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, which improved its search […]
GCP – Insights on Cyber Threats Targeting Users and Enterprises in Brazil
Written by: Kristen Dennesen, Luke McNamara, Dmitrij Lenz, Adam Weidemann, Aline Bueno Individuals and organizations in Brazil face a unique cyber threat landscape because it is a complex interplay of global and local threats, posing significant risks to individuals, organizations, and critical sectors of Brazilian society. Many of the cyber espionage threat actors that […]
GCP – Accelerating cloud transformation with Google Cloud and Oracle
Google Cloud and Oracle announced an exciting new strategic cloud partnership today that enables customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads seamlessly across Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). It provides a rich set of interoperable solutions that make it easy for our joint customers to migrate, modernize, and manage their Oracle-based applications […]
AWS – Amazon SES now provides custom values in the Feedback-ID header
Today, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) released a new feature to give customers control over parts of the auto-generated Feedback-ID header in messages sent through SES. This feature provides additional details to help customers identify deliverability trends. Customers can use products like PostMaster Tools by Gmail to see complaint rates by identifiers of their choice, such […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides color coding for shift activities in agent scheduling
Amazon Connect now provides color coding for shift activities in agent scheduling, enabling a simplified experience for contact center managers and agents. With this launch, you can now configure colors for agent shift activities, such as red for breaks and lunches, green for team meetings, and purple for trainings. With customizable colors, managers can quickly […]
AWS – AWS CloudTrail Lake announces AI-powered natural language query generation (preview)
AWS announces generative AI-powered natural language query generation in AWS CloudTrail Lake (preview), enabling you to simply analyze your AWS activity events without having to write complex SQL queries. Now you can ask questions in plain English about your AWS API and user activity, such as “How many errors were logged during the past week […]
GCP – Google named a Leader in the Cybersecurity Incident Response Services Forrester Wave, Q2 2024
Today, we’re pleased to share that Google was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Cybersecurity Incident Response Services Report, Q2 2024. Forrester identified 14 top vendors in the cybersecurity incident response services space, assessing them on their current offerings, strategy, and market presence. Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, received the highest possible score in […]
GCP – Pedal to the metal: How Veo powers actionable insights with Google Cloud
Veo is a micromobility company on a mission to end car dependency by making clean transportation more accessible to all. We provide millions of shared bike and scooter rides to more than 50 cities across North America, and we’re just getting started. Accessibility drives everything we do, from the types of electric vehicles in our […]