Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70% — enterprise metadata was the missing link

Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader ...
InfoWorld

Databricks says its Instructed Retriever offers better AI answers than RAG in the enterprise

Databricks says Instructed Retriever outperforms RAG and could move AI pilots to production faster, but analysts warn it ...

Dify Makes Self-Hosted LLM Development Simple : Swap Models, Add RAG & Launch Faster

Self-host Dify in Docker with at least 2 vCPUs and 4GB RAM, cut setup friction, and keep workflows controllable without deep ...

Want AI agents to work better? Improve the way they retrieve information, Databricks says

The idea of the Instructed Retriever architecture is that it turns these implied conditions into explicit search parameters.
CMU School of Computer Science

Databases in 2025: A Year in Review

The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.

Data 2026 outlook: The rise of semantic spheres of influence

As for the AI bubble, it is coming up for conversation because it is now having a material effect on the economy at large.
Computer Weekly

Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin architecture to power AI agents

The AI chip giant has taken the wraps off its latest compute platform designed for test-time scaling and reasoning models, alongside a slew of open source models for robotics and autonomous driving.