Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.

Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #5B] - One PDF in, a relational set of DataFrames out: lines, pages, TOC, images, cross-references, captions, spans, and a parsing summary The post Stop Returning Flat Text from a PDF: The Relational Tables RAG Needs appeared first on Towards Data Science.

Google AI Overviews are facing legal and regulatory tests as companies consider how employees use AI search for research, compliance, and high-risk decisions. The post Google AI Overviews Legal Risks Raise New Enterprise Governance Questions appeared first on TechRepublic.

Three Amazon data centers aren't even open yet, but local residents are already paying at least $10.60 extra per month for them, according to a new study.

Gina Heeb / Wall Street Journal: Citigroup launches a blockchain-based platform for wealthy and institutional clients to trade tokenized shares of private firms, initially for foreign investors  —  Bank hopes other financial institutions will become involved  —  Citigroup is establishing a way for its wealthy …

<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a33">datasette 1.0a33</a></p> <p>This alpha is a significant step on the road to a stable 1.0, finally extending the <code>?_extra=</code> pattern I introduced <a href="https://docs.datasette.io/en/1.0a3/changelog.html#a3-2023-08-09">in Datasette 1.0a3</a> to cover queries and rows in addition to tables. That pattern is also <a href="https://docs.datasette.io/en/latest/json_api.html#expanding-json-responses">now documented</a>!</p> <p>I wrote a whole lot more about the new release on the Datasette project blog: <strong><a href="http://datasette.io/blog/2026/api-extras/">Datasette 1.0a33 with JSON extras in the API</a></strong>.</p> <p>Because API explorer tools are almost free to build now I had Claude Fable 5 in Claude Code (for <a href="https://gist.github.com/simonw/d8bf1a8f36e28fbd595cede946e0ab6d">the plan</a>) and GPT-5.5 xhigh in Codex Desktop (for <a href="https://gist.github.com/simonw/12d5e09797072a6807d7b9cfcc8ff6b7">the implementation</a>) build me this <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/datasette-extras-explorer">custom extras API explorer</a> to help demonstrate the feature:</p> <p><img alt="Screenshot of a web application titled &quot;Datasette extras explorer&quot;. A URL input field contains https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/facetable.json with a teal Explore button next to it. Below, a left panel labeled EXTRAS (30) lists checkboxes: all_columns - All columns in the table, regardless of _col/_nocol filtering; column_types - Column type assignments for this table; columns (checked) - Column names returned by this query; count - Total count of rows matching these filters; count_sql - SQL query used to calculate the total count; custom_table_templates - Custom template names considered for this table; database - Database name; database_color - Color assigned to the database. A right panel labeled RESPONSE shows GET /fixtures/fac… with Copy JSON and Copy URL buttons, then a dark JSON viewer showing 200 - 9.9 KB - 114ms and JSON: &quot;ok&quot;: true, &quot;next&quot;: null, &quot;columns&quot;: (highlighted array) &quot;pk&quot;, &quot;created&quot;, &quot;planet_int&quot;, &quot;on_earth&quot;, &quot;state&quot;, &quot;_city_id&quot;, &quot;_neighborhood&quot;, &quot;tags&quot;, &quot;complex_array&quot;, &quot;distinct_some_null&quot;, &quot;n&quot;, &quot;rows&quot;: list of objects." src="https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/extras-explorer.png" /></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/projects">projects</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datasette">datasette</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/annotated-release-notes">annotated-release-notes</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-assisted-programming">ai-assisted-programming</a></p>

Seth Fiegerman / Bloomberg: OpenAI acquires Ona, which offers cloud services to support AI agents, and plans to bring Ona's team into its Codex effort  —  OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a startup that offers cloud services to support artificial intelligence agents, part of a bid by the AI developer to make its technology more useful for businesses.

CISA’s LiteLLM warning shows why AI gateways and agents need service account governance, scoped access, credential rotation, and audit trails. The post CISA Warning: LiteLLM Flaw Could Expose Enterprise AI Gateways appeared first on TechRepublic.

Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.

Chinese EV makers, including BYD and XPENG, are racing Tesla to commercialize humanoid robots, betting that physical AI will become the next big market. The post China’s EV Giants Race Tesla to Mass-Produce Humanoid Robots appeared first on TechRepublic.

While there holds great promise for AI agents to transform the healthcare industry, for agents to be successful...

Politico: The US House fails to extend FISA's Section 702, ensuring the warrantless surveillance program will expire for the first time since its 2008 enactment  —  Nineteen Republicans also voted to reject a punt of Section 702, which allows U.S. intelligence agencies to spy on targets abroad without a warrant.

Take the next step to building real workflows with Spark on your laptop The post PySpark for Beginners: Beyond the Basics appeared first on Towards Data Science.

Bloomberg: Crusoe said it had “paused” a plan to build a Wyoming data center; sources: it failed to win customers including Google amid concerns about costs and timetable  —  On Tuesday, the data center developer Crusoe announced that it had “paused” a plan to build an AI campus in Wyoming …

Even the best segmentation strategy will fall apart without constant oversight and disciplined operations.

Anvee Bhutani / Wall Street Journal: Amazon says its data centers used ~2.5B gallons of water in 2025, or 0.12 liters of water per kWh, and water use at sites it owns and operates fell 2% from 2024  —  The company said water use at sites it owns and operates directly fell 2% from 2024 levels, even while it expanded its data-center footprint

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Hannah Webster / Bloomberg: Apollo Global has implemented a new risk assessment that categorizes software investments into 12 to 14 sectors to rank their susceptibility to AI disruption  —  Apollo Global Management Inc. is assessing every new investment opportunity in the software industry for AI disruption risk …

Energy consumption is becoming an important factor in AI investment, governance and sustainability decisions in the U.K.

The new chatbot, called Ask DoorDash, allows users to search the app for what they're looking for in their own words instead of having to scroll through restaurants and stores to build a cart.