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When evaluating AI agent costs, there are a few things to consider: Outcome, trajectory, and behavior. See why here. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/from-agents-...
From Agents to ROI: Why Your AI Agent Probably Costs More Than it’s Worth
Editor’s note: Sinan Ozdemir is a speaker for the Agentic AI Summit on February 5th, 2026. You can check out his talk, “From Agents to ROI: Building Agentic AI Systems That Actually Delive...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
When evaluating AI agent costs, there are a few things to consider: Outcome, trajectory, and behavior. See why here. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/from-agents-...
PhaseV unveiled Enrollment Lab, adding AI-powered enrollment modeling to its ClinOps platform to quantify real-world patient access. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelliigence opendatascience.com/phasev-launc...
PhaseV Launches Enrollment Lab to Model Trial Enrollment Before Protocol Lock
PhaseV has launched Enrollment Lab, a new AI-powered solution designed to quantify a clinical study’s enrollment potential and model protocol trade-offs earlier in planning—before protocol lock and pr...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
PhaseV unveiled Enrollment Lab, adding AI-powered enrollment modeling to its ClinOps platform to quantify real-world patient access. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelliigence opendatascience.com/phasev-launc...
Google rolled out Project Genie in the U.S., letting users sketch, explore, and remix interactive worlds powered by Genie 3. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/project-geni...
Project Genie Brings Google’s Genie 3 World Model to AI Ultra Subscribers in the U.S
Google is expanding access to its “world model” research with Project Genie, a new Google Labs prototype that lets users generate and explore interactive environments from prompts. Starting January 29...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Google rolled out Project Genie in the U.S., letting users sketch, explore, and remix interactive worlds powered by Genie 3. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/project-geni...
Apple has acquired Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai, bringing “silent speech” and whispered-voice machine learning to its hardware teams. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/apple-acquir...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Apple has acquired Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai, bringing “silent speech” and whispered-voice machine learning to its hardware teams. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/apple-acquir...
Meta says it will spend $115B–$135B on AI-related capital expenditures in 2026 as ad-driven revenue growth eases investor worries. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/meta-gets-wa...
Meta Gets Wall Street’s Blessing to Double Down on AI Spending in 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is accelerating his company’s AI spending in 2026—and, for now, investors are signaling they’re on board. In Meta’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings update, the company beat expec...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Meta says it will spend $115B–$135B on AI-related capital expenditures in 2026 as ad-driven revenue growth eases investor worries. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/meta-gets-wa...
We've changed the ODSC AI Bootcamp to the AI Accelerator. Here's why, what's changed, and what to expect from this year's cohort. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence odsc.ai/blog/why-wer...
Why We’re Evolving the ODSC AI Bootcamp into the ODSC AI Engineering Accelerator
Here’s a pattern we see constantly: someone completes an AI course, builds a few prototypes, maybe even demos something internally, and then hits a wall. The model works in a notebook. It doesn’t work...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
We've changed the ODSC AI Bootcamp to the AI Accelerator. Here's why, what's changed, and what to expect from this year's cohort. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence odsc.ai/blog/why-wer...
Palo Alto Networks completes its acquisition of CyberArk, reinforcing the company's AI-era platform strategy. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/palo-alto-ne...
Palo Alto Networks Completes CyberArk Acquisition to Strengthen Identity Security in the AI Era
Palo Alto Networks has completed its acquisition of CyberArk, positioning identity security as a central pillar of its platform strategy. The move expands Palo Alto Networks’ capabilities across human...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Palo Alto Networks completes its acquisition of CyberArk, reinforcing the company's AI-era platform strategy. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/palo-alto-ne...
Heineken plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs as part of AI-driven productivity savings under its EverGreen 2030 strategy, following a 2.4% decline. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/heineken-to-...
Heineken to Cut Up To 6,000 Jobs as AI-Driven Productivity Plan Accelerates
Dutch brewer Heineken plans to eliminate between 5,000 and 6,000 roles over the next two years as it pushes forward with AI-enabled productivity savings. The workforce reduction represents up to 7% of...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Heineken plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs as part of AI-driven productivity savings under its EverGreen 2030 strategy, following a 2.4% decline. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/heineken-to-...
Uber Eats launches an AI cart assistant that builds grocery lists from text or images, expanding its AI capabilities amid competition. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/uber-eats-la...
Uber Eats Launches AI Cart Assistant for Grocery Delivery
Uber Eats has introduced a new artificial intelligence feature designed to simplify grocery shopping. The company announced Wednesday that its platform now includes an AI-powered cart assistant that a...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Uber Eats launches an AI cart assistant that builds grocery lists from text or images, expanding its AI capabilities amid competition. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/uber-eats-la...
Agentic AI has moved from experiments to production. Explore the key lessons from the Agentic AI Summit, and why builders are heading to ODSC AI East next. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/from-demos-t...
From Demos to Deployment: Key Lessons from the Agentic AI Summit
Over three weeks, the Agentic AI Summit brought together the builders, researchers, and enterprise leaders who are actively defining what agentic AI looks like in production—not demos, not hype, but r...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Agentic AI has moved from experiments to production. Explore the key lessons from the Agentic AI Summit, and why builders are heading to ODSC AI East next. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/from-demos-t...
Take a look at the initial schedule preview of ODSC AI East 2026, and see what sessions, events, and networking opportunities are in store for you. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/inside-odsc-...
Inside ODSC AI East 2026: Sessions, Speakers, and What to Expect This Year
This April 28th-30th, ODSC AI East returns to Boston! Over the course of three action-packed days (and one Accelerator-only day on the 27th!), thousands of data scientists, AI engineers, researchers, ...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Take a look at the initial schedule preview of ODSC AI East 2026, and see what sessions, events, and networking opportunities are in store for you. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/inside-odsc-...
Explore a real-world case study of AI in museums, featuring over a decade of AI-powered experiences at the Cleveland Museum of Art. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/ai-in-museum...
AI in Museums: How the Cleveland Museum of Art Built AI-Powered Experiences That Actually Work
When people talk about AI in museums, the conversation often stops at novelty: chatbots answering questions, experimental installations, or flashy demos that quietly disappear a year later. What’s far...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Explore a real-world case study of AI in museums, featuring over a decade of AI-powered experiences at the Cleveland Museum of Art. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/ai-in-museum...
These approaches differ in how they process data, what insights they yield, and how they can enhance video surveillance performance. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/supervised-v...
Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning for Better Security Surveillance
Security surveillance increasingly uses machine learning (ML) to analyze video streams, detect threats, and enable real-time responses. Automated analytics allow cameras to recognize objects, track ac...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
These approaches differ in how they process data, what insights they yield, and how they can enhance video surveillance performance. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/supervised-v...
Operational observability, when applied to data and models, tries to close this gap. Without it, teams operate on assumptions instead of evidence. Let’s learn more. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/operational-...
Operational Observability and Scalable Web Delivery: Data-Driven Practices for Modern Technical Teams
Modern-day technical teams rely more on data-driven systems than ever before. Models rank content, approve transactions, personalize experiences, and automate decisions at scale. These systems move fa...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Operational observability, when applied to data and models, tries to close this gap. Without it, teams operate on assumptions instead of evidence. Let’s learn more. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/operational-...
AI startups raised $270B in 2025, capturing 52.7% of global VC funding as rounds from OpenAI, Anthropic, & Scale AI reshaped patterns. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/ai-startups-...
AI Startups Lead Global Venture Capital With $270 Billion in 2025
AI startups attracted more venture capital than every other sector combined in 2025, marking a decisive shift in how global investors deploy capital. According to new data from BestBrokers, AI compani...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
AI startups raised $270B in 2025, capturing 52.7% of global VC funding as rounds from OpenAI, Anthropic, & Scale AI reshaped patterns. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/ai-startups-...
OpenAI Frontier is a new enterprise platform for building, deploying, & governing AI agents with shared context, permissions, and evaluation. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/openai-front...
OpenAI Frontier Targets the Enterprise “Agent Ops” Gap With Managed AI Coworkers
OpenAI has introduced Frontier, a new platform designed to help enterprises build, deploy, and manage AI agents that can perform real work across business systems. The announcement positions Frontier ...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
OpenAI Frontier is a new enterprise platform for building, deploying, & governing AI agents with shared context, permissions, and evaluation. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #DataScience opendatascience.com/openai-front...
AI integration fails when models aren’t embedded into real workflows. Learn the dos and don’ts leaders need to turn AI investments into real business value. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/ai-integrati...
AI Integration Strategy Dos and Don’ts: How Leaders Deliver Real Business Value
Many organizations already have working AI models, yet still fail to realize business value. The problem is rarely the algorithm. AI doesn’t fail—integrations do. Value is lost when models are not emb...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
AI integration fails when models aren’t embedded into real workflows. Learn the dos and don’ts leaders need to turn AI investments into real business value. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/ai-integrati...
In this blog, we’ll break down what AI agents do, where they add value, where they can go off the rails, and what questions leaders should be asking – all without digging into any code. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/ai-agents-fo...
AI Agents for Business Leaders: Benefits, Risks, and What to Ask Before Deploying
Today’s AI leaders face a new wave of intelligent systems known as AI agents. By 2027, half of the companies using generative AI are expected to have piloted agentic AI assistants capable of complex t...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
In this blog, we’ll break down what AI agents do, where they add value, where they can go off the rails, and what questions leaders should be asking – all without digging into any code. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/ai-agents-fo...
Let's move beyond the hype and analyze the correlation between Human-in-the-Loop systems and getting a +159.8% median return. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/engineering-...
Engineering for Profit: A Statistical Deep Dive Into Modular AI Architectures and the +159% ROI Pattern
As we enter 2026, the industry is witnessing a “Value Gap.” While LLM capabilities have plateaued into a commodity, the financial returns of corporate deployments vary wildly. Based on an ...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Let's move beyond the hype and analyze the correlation between Human-in-the-Loop systems and getting a +159.8% median return. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/engineering-...
This incremental, federation-based approach to lakehouse migration represents a fundamental shift in how we think about data platform evolution. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/migrating-to...
Migrating to the Lakehouse Without the Big Bang: An Incremental Approach
Editor’s note: Alex Merced is speaking at ODSC AI East this April 28th-30th! Check out his talk, “Migrating to the Lakehouse: Incremental Strategies Using Query Federation,” there! T...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
This incremental, federation-based approach to lakehouse migration represents a fundamental shift in how we think about data platform evolution. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/migrating-to...
Alphabet expects 2026 capex of $175–$185B, more than double 2025 levels, as Google scales AI compute for cloud demand, and more. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/alphabet-res...
Alphabet Resets the Bar for AI Infrastructure Spending With 2026 Capex Forecast
Alphabet signaled a step-change in AI infrastructure investment, projecting 2026 capital expenditures of $175 billion to $185 billion—a range that would put spending at more than double its 2025 level...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Alphabet expects 2026 capex of $175–$185B, more than double 2025 levels, as Google scales AI compute for cloud demand, and more. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/alphabet-res...
Harvard-affiliated researchers built BrainIAC, a self-supervised foundation model trained on ~49,000 brain MRIs to estimate brain risks. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/brainiac-fou...
BrainIAC Foundation Model Reads Routine Brain MRIs to Predict Brain Age, Dementia Risk, and Brain Cancer Outcomes
A new AI foundation model called BrainIAC can extract multiple disease-relevant signals from routine brain MRI scans, including estimating “brain age,” predicting dementia risk, detecting brain tumor ...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Harvard-affiliated researchers built BrainIAC, a self-supervised foundation model trained on ~49,000 brain MRIs to estimate brain risks. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/brainiac-fou...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania used speech processing to analyze patient calls for cues to predict palliative care acceptance. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/can-ai-hear-...
Can AI Hear When Patients Are Ready for Palliative Care?
A new study suggests AI may help clinicians identify which seriously ill patients are ready to accept palliative care. This is done by analyzing subtle vocal signals such as energy, pitch, and pauses ...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania used speech processing to analyze patient calls for cues to predict palliative care acceptance. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/can-ai-hear-...
AI trends in 2026 are shifting from experimentation to production. Here’s what’s actually working with agentic AI, enterprise deployment, and real-world reliability. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/the-ai-trend...
The AI Trends Shaping 2026
A month into the new year is as good a time as any to take stock of the road ahead. January brought Claude CoWork, Anthropic’s “AI coworker” that turns agents into desktop collaborat...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
AI trends in 2026 are shifting from experimentation to production. Here’s what’s actually working with agentic AI, enterprise deployment, and real-world reliability. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/the-ai-trend...
SpaceX is acquiring xAI in a $1.25 trillion tie-up that links rockets, Starlink connectivity, and Grok AI as Elon Musk positions companies. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/spacex-to-ac...
SpaceX to Acquire xAI as Musk Builds a Vertically Integrated AI-and-Space Stack Ahead of Likely IPO
Elon Musk said Monday that SpaceX is acquiring his artificial intelligence startup xAI, creating what he described as “the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, w...
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February 11, 2026 at 10:56 AM
SpaceX is acquiring xAI in a $1.25 trillion tie-up that links rockets, Starlink connectivity, and Grok AI as Elon Musk positions companies. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/spacex-to-ac...