Once upon a time, the AI hype faded, and the hope for human-centered machine models nearly burst. SAS is the data and analytics anchor that levels AI expectations for businesses and enterprises. 2026 predictions are here—and they’re not exactly what you’d expect for a hopeful
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Tokenizer Training and Data Filtering Compliance Standards
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Well, the tokenizer I used was trained on large quantities of data — I filtered the tokens based on yet more data from FineWeb. Question is if that's acceptable according to your rules…
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AI Investment and Trustworthiness: What Business Leaders Prioritize
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Organizations are heavily invested in AI, but are they also investing in making AI more trustworthy? The new Data and AI Impact Report breaks down what business leaders are really thinking when it comes to using their AI budgets. http://
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SAS Skill Builder: Free Data Skills Training for Students
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Want to stand out this semester? With SAS Skill Builder for Students, you can boost your résumé, sharpen your data skills & unlock new opportunities—all at no cost. Sign up with your academic email & get started http://
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Closing the 100,000-Year Data Gap in Robotics
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Looking fwd to discussions after this today 11:40am-12:40pm ET: "How to Close the 100,000-Year 'Data Gap' in Robotics" | @Columbia University https://
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AI Improves Grid Optimization and Predictive Maintenance Reliability
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Some early progress can be seen in grid optimisation and predictive maintenance, where AI is improving reliability, reducing downtime, and creating a more intelligent use of resources.
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MCP Large Data Implementation in Production at Lutra.ai
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I wrote about this much earlier: https://
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DataRater: Automatic Continuous Learning for Model Training Examples
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DataRater: can you automatically+continuously learn which examples will help the model the most? Fun working on this w/ awesome set of co-authors: @luisa_zintgraf
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, @greg_far
, @iurii_kemae, @matteohessel
, @shar_jeremy
, @junh_oh
, András György, Tom Schaul, @hado
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Framework for Data Exfiltration Protection Controls and Risk Assessment
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Protecting against data exfiltration is a key part of running a secure data platform — but analyzing every possible path for unauthorized data movement can be complex, so we created a unified framework to help categorize data exfiltration protection controls and assess risk.
— Databricks (@databricks) 4 novembre 2025
The… pic.twitter.com/ScmUsaEuOFProtecting against data exfiltration is a key part of running a secure data platform — but analyzing every possible path for unauthorized data movement can be complex, so we created a unified framework to help categorize data exfiltration protection controls and assess risk. The
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GradingBench releases 1000 human-graded IMO proof data points
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Last but not least, #GradingBench has 1000 human grading data points from our IMO effort on the advanced IMO-ProofBench. To ensure a robust evaluation, the dataset has been balanced across 4 simplified grading categories (Correct, Almost, Partial, Incorrect). We released all
