Releasesby GlyphImport NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super and Ultra in US Government Cloud and US Defense Cloud
You can now import the following NVIDIA Nemotron 3 models into OCI Generative AI in US Gov West (Phoenix) (OC2) and US DoD West (Phoenix) (OC3), host them on dedicated AI clusters, and create endpoints for inference: nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16 nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B-NVFP4 Both models support the TEXT_TO_TEXT capability.
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Conversation logging for Conversational analytics in BigQuery is generally available
BigQuery now supports logging data agent conversations directly to a BigQuery table within the agent's project.
Improved Lakeflow Performance Observability will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks is enabling improved Lakeflow performance observability by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile.
Looker (Google Cloud core) data lineage is generally available
Data lineage for Looker (Google Cloud core) is now generally available, providing end-to-end visibility for LookML dashboards and Conversational Analytics agents.
BigQuery Python user-defined functions support volume mounts in preview
Python user-defined functions in BigQuery now support volume mounts, allowing users to access dependency files directly from Cloud Storage.
QuickBooks connector is available in Beta
The managed QuickBooks connector is now available in beta, enabling incremental ingestion of accounting data into Databricks.
Looker-managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is generally available
The Looker-managed MCP server is now generally available, allowing AI agents to interact with business data and LookML models without middleware.
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On-demand model access in Jeddah, Jerusalem, and Marseille
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New H100 Unit Shape for OpenAI gpt-oss-120b
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