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Snowflake Cortex AI_TRANSCRIBE now supports AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) input, both as a standalone audio file and as the audio track inside a supported video file.
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BigQuery supports data governance tags , which let you enforce column-level security and data masking
BigQuery supports data governance tags , which let you enforce column-level security and data masking. Data governance tags are a type of Resource Manager tag that you can attach to sensitive columns and use in BigQuery data policies to grant conditional access to your users. This feature is in Preview .
Thinking Machine Labs Inkling now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview
Model Serving now supports Thinking Machine Labs Inkling as a Databricks-hosted model. This mixture of experts (MoE) model supports text and image inputs, a 1 million token context window, and is optimized for coding, reasoning, and agentic tool-use tasks. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs . Inkling is available in Public Preview .
Custom URLs for your Databricks account (Public Preview)
You can now claim and enable a Custom URL that gives your Databricks account a single, branded entry point (for example, acme.databricks.com ) for all users and workspaces. See Give your Databricks account a custom URL .
AI Search High QPS is now generally available
AI Search High QPS is now generally available for standard endpoints. Set a target QPS on standard AI Search endpoints to power high-throughput, real-time workloads like search bars, recommendation systems, and entity matching. High QPS is enabled by default, but existing endpoints are not affected.
Memory Bank memory profiles are generally available (GA)
Memory profiles in Memory Bank are generally available (GA). Memory profiles allow you to generate structured profiles, which are data structures with static schemas populated and updated using LLMs.
Announcing: Multi-agent orchestration patterns including Magentic in Microsoft Agent Framework
Microsoft Agent Framework reaches general availability for multi-agent orchestration patterns, including the dynamic Magentic pattern that delivered 38 percent on GAIA and competitive results on AssistantBench and WebArena in published benchmarks. The GA
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SHOW CORTEX BASE MODELS command (General availability)
With this release, we are pleased to announce the general availability of the SHOW CORTEX BASE MODELS command. Use this command to list the Cortex Base Models available in your account, along with each model’s lifecycle status, regional availability, legacy date, and end-of-life date.
AI_TRANSLATE now supports long-document translation
Snowflake Cortex AI_TRANSLATE now supports translation of up to 100,000 input tokens, enabling organizations to translate large documents and long-form text directly in Snowflake.
AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT support for client-side encrypted stages and network-restricted accounts (Preview)
With this preview release, AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT support documents stored on stages that use client-side or server-side encryption, including in accounts that use PrivateLink or other network policies that restrict public network access to stages. For more information, see the following topics:
AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT now available in GCP Middle East Central2 (Dammam)
AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT are now available in the Google Cloud Platform Middle East Central2 (Dammam) region, expanding regional support for customers with in-region requirements for document processing workloads.
Resource budgets for Cortex Search
Snowflake now supports resource budgets to control credit spending for Cortex Search services. Resource budgets let you define a monthly spending limit and take automated actions, such as revoking access or suspending the service, when spending exceeds your limits. For more information, see Resource budgets for Cortex Search .
AI_TRANSCRIBE now supports M4A and MOV files
Snowflake Cortex AI_TRANSCRIBE now supports M4A audio files and MOV (QuickTime) video files, including M4A audio encoded with Apple Lossless (ALAC). M4A and MOV are common across Apple devices, screen and video recording tools, and media production workflows, so you can now transcribe more of your existing recordings directly in Snowflake without converting...
AI Agents Inventory in the Trust Center AI Security tab (Preview)
With this preview release, the AI Security tab in the Trust Center includes an AI Agents Inventory section. This section provides a consolidated inventory of the Cortex Agents in your account, filtered by one or more categories, so that you can identify which agents to assess or investigate for better governance and security posture.
SQL queries as logical tables in semantic views (General availability)
You can now use an SQL query (rather than a physical table) as a logical table in a semantic view. This lets you define logical tables based on joins, transformations, or any SQL expression without creating a separate view first.