Releasesby GlyphCortex AI Function Optimization for more efficient AI implementations (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI Function Optimization is now available in public preview, enabling customers to automatically search across prompts and models for improved implementations of custom AI Functions.
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BigQuery Studio query results pane shows recent run history
The Query results pane now shows a short history of recent runs for a query, including multi-statement queries, without switching to the Job history tab. It is generally available.
The query history system table is now generally available
The system.query.history system table is now generally available. Use it to access account-wide records for queries run on SQL warehouses or serverless compute, including execution status, duration metrics, and query source. See Query history system table reference .
You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes
You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes. This feature is generally available ( GA ). It accelerates vector search performance and increases queries per second (QPS) for vector workloads. For more information, see Accelerate queries with the Columnar Engine .
SWE-2 Research Preview in the Agent Selector
SWE-2, Cognition's next-generation software engineering model, is rolling out as a research preview in the agent selector under the "Research preview" section. Choose SWE-2 and a reasoning effort (Medium, High, or Max) when starting a session, or switch to it mid-session with the agent toggle next to the message input; in Slack, use !swe2 .
npx devin-review CLI Retired
The standalone npx devin-review command-line tool and its unauthenticated review page have been removed. Use Devin Review on the PR tab or in the Devin Review home instead; existing installed copies of the CLI will no longer work.
Introducing Convex AI Gateway: get to the model call
Convex released Convex AI Gateway for paid plans, enabling developers to query hundreds of AI models directly from Convex apps without setting up separate model provider accounts or API keys.
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Cortex AI Function Evaluation for measuring quality (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI Function Evaluation is now available in public preview, enabling customers to measure the output quality, cost, and token usage of custom AI Functions and Cortex AI calls against labeled datasets.
Cortex Agents Compact API (Preview)
The Cortex Agents Compact API is now available in preview. Use the agent:compact endpoint to summarize a conversation and pass the compact representation to subsequent agent:run requests. Compacting conversation history reduces token consumption and helps conversations stay within the model context window.
Cortex Agents object enhancements (General availability)
The following Cortex Agents object enhancements are now generally available:
Embedding Streamlit in Snowflake apps in external pages (General availability)
Embedding Streamlit in Snowflake apps in external pages is now generally available. You can render a container-runtime app inside a page you host, such as a customer portal or an internal dashboard, using a single tag.
Cortex AI Gateway (Preview)
We are pleased to announce the preview of Cortex AI Gateway, the control plane where you govern how AI applications and third-party agents in your organization reach models.
Multimodal AI_SUMMARIZE for automatic theme summarization (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI_SUMMARIZE is now available in public preview, enabling customers to summarize text and multimodal content, including images and documents, directly in Snowflake.
Response caching for Cortex AI Functions
Snowflake Cortex AI Functions now automatically caches and reuses the results of AI_COMPLETE calls. When a query makes an identical AI_COMPLETE call more than once, Snowflake can return the stored result instead of running inference again, which lowers cost and speeds up query execution.
DCM Projects DEFINE SEMANTIC VIEW (General availability)
With this release, DEFINE SEMANTIC VIEW in DCM Projects is generally available. You can declaratively manage semantic view definitions, including tables, relationships, facts, dimensions, metrics, AI instructions, and verified queries.