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MIT AIMIT AI

Counter intelligence

Explores how large language objects convert AI from screens into tangible, real-time kitchen partners through tactile interfaces, context-aware prompts, and design-focused prototypes like Kitchen Cosmo.

2/3/2026
MIT AIMIT AI

Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship

MIT senior Katie Spivakovsky wins the 2026 Churchill Scholarship to pursue an MPhil in biological sciences at Cambridge's Wellcome Sanger Institute, merging biological engineering and AI to advance DNA origami–enabled therapies, gene and mRNA delivery, and cancer cachexia immunotherapy while leading MIT biotech education initiatives.

2/3/2026
InstacartInstacart

Migrating to Jetpack Compose

Four-phase migration from Fragment-based Android UI to Jetpack Compose, accelerated by AI at Instacart's Caper, detailing type-safe Kotlin DSL navigation, incremental rollout, and a practical AI-assisted refactoring playbook.

2/3/2026
AWS MLAWS ML

Democratizing business intelligence: BGL’s journey with Claude Agent SDK and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

A production-ready case study of how BGL built a secure, scalable AI agent for analytics using Claude Agent SDK on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to democratize business intelligence through a strong data foundation and domain-aware skills.

2/3/2026
MIT AIMIT AI

SMART launches new Wearable Imaging for Transforming Elderly Care research group

A wearable ultrasound imaging project from SMART and MIT enables 48-hour continuous real-time cardiovascular monitoring at home through bioadhesive coupling, AI-assisted diagnostics, and cross-institution collaboration to transform chronic disease care.

2/3/2026
Google CloudGoogle Cloud

Key insights from our inaugural survey on the ROI of AI in the public sector

Examines ROI in the public sector through agentic AI and AI agents, highlighting productivity and security gains, Gemini for Government deployments, and the essential role of executive sponsorship in scaling adoption.

2/3/2026
DuolingoDuolingo

Dear Duolingo: Why is it so hard to explain the rules of your own language?

Technical examination of English quirks that challenge language teaching—covering verb transformations, adjective order, and countability—to explain why rules are hard to articulate and how to improve pedagogy.

2/3/2026
CloudflareCloudflare

Improve global upload performance with R2 Local Uploads

Cloudflare R2 Local Uploads enables near-client writes with asynchronous cross-region replication to the bucket, delivering faster, strongly consistent uploads across regions.

2/3/2026
AWS MLAWS ML

Agentic AI for healthcare data analysis with Amazon SageMaker Data Agent

Agentic AI-enabled SageMaker Data Agent within Unified Studio accelerates healthcare data analytics by turning natural-language clinical questions into structured, executable plans and production-ready SQL/Python/PySpark code, enabling rapid cohort and survival analyses while preserving governance and security.

2/3/2026
AWS MLAWS ML

AI agents in enterprises: Best practices with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Practical guide to building production-ready enterprise AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, detailing lifecycle engineering, observability, tooling, automated evaluation, security, and scalable multi-agent patterns.

2/3/2026
AWS MLAWS ML

Use Amazon Quick Suite custom action connectors to upload text files to Google Drive using OpenAPI specification

Leverage Amazon Quick Suite's custom action connectors to securely upload text files to Google Drive through an OpenAPI-based integration powered by API Gateway and AWS Lambda.

2/3/2026
DatabricksDatabricks

Databricks Lakebase is now Generally Available

Databricks Lakebase is GA on AWS as a serverless, compute–storage‑decoupled operational database that unifies analytics, real-time workloads, and AI capabilities with on-demand scalability for production apps.

2/3/2026