It appears that the optimisation of the Al stack has gained steam. ServiceNow moved from MariaDB to RaptorDB last year to cater to the query load on the database and to write more complex queries as supported by PostreSQL vs MsSQL.Today, Databricks has acquired Fennel to improve the speed of data access by Al algorithms. This will help squeeze in more layers in a deep learning model.
In a related industry news, Dragon Copilot from Microsoft was launched to address the needs of healthcare professionals. DC allows surfacing of insights from the underlying patient data and improves pre-appointment and post-appointment interactions.
