Databricks unifies OLTP and OLAP, depending on what counts as a copy

When Databricks claimed to have cracked an age-old database problem, it came with a clear marketing message: "One data, zero compromises, zero copies." Inevitably, that led engineers to search for ...

Waterloo's PAW compiles task specs into 23MB LoRA adapters a 600M-parameter model runs entirely offline.

Local AI inference at 32B-parameter quality, no cloud API required: University of Waterloo researchers released PAW on July 2, 2026, a system that compiles any natural-language task spec into a 23MB ...