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Republish: Data Decisions or Instinct?
I’m off today on a cruise ship in Rome for 10 days with my wife. I’ll be out of touch, and hopefully my colleagues can handle the load while I’m gone. You get to re-read Data Decisions or Instinct?, which is something I’ve been questioning a it lately. I’ll write about it, but as you read this, think. And then check out the first comment from 2014. I’m reading that book now.
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
I don’t know if Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google have really spent a lot of time and effort on security around their models. I know they talk about it (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google), but in practice, I’m not sure the researchers and testers are being as careful as the marketing and management of those companies want you to think. Gemini broke into three companies during a security test. Claude escaped a test environment and breached three organizations. OpenAI had…
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Au Revoir for now
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight for Brussels and this is my last day at work for a couple of weeks. My wife will try to catch my daughter between classes tomorrow before we fly to Rome for a 10 day cruise. We’ll also stop back in Brussels for a day with the kid to see how she’s loving European life. I have rarely disappeared for more than a…
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Today’s AI
“This is the worst version of the car you’ll own.” That was a quote from the delivery manager when my wife and I picked up our Lucid Gravity. He said that since the car is very software-oriented and gets regular over-the-air updates, the car keeps improving. The car I bought is the worst version because it keeps getting better. His experience over the last few years with the company has shown that the changes made in software…
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The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that Look Too Easy. I decided to give you a few thoughts from me on the SUM one. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. The Sum of Nothing I am guessing more people working with SQL know that if you have a NULL in your data and try to…
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