OpenAI News
OpenAI Expands Leadership with Fidji Simo
Read the message Sam shared with the company earlier today.
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
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OpenAI News
OpenAI’s response to the Department of Energy on AI infrastructure
Why infrastructure is destiny and how the US can seize it.
Databricks / ClickHouse / DuckDB / Supabase / Neon / PlanetScale
Neon’s Microsoft Azure Native Integration is Generally Available
Neon’s Microsoft Azure Native Integration has reached General Availability, providing developers with a powerful, serverless Postgres solution on Azure. Neon integrates with your existing Azure workflows, including unified billing, Microsoft single-sign on (SSO), and full MACC el...
OpenAI News
Introducing data residency in Asia
Data residency builds on OpenAI’s enterprise-grade data privacy, security, and compliance programs supporting customers worldwide.
OpenAI News
The San Antonio Spurs use ChatGPT to scale impact on and off the court
Discover how the San Antonio Spurs are using custom GPTs to enhance fan engagement, streamline operations, and drive innovation across teams.
Databricks / ClickHouse / DuckDB / Supabase / Neon / PlanetScale
ClickHouse and Parquet: A foundation for fast Lakehouse analytics
ClickHouse is built to run fast on Parquet, the storage format behind open table formats like Iceberg and Delta Lake. This post takes you deep inside the query engine to reveal the tricks behind its speed, and what’s coming next.
OpenAI News
Lowe’s puts project expertise into every hand
Lowe’s partnered with OpenAI to build Mylow and Mylow Companion, AI-powered tools that bring expert help to both customers and store associates—making complex home improvement projects easier to plan, navigate, and complete.
Huntress
Rapid Response: Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server Flaw
Huntress has verified Samsung’s MagicINFO 9 Server (version 21.1050.0) is vulnerable to a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC). Understand why MagicINFO 9 Server shouldn’t be internet-facing until a patch is applied.
OpenAI News
Introducing OpenAI for Countries
A new initiative to support countries around the world that want to build on democratic AI rails.
Docker / HashiCorp / Grafana / Datadog / Honeycomb / Fly.io
Provisioning Machines using MCPs
Today’s state of the art is K8S, Terraform, web based UIs, and CLIs. Those days are numbered. On Monday, I created my first fly volume using an MCP. For those who don’t know what MCPs are, they are how you attach tools to LLMs like Claude or Cursor. I added support for fly volume create to fly mcp…