Google adds automated code reviews to Conductor AI

Google’s Conductor AI extension for context-driven development has been fitted with a new automated review feature intended to make AI-assisted engineering safer and more predictable. Announced February 12, the new Automated Review feature allows the Conductor extension to go beyond planning and execution into validation, generating post-implementation reports on code quality and compliance based on…

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Databricks Doubles Down on AI With Lakebase, Genie, and a Surging Valuation

The hidden costs of traditional databases often force developers to create custom infrastructure for managing workflows. This is a critical resource conflict. Instead of focusing on building new products or advancing AI initiatives, the developers spend more time solving operational problems. As enterprises move deeper into AI, this issue is pushing data teams outside their…

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The cure for the AI hype hangover

The enterprise world is awash in hope and hype for artificial intelligence. Promises of new lines of business and breakthroughs in productivity and efficiency have made AI the latest must-have technology across every business sector. Despite exuberant headlines and executive promises, most enterprises are struggling to identify reliable AI use cases that deliver a measurable…

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Last JavaScript-based TypeScript arrives in beta

Microsoft has released a beta of TypeScript 6.0, an update to the company’s strongly typed JavaScript variant that promises to be the last release based on the current JavaScript codebase. TypeScript 7.0 will debut a compiler and language service written in Go for better performance and scalability. The TypeScript 6.0 beta was announced February 11….

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Visual Studio adds GitHub Copilot unit testing for C#

Microsoft has made GitHub Copilot testing for .NET, a new capability in GitHub Copilot Chat that automates the testing of C# code, generally available in the just-released Visual Studio 2026 v18.3 IDE. Microsoft announced the capability on February 11. GitHub Copilot testing for .NET automates the creation, running, and testing of C# code for projects,…

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Are Your AI Agents Actually Delivering ROI?

Agentic AI has dominated industry conversations since 2025. Adoption across enterprises is on the rise, and investment plans remain aggressive. Use cases are expanding rapidly, from simple employee assistants to advanced agentic workflows for insurance renewals or support ticket triage, to name just a few. The shift has been undeniably fast. The momentum notwithstanding, a…

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Researchers propose a self-distillation fix for ‘catastrophic forgetting’ in LLMs

A new fine-tuning technique aims to solve “catastrophic forgetting,” a limitation that often complicates repeated model updates in enterprise deployments. Researchers at MIT, the Improbable AI Lab, and ETH Zurich have introduced a fine-tuning method designed to let models learn new tasks while preserving previously acquired capabilities. To prevent degrading existing capabilities, many organizations isolate…

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Go 1.26 unleashes performance-boosting Green Tea GC

Go 1.26 has been released. The latest version of the Google-built programming language enables the higher performing Green Tea garbage collector (GC) by default. It also introduces a change to generic types that simplifies the implementation of complex data structures. Introduced February 10, Go 1.26 can be downloaded from go.dev. The Green Tea GC, included…

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