Databricks AI News & Updates
Databricks CTO Declares AGI Already Achieved, Warns Against Anthropomorphizing AI Systems
Matei Zaharia, Databricks co-founder and CTO, received the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing for his contributions including Apache Spark. He controversially claims that AGI is "here already" but argues we shouldn't apply huma...
Databricks Co-founder Launches $100M AI Research Institute to Guide Beneficial AI Development
Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity, announced the creation of Laude Institute with a $100 million personal pledge to fund independent AI research. The institute will operate as a hybrid nonprofit/for...
AI Safety Leaders to Address Ethical Crisis and Control Challenges at TechCrunch Sessions
TechCrunch Sessions: AI will feature discussions between Artemis Seaford (Head of AI Safety at ElevenLabs) and Ion Stoica (co-founder of Databricks) about the urgent ethical challenges posed by increasingly powerful and...
Databricks and Anthropic CEOs to Discuss Collaboration on Domain-Specific AI Agents
Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are hosting a virtual fireside chat to discuss their collaboration on advancing domain-specific AI agents. The event will include three additional sessions explori...