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In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?
š ļøModern Data Engineering Services in 2025
āļøJust make it scale: An Aurora DSQL story
šIndiaās Fractal has released Fathom-R1-14B model
šBuilding an End-to-End Data Analytics Portfolio Project
š Synthesia co-founderās 3D world AI startup
š āSign in with ChatGPTā could be OpenAIās next play
š” AI Tutorial:How to create animated 3D icons with AI
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Build AI Agents With the Mistral Agents API š¤š§°š§
Mistral AI has released their Agents API, a comprehensive agent framework to convert LLMs into autonomous problem-solvers, capable of executing code, searching the web, and coordinating complex multi-agent workflows. The API equips AI agents with persistent memory, built-in connectors for essential tools, and sophisticated orchestration capabilities that let agents hand off tasks to specialized counterparts.
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According to IDC, by 2025, global data creation is projected to reach 175 zettabytes, up from 64.2 zettabytes in 2020. This explosive growth demands modernized, automated, and cloud-centric data engineering practices that enable organizations to convert data into decisions with speed and precision.
Amazon Aurora DSQL is a serverless, distributed relational database service optimized for transactional workloads. The goal of its design was to break up the database into bite-sized chunks with clear interfaces and explicit contracts. Each component would do one thing and do it well but work together to offer all of the features users expect from a database.
Indiaās Fractal has released Fathom-R1-14B, an opensource 14B parameter reasoning model, post-trained in just $499, fine-tuned from Deepseek-R1-Distilled-Qwen-14B. It matches or beats o3-mini and even rivals o4-mini-low on olympiad-level math benchmarks, with the context length capped at 16K tokens. The full model, datasets, and training recipes are open-sourced under MIT.
In today's competitive job market, having strong portfolio projects is no longer optional for data analytics professionals. A well-executed end-to-end analytics project demonstrates your technical capabilities, your business acumen, and your ability to communicate insights effectively, all crucial factors employers evaluate when hiring.
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šØāš» Data Tools, Libraries
LiveStore (GitHub Repo)
LiveStore is a fully-featured, client-centric data layer with a reactive embedded SQLite database powered by real-time sync.
DuckLake (GitHub Repo)
DuckLake is an open Lakehouse format that stores metadata in a catalog database and stores data in Parquet files.
AI News:
Anthropic just announced the launch of its new Voice mode for its Claude mobile apps, becoming one of the last major AI labs to enable users to have natural spoken conversations with its AI assistant. The beta feature is set to arrive for English-speaking users in the coming weeks and will run on Claude's latest Sonnet 4 model.
Economic pressure is rising, and doing more with less has become the new reality. But surviving a downturn isnāt about stretching yourself thinner; itās about protecting what matters most.
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Meta reorganizes AI units to accelerate innovation.Meta's AI splits into AI Products and AGI Foundations. Connor Hayes leads AI Products; Ahmad Al-Dahle and Amir Frenkel head AGI Foundations. FAIR continues, but multimedia moves under new structure.
AI threatens to erase most influencer jobs within months. AI-generated content is now hyper-realistic and nearly indistinguishable from reality. Up to 80% of paid influencer roles could disappear soon due to AI advancements. Younger generations aspiring to become influencers might struggle to earn a living.
Synthesia co-founder Matthias Niessner just unveiled SpAItial, a new startup aimed at creating AI systems capable of generating interactive 3D environments from texts and images. The company is building Spatial Foundation Models (SFMs) that understand 3D space natively and can grasp geometry, physics, and material properties
OpenAI is testing a āSign in with ChatGPTā feature, allowing users to log into third-party apps using their ChatGPT credentials. With 600M+ monthly users, this move positions OpenAI to take on Google and Apple in the consumer identity space. The feature is already live in Codex CLI, where users received API credits for connecting accounts.
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AI Tutorial
šØ How to create animated 3D icons with AI
The Rundown: In this tutorial, youāll learn how to transform static icon ideas into animated 3D icons using ChatGPT's image generation combined with AI video tools on Freepik.
Step-by-step:
Use ChatGPT (GPT-4o) with a style reference and prompt: āGenerate an icon of a [object] in this styleā
Refine your icon with follow-up prompts until itās what you are looking for
Go to Freepik ā Create ā Videos and select an AI model (Runway, Google Veo 2, or Kling 2.0)
Upload your icon, describe the animation (e.g., āThe coffee maker fills the coffee cup with coffeeā and download your favorite generation.
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