BigQuery hybrid search with VECTOR_SEARCH and AI.SEARCH is restored

Hybrid search combining semantic and lexical search through VECTOR_SEARCH has been restored, as has HYBRID mode in the AI.SEARCH function.

https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/release-notes#August_03_2026

SnowflakeSnowflake·Aug 3, 2026

Inline Stored Procedures for hybrid tables (Public preview)

Inline Stored Procedures for hybrid tables are now available in public preview. Inline Stored Procedures are a new type of Snowflake stored procedure designed for operational workloads on hybrid tables.

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SnowflakeSnowflake·Aug 3, 2026

Organization Hub (General availability)

The Insights page under Organization Hub presents interactive tiles that show trends, alerts, and summary data for your entire organization. The feature is now generally available to customers who have ORGANIZATION_USAGE premium views enabled, and is no longer in Preview .

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SnowflakeSnowflake Cortex AI·Aug 3, 2026

AI Agents Inventory in the Trust Center AI Security tab (Preview)

With this preview release, the AI Security tab in the Trust Center includes an AI Agents Inventory section. This section provides a consolidated inventory of the Cortex Agents in your account, filtered by one or more categories, so that you can identify which agents to assess or investigate for better governance and security posture.

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SnowflakeSnowflake Horizon Catalog·Aug 3, 2026

Trust Center AI Security scanner package and tab (General availability)

The AI Security scanner package and the AI Security tab in the Trust Center are now generally available. Use them to monitor AI-related configurations and usage in your account, and to review the security posture of AI workloads that use Cortex Agents, Snowflake CoWork, or Cortex Code from a single dashboard.

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DatabricksDatabricks Data Intelligence Platform·Aug 3, 2026

Serverless compute access control is now generally available

Serverless compute access control is now generally available. Workspace admins can govern who runs serverless workloads through two built-in serverless compute objects: Default Interactive Compute (governs access to notebooks and Databricks Connect) and Default Automated Compute (governs access to jobs and Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow).

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DatabricksUnity Catalog·Aug 3, 2026

Secrets in Unity Catalog is GA

Secrets in Unity Catalog is now generally available. You can store, govern, and access secrets as securable objects in Unity Catalog. A Unity Catalog secret uses the three-level namespace ( catalog.schema.secret ) and is governed by Unity Catalog privileges, so you can apply the same access controls and auditing that you use for other data assets.

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