Genie Code is now available on HIPAA compliance security profile workspaces with partner-powered AI features disabled

UpdateJul 30, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Genie Code is now available on workspaces that have the compliance security profile enabled with the HIPAA compliance standard selected and partner-powered AI features disabled. On these workspaces, Genie Code is served by Databricks-hosted models rather than partner-powered models.

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