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# Introduction
If you've been working with data in Python, you've almost certainly used pandas. It's been the go-to library for data manipulation for over a decade. But recently, Polars has been gaining serious traction. Polars promises to be faster, more memory-efficient, and more intuitive than pandas. But is it…
In this tutorial, we explore how we use Daft as a high-performance, Python-native data engine to build an end-to-end analytical pipeline. We start by loading a real-world MNIST dataset, then progressively transform it using UDFs, feature engineering, aggregations, joins, and lazy execution. Also, we demonstrate how to seamlessly combine structured data processing, numerical computation, and…
Today, we're introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, our fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model. Built for high-volume developer workloads at scale, 3.1 Flash-Lite delivers high quality for its price and model tier. Starting today, 3.1 Flash-Lite is rolling out in preview to developers via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and for enterprises…
Current end-to-end robotic policies, specifically Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, typically operate on a single observation or a very short history. This ‘lack of memory’ makes long-horizon tasks, such as cleaning a kitchen or following a complex recipe, computationally intractable or prone to failure. To address this, researchers from Physical Intelligence, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and MIT have…
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# The Value of Docker
Building autonomous AI systems is no longer just about prompting a large language model. Modern agents coordinate multiple models, call external tools, manage memory, and scale across heterogeneous compute environments. What determines success is not just model quality, but infrastructure design.
Agentic Docker represents a…
In August of last year, our Gemini Image model, Nano Banana, became a viral sensation, redefining image generation and editing. Then in November, we released Nano Banana Pro, offering users advanced intelligence and studio-quality creative control. Today, we’re bringing the best of both worlds to users across Google. Introducing Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash…
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The Voice of AI Innovation
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, few voices carry as much weight and credibility as Bindu Reddy. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Abacus.AI, Reddy has positioned herself at the forefront of the AI revolution, building what she calls "the…