The debate surrounding AI-generated content ownership has raged since the technology's inception. Despite significant advancements, the question of creative rights remains unresolved. This is particularly problematic in software development, where AI's influence can often be subtle and overlooked. To fully grasp the implications, it's essential to delve into the complex landscape of intellectual property and licensing.

Tiered storage is now generally available in Aiven for ClickHouse. Combine the speed of ClickHouse with the cost optimization of object storage for a powerful data warehouse solution. ClickHouse combines its columnar design, industry leading compression, and blazing fast queries to make it one of the most performant data warehouse solutions available. Aiven for ClickHouse takes this a step further with tiered storage, now generally available in the Aiven console.

Widespread adoption of Generative AI has infiltrated nearly every business sector. While tools like transcription and content creation are readily accessible to all, AI's transformative potential extends far deeper. Its influence on coding and software development raises profound questions about the future of this industry.

Real-time intelligence is no longer a nice-to-have, but necessary to attract customers and build future-proofed retail operations In the last 15 years, we’ve seen slow but significant advances in AI when it comes to retail. We can all remember when AI-powered “bots” or virtual assistants began showing up on most major retail websites to assist with consumer questions and complaints.

The Aiven Platform with fully managed, scalable open source data technologies is now available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace. We're excited to announce the Aiven Platform which offers fully managed, scalable open-source data technologies is now available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. This collaboration allows Oracle Cloud customers to effortlessly access a wide range of popular open-source data technologies, including PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka and OpenSearch, with Aiven.

There's a new metrics service in town – Aiven for Metrics provides Prometheus metrics powered by Thanos. Aiven recently added a new service to our offerings: Aiven for Metrics is now in Early Availability. Similar to Aiven for M3, Aiven for Metrics is a Prometheus-compatible solution powered by Thanos, a CNCF project aimed at providing highly available Prometheus metrics with long term storage capabilities.

If retailers want to build trust with customers, they must be transparent about data collection and usage. This blog provides actionable guidance on gaining valuable insights from data while protecting customer privacy. The retail sector's increasing use of real-time data analytics is a double-edged sword in our privacy-first world. On one hand, it is a promising new revenue opportunity that leverages what retailers, by default, can already access.