Surviving the AI Takeover in QA: How to Join the Top 1%

A recent email from ASTQB warned testers that to survive in an AI-driven world, they’ll need “broad testing knowledge, not just basic skills.” The advice isn’t wrong—but it misses the bigger picture. The real disruption is already here, and it’s moving faster than most realize. AI systems like AI Script Generation (AISG) and GENI are already generating, executing, and …

Progress Software unveils RAG-as-a-Service platform

Following its acquisition of retrieval-augmented generation AI solution innovator Nuclia in June, Progress today is announcing the launch of Progress Agentic RAG, a RAG-as-a-Service platform designed to empower companies to transform unstructured data into actionable intelligence. The retrieval-augmented generation platform can help organizations struggling to get value from Large Language Models by providing results based …

The Value-Driven AI Roadmap

While the industry is racing to develop and implement artificial intelligence into its systems, cultural resistance, a skills gap, and the speed with which AI is changing are just a few of the factors why many AI projects fail. Because of that, most attempts at adopting AI into organizations never make it past the pilot …

This week in AI updates: Mistral’s new Le Chat features, ChatGPT updates, and more (September 5, 2025)

Mistral announces new connectors, Memories Mistral announced that its generative AI chat Le Chat now connects with over 20 new connectors, including tools like Asana, Atlassian, Box, Databricks, GitHub, Outlook, Snowflake, Stripe, and Zapier. Users will also now be able to add their own connectors via MCP. The company also announced a beta for Memories, …

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Beyond the benchmarks: Understanding the coding personalities of different LLMs

Most reports comparing AI models are based on benchmarks of performance, but a recent research report from Sonar takes a different approach: grouping different models by their coding personalities and looking at the downsides of each when it comes to code quality. The researchers studied five different LLMs using the SonarQube Enterprise static analysis engine …

Neo4j introduces new graph architecture that allows operational and analytics workloads to be run together

The graph database company Neo4j today announced Infinigraph, a new distributed graph architecture that allows Neo4j’s database to run both operational and analytical workloads in one system. According to the company, silos often keep these workloads separate, leading AI applications to suffer, decision-making to be delayed, and costs to increase as a result of complex …

Cloudsmith launches ML Model Registry to provide a single source of truth for AI models and datasets

Cloudsmith, providers of an artifact management platform, announced its ML Model Registry, which can act as a single source of truth for all AI models and datasets a company is using. The registry integrates with the Hugging Face Hub and SDK so that developers can push, pull, and manage models and datasets from Hugging Face …

Microsoft Graph CLI to be retired

Microsoft has announced it is going to be retiring the Microsoft Graph CLI, with a deprecation phase starting now and full retirement scheduled for August 28th, 2026. During the deprecation phase, Microsoft will not add any new features and will only address critical vulnerabilities. According to Microsoft, this change is part of the company’s efforts …

The state of DevOps and AI: Not just hype

Talk to any DevOps vendor today, and they’ll proudly tell you about their AI roadmap. Most vendors have already built something that will tick the checkbox, if that’s among your requirements. But checkboxes don’t solve problems. A feature that’s hard to use or adds extra manual steps to a developer’s processes doesn’t save you anything …

UI automation: Why “try, try again” is your mantra

Over the weekend, I was looking to book flights for holidays. All excited, I was able to find a decent price for my family to head for some sunshine later this summer. I reached the payment stage, and that’s where the excitement and smile stopped. I was waiting for confirmation that my payment was finalizing, …

August 2025: AI updates from the past month

Anthropic starts testing a Claude extension for Chrome The extension will enable Claude to take action on websites on behalf of the user. “We’ve spent recent months connecting Claude to your calendar, documents, and many other pieces of software. The next logical step is letting Claude work directly in your browser,” the company says. The …

Google integrates Gemini CLI into Zed code editor

Google has announced that it has brought the Gemini CLI to the open source code editor, Zed. The new integration will enable Zed users to generate and refactor code in the editor, get instant answers on code or error messages, and chat naturally in the terminal. Developers will be able to follow along live with the …

Microsoft packs Visual Studio August update with smarter AI features

Microsoft has released the August update for Visual Studio 2022, adding several features related to AI-assisted development. The company announced that GPT-5 is now integrated into the IDE, and support for MCP is generally available as well. MCP support enables developers to authenticate with any OAuth provider directly from the IDE, perform one-click installation of …

Amplitude launches new self-service capabilities for marketing initiatives

The product analytics company Amplitude is announcing new self-service capabilities that will enable marketing and growth teams to run user experiments without waiting on development teams. “Every click and conversion matters, and marketers can’t afford to wait weeks just to test an idea. Unfortunately, that’s the reality with most legacy experimentation tools: visual editors break …

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Surviving the AI Takeover in QA: How to Be in the Top 1%

Not sure how QA survives the AI wave? This session gives you a practical playbook. AI platforms that generate, execute, and heal tests are already running thousands of tests in hours – and that means the old tester-as-scripter playbook is obsolete. This webinar shows QA leaders and senior testers how to move from being automated-out …

SD Times Live! Microwebinar Series — with Appvance

Join Kevin Surace in this SD Times Live! Microwebinar series with Appvance. Learn how plain-language requirements can be turned into test cases, automatically converted into executable scripts, and more. …

How Leading Software Vendor Onit Enables Instant Business Intelligence

Empowering legal teams with instant data clarity? Easy.   Corporate legal departments rely on workflow automation to enhance efficiency, but integrating and accessing critical legal data for enterprise reporting remains a challenge. Progress DataDirect Hybrid Data Pipeline provides simple and secure access to a broad range of data sources.   In this webinar, you’ll see …

The Value-Driven AI Roadmap: A CIO’s Blueprint for Success

Not sure where to go with AI? Here’s your roadmap: AI technology is disrupting industries at unprecedented speed, yet Gartner research reveals 47% of AI initiatives fail to reach production. This session examines how enterprise-grade AI capabilities, now accessible to businesses of all sizes, are fundamentally transforming operations, while organizational readiness lags critically behind. Our four-phase …

SD Times Live! Microwebinar Series — with Accusoft

Accusoft’s PrizmDoc is transforming document management with a unified, AI-driven approach. In this microwebinar series, Product Director Dan Lee shows how PrizmDoc’s auto-summarization, auto-tagging & classification, document Q&A, and PII detection & redaction tools eliminate manual effort, surface key insights instantly, and safeguard sensitive data – all while fitting seamlessly into your existing workflows. Discover …

Better Together: Supercharge Your ServiceNow Investment with AIOps

Struggling to get full value from your ITSM? You’re not alone. Many enterprises face the same uphill service management climb: too many tickets, unnecessary escalations, and manual incident workflows that impede rapid resolution. L1s are overwhelmed, L2 escalation teams are bogged down in root cause investigations, and scaling with business with incident response automation feels …

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    Surviving the AI Takeover in QA: How to Be in the Top 1%

    Not sure how QA survives the AI wave? This session gives you a practical playbook. AI platforms that generate, execute, and heal tests are already running thousands of tests in hours – and that means the old tester-as-scripter playbook is obsolete. This webinar shows QA leaders and senior testers how to move from being automated-out …

  • Webinars

    SD Times Live! Microwebinar Series — with Appvance

    Join Kevin Surace in this SD Times Live! Microwebinar series with Appvance. Learn how plain-language requirements can be turned into test cases, automatically converted into executable scripts, and more. …

  • Webinars

    How Leading Software Vendor Onit Enables Instant Business Intelligence

    Empowering legal teams with instant data clarity? Easy.   Corporate legal departments rely on workflow automation to enhance efficiency, but integrating and accessing critical legal data for enterprise reporting remains a challenge. Progress DataDirect Hybrid Data Pipeline provides simple and secure access to a broad range of data sources.   In this webinar, you’ll see …

  • Webinars

    The Value-Driven AI Roadmap: A CIO’s Blueprint for Success

    Not sure where to go with AI? Here’s your roadmap: AI technology is disrupting industries at unprecedented speed, yet Gartner research reveals 47% of AI initiatives fail to reach production. This session examines how enterprise-grade AI capabilities, now accessible to businesses of all sizes, are fundamentally transforming operations, while organizational readiness lags critically behind. Our four-phase …

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    SD Times Live! Microwebinar Series — with Accusoft

    Accusoft’s PrizmDoc is transforming document management with a unified, AI-driven approach. In this microwebinar series, Product Director Dan Lee shows how PrizmDoc’s auto-summarization, auto-tagging & classification, document Q&A, and PII detection & redaction tools eliminate manual effort, surface key insights instantly, and safeguard sensitive data – all while fitting seamlessly into your existing workflows. Discover …

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    Better Together: Supercharge Your ServiceNow Investment with AIOps

    Struggling to get full value from your ITSM? You’re not alone. Many enterprises face the same uphill service management climb: too many tickets, unnecessary escalations, and manual incident workflows that impede rapid resolution. L1s are overwhelmed, L2 escalation teams are bogged down in root cause investigations, and scaling with business with incident response automation feels …

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