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In Data connection - Output Parameter screen is too big
Hi, Output screen is too big to select the last parameters. Can we use space in screen to show this list in bigger space instead of small space with scrolls. 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
Feature Request: Show Owner in Automations view
When you’re viewing automations you see the Name, Condition, Status and Creator. The owner of an automation is more meaningful than the creator, since it impacts on the automation (it uses their permissions). By contrast the creator of an automation has no effect on how it runs, nor on who can edit it. Either display both the owner and the creator in separate columns, or if you are only going to pick one then I think displaying the owner is more informative. In the screenshot shown, all 4 automations are owned by the Employee Automation 3rd-party user, but that is not immediately clear for the middle 2. 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
How can I call SQL on Ontology from Functions?
I’m writing a function that queries the Ontology. I would like to use a SQL syntax to query the Ontology. It seems that functions don’t have enough permissions to perform this query ( missingScope": "api:usage:sql-queries-execute ). What is the workaround to perform such queries ? Context: Some users prefer the syntax in SQL to perform particular operations (joins and aggregation) 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
Past list from clipboard in filter "IS ONE OF"
Hi, in Pipeline builder is there a smart way (excepted IA) to populate by a 1 copy/past a long liste of values in filter transfo IS ONE OF . For the time beeing I have to write values 1 by 1. 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
COMPASS: add prefix to files bulk
Hello, is there a ready-to-go solution to rename all files in a Compass repository (and sub-repository) ? My goal is to add [DEPRECATED] in front of lot file’s names. Maybe it is simple to developpe this in SLATE ? 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
Former Palantir employees raise $60M for AI enterprise startup Conduct
A London-based AI startup founded by three former Palantir employees, which is looking to modernise ERP systems, has raised $60m in new funding. The Series A investment in Conduct was co-led by new investors Index Ventures and Iconiq, with a strategic invest…
AI Infrastructure Boom Creates Skyrocketing Demand for Automation, Robotics Solutions Across Industries
AUSTIN, Texas, June 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AINewsWire Editorial Coverage : The worldwide push to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure has set off a wave of capital spending across the tech industry unmatched in recent memory. Major cloud co…
Sebastian Mallaby, Biographer of Demis Hassabis — Lessons from 100+ AI Insiders on The Race to Superintelligence, The Religion of AI, and Spotting Breakthroughs Early (#870)
Interview with Sebastian Mallaby on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast! The post Sebastian Mallaby, Biographer of Demis Hassabis — Lessons from 100+ AI Insiders on The Race to Superintelligence, The Religion of AI, and Spotting Breakthroughs Early (#870) appeared …
Playlist Appoints David Glazer, Chief Financial Officer of Palantir Technologies, to Board of Directors
The addition of a leading technology-sector finance executive supports Playlist's mission in building the world's most comprehensive fitness and wellness operating system NEW YORK, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Playlist, the parent company of Mindbody, ClassP…
OpenAI’s backers spent $7.6 million to destroy a state legislator. Anthropic spent $10 million to rescue him
Alex Bores passed New York's toughest AI safety law — he's also a millionaire former Palantir employee. The proxy war is happening in Manhattan.
SAP just funded a startup built to help its own customers escape SAP
There is an unglamorous deadline bearing down on corporate IT, and it has just produced one of London’s more interesting AI raises. Conduct, a 35-person startup founded by three former Palantir engineers, has raised a $60mn Series A co-led by Index Ventures a…
Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer once mocked Google Chrome, calling it a ‘rounding error’—Google CEO says the jab became fuel to keep going
Before leading Google to a $4.5 trillion empire, Sundar Pichai had to rally his Chrome team after a public jab from Microsoft's CEO.
Inside Peter Thiel’s secretive, invite-only club: Sex, cult-building and World War III
Leaked records tied to invite-only group, known as "Dialog," exposed sensitive information about hundreds of members and attendees, Wired reported.
Andy Serkis, Thomas Tull & ING Group’s Gautam Saxena Talk Freedom & Fears Of AI – APOS
Developments in streaming, microdrama and AI dominated the first day of sessions at the APOS conference in Bali, Indonesia. On the AI front, speakers on several panels discussed the creative, financial and societal aspects of the new technology, including act…
Energy Is A Trillion-Dollar Problem for the AI Boom
FN Media Group Presents Oilprice.com Market Commentary NEW YORK, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- If you've been following in the AI boom, you probably are aware of the same names everyone else is. NVIDIA for the chips. Microsoft, Google and Amazon for the cloud…
College Grads Are Rejecting AI En Masse
‘Tis the season of college commencement—and this year, it’s also the time for booing commencement speakers, who have made AI their go-to topic in the face of vocal student opposition. At the University of Central Florida in May, real estate exec Gloria Caulfi…
US pulls the 'kill-switch' on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI models, sending global allies scrambling — European and Canadian leaders alarm allies over sudden export bans
Following the Trump administration's block on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, world leaders have raised concerns that without direct access to frontier models, they may need to develop their own national alternatives.