Splunk Lantern demonstrates building a SOAR approval playbook that ties human sign‑off to actions in Splunk Enterprise Security. The playbook uses prompts to capture approval and returns results to the analyst queue. It follows a workflow of formatting, prompting, deciding, re‑formatting, and acting.
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Announcement: Splunk Lantern shows how to build a SOAR approval playbook with human sign‑off for Enterprise Security.
Detail: The playbook captures approval via prompts and links the decision back to Splunk Enterprise Security.
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Models achieve gestational age within 4 days accuracy
Models pinpoint gestational age within 4 days accuracy in a prospective clinical study. The post suggests expanding these tools to low resource settings.
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Accuracy: models pinpoint gestational age within 4 days.
Expansion: aim to move tools to low resource settings.
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Amazon Alexa Tablets – three new models with Alexa+ built‑in
Amazon announced the all‑new Alexa Tablets. The line includes three tablets with aluminum unibody designs and vivid high‑resolution displays. Alexa+ is built into the core and is always ready to answer questions and help manage smart devices.
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Models: Three new tablets.
Design: Aluminum unibody construction.
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Omni AI-assisted workflow demo in Airtable
Omni is used to build an AI‑assisted workflow inside Airtable. The demo shows plain‑English prompts creating dashboards and automations with human oversight. It also covers adding interactive, branded interfaces to engage users.
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Demo: Rachael Quisel demonstrates Omni, Claude Code, and Airtable automations from plain‑English prompts.
Feature: The workflow creates custom, gamified dashboards that remain under human control.
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Google Maps food trends report – top dishes and popular spots in 10 cities
Google Maps analyzed a year of review, rating and direction data across ten cities. The report lists the highest‑growing food trends and the most‑navigated‑to restaurants. It also highlights budget‑friendly spots with large portions.
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Froyo mentions in New York rose 320%, driven by venues such as Birdie’s, Mimi’s and Brooklyn’s Culture.
Beef tallow mentions in Chicago increased 82% at places like Bistro Monadnock and Butcher and the Bear.
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Dragon arrival announced with brief sonic boom
Dragon will announce its arrival with a brief sonic boom. The boom occurs before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The announcement is linked on the updates page.
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Sonic boom: brief sound before arrival
Splashdown location: Pacific Ocean
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- Original post
- Linked resource - Linked in the post
Plaid Fraud Foundation Model announced for Fall ’26 release
The Fraud Foundation Model is announced for the Fall ’26 release. It is built on activity across the Plaid Network. The model reads logins and transactions as a sequence, including timing and order. It is positioned to detect fraud patterns rather than single events.
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Model: Fraud Foundation Model built on Plaid Network activity
Input: Reads logins and transactions as ordered sequences with timing
