News Summary:
On July 6, 2026, Posit enabled public health and science teams to run code-first R and Python analytics for disease surveillance models directly inside Snowflake, utilizing protected data governed by existing account roles and policies. Previously, on July 2, Posit introduced Governed AI for Public Health, allowing users to process free-text records with Snowflake Cortex. This initiative leverages Snowflake Cortex AI to run large language models (LLMs) within Snowflake accounts, maintaining data governance. Earlier, on July 1, Posit launched Posit Assistant, an AI data analysis assistant integrated into Positron, its source-available IDE for R and Python. Posit Assistant connects to live sessions to support data exploration, build reproducible analysis with code, and generate visualizations. Also on July 1, the company highlighted its differentiated market position as a Public Benefit Corporation, providing free access to core tools including RStudio, Positron, Quarto, Shiny, and Tidyverse, and licensing its enterprise platform per user without consumption meters or compute-based fees.
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