Elasticsearch native vector database now supports bit vectors, SIMD acceleration, and int4 quantization. The new semantic_text field type makes generating embeddings simple. ES|QL has new query capabilities and an expanded UI in Kibana Discover.

Elastic Platform 8.14 includes ES|QL GA, the use of AI for pattern recognition in logs, API key based security model for remote clusters, encryption at rest with KMS keys, retrievers, several vector optimizations, and vector quantization by default.

Elasticsearch and Kibana 8.13 deliver simplified kNN, improved query parallelization plus improvements to ES|QL, anomaly detection, and new improved health indicators. Also announcing the Elastic Integration Filter and GA of Kafka for Elastic Agent.

This blog is an introduction to the new Logstash Operator for ECK, now available as a technical preview. It describes what the operator does and includes some samples of how to use it.