Select AI: Oracle Adds the “Summarize” Action in Autonomous Database
Introduction Oracle continues to strengthen its Select AI capabilities in Autonomous Database (ADB). The September 2025 update introduces a brand-new AI action — summarize — that enables you to generate concise summaries directly from your data or query results using plain English prompts. Instead of running SQL, exporting data, and using an external LLM or BI tool to interpret it, you can now ask Oracle’s Select AI to summarize data inside the database — powered by Oracle’s integration with Generative AI providers like OCI AI, OpenAI, and Azure. What’s New in This Release According to Oracle’s release notes: “The new summarize action in Select AI enables users to create concise summaries of query results or text-based data using natural language prompts.” This makes Select AI even more powerful, expanding beyond existing actions like runsql , showsql , explainsql , and narrate . Example 1: Using SELECT AI to Summarize Sales Data Let’s say you have a SALES tabl...
