Encord has unveiled several updates and new features for the start of 2024, aimed at enhancing user experience and data management capabilities. Key improvements include a redesigned homepage and onboarding process, the introduction of a new Storage application for better data interaction, and enhanced workflows usability that streamline task management. Users can now enjoy improved dataset querying with the new Search Anything feature that utilizes embeddings-based search, and there are significant upgrades to DICOM annotation tools to increase efficiency and flexibility. The integration between Encord Active and Annotate has been optimized for faster access to features, and upcoming improvements in model predictions import are anticipated. The company is also hosting a webinar on Vision Language Models to further aid annotation projects, inviting feedback and participation from users to refine these offerings.