November 14, 2024

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Feature

The following BigQuery ML features are now available:

• Creating
  remote models
  based on the
  Vertex AI gemini-1.5-flash and gemini-1.5-pro models.
• Using the
  ML.GENERATE_TEXT function
  with these remote models to perform generative natural language tasks for
  text stored in BigQuery tables.
• Using the
  ML.GENERATE_TEXT function
  with these remote models to perform generative AI tasks, for example audio
  transcription or document classification, using image, video, audio, PDF,
  or text content stored in BigQuery
  object tables.

Try these features with the
Generate text by using the ML.GENERATE_TEXT function
how-to topic.

These features are now
generally available
(GA).

Announcement

You can try Gemini in BigQuery at no charge until January 27, 2025. After that date, to continue to use Gemini in BigQuery you must do one of the following:

• Purchase and assign BigQuery Enterprise Plus edition reservations to projects that use Gemini in BigQuery.
• Purchase Gemini Code Assist Enterprise.

To learn more, see Purchase Gemini in BigQuery. These purchase options are now generally available (GA).

https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/release-notes#November_14_2024