This scenario strongly points to the need for accurate and up-to-date information retrieval from a product catalog. Pre-built RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) combined with Vertex AI Search is the ideal solution. Vertex AI Search can index the product catalog, and RAG can then use thisindexed data to ground the responses of a generative AI model, ensuring that both customer searches and support agent queries retrieve precise and relevant product information.
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A Model Registry (specifically part of Vertex AI Model Registry) is designed precisely for managing the lifecycle of machine learning models. It provides a centralized repository for storing, versioning, tracking metadata, and facilitating the deployment of models, which is essential for MLOps. Cloud Storage is for raw data, BigQuery for data warehousing, and Vertex AI Pipelines for workflow orchestration.
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Vertex AI is Google Cloud's unified machine learning platform that provides end-to-end support for the ML lifecycle, including access to pre-trained models (foundation models), tools for fine-tuning, deployment, and management of generative AI solutions. BigQuery is a data warehouse, GKE is for container orchestration, and Cloud Storage is for object storage; while they might be components used with Vertex AI, they are not the comprehensive generative AI platform themselves.
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Prompt chaining (or conversational memory/context management) is the technique used to maintain the conversational context. It involves feeding previous turns of a conversation (or a summary of them) back into the model along with the current user query, allowing the chatbot to "remember" and reference past interactions for coherent and contextually relevant responses, especially crucial for tasks like checking account balances that span multiple turns.
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Google Cloud offers a comprehensive suite of services for data ingestion and storage. Pub/Sub is for streaming data, Cloud Storage for various file types (including unstructured), and Cloud SQL for relational structured databases. These are fundamental for gathering diverse data. Gemini is a model, BigQuery is for analysis, and Vertex AI is for ML platform, not primary data collection tools themselves.
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