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Foundations of AI Agents in Google Cloud

  • Defining AI agents and distinguishing them from chatbots and standard AI applications
  • Typical enterprise business use cases for agent implementation
  • An overview of the Google Cloud services employed in agent development

Architectural Design for Agents

  • Essential components of an agent: model, instructions, tools, memory, and workflow
  • Selecting the appropriate agent capability level for specific business scenarios
  • Crafting effective instructions and establishing basic guardrails

Developing Agents with Vertex AI and Gemini

  • Setting up the Google Cloud environment for development
  • Creating a basic agent using Vertex AI and Gemini models
  • Testing prompts, responses, and fundamental agent behaviors

Integrating Agents with Tools and Data

  • Facilitating tool usage through APIs and function calling
  • Linking the agent to business data to ensure grounded responses
  • Enhancing reliability, relevance, and overall response quality

Deployment and Operations of Agents

  • Available deployment options for agent solutions on Google Cloud
  • Implementing monitoring, logging, and basic performance evaluation
  • Addressing security, access control, and responsible AI considerations

Hands-On Workshop and Future Directions

  • Constructing a simple agent for a realistic business use case
  • Evaluating design decisions and identifying areas for improvement
  • Planning subsequent steps for pilot projects and continued learning

Requirements

  • A foundational grasp of cloud computing principles and web applications
  • Knowledge of APIs, JSON, and experience with Google Cloud services or comparable cloud platforms
  • Basic programming proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or another contemporary language

Target Audience

  • Developers seeking to create AI agents on Google Cloud
  • Technical leads and solution architects investigating agent-based application architectures
  • Data and AI practitioners aiming to gain practical experience with Vertex AI's agent capabilities
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