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Foundations of AI Agents in Google Cloud

  • Defining AI agents and distinguishing them from chatbots and standard AI applications
  • Exploring common enterprise use cases for agents in business environments
  • Surveying the Google Cloud services utilized in agent development

Architecting AI Agents

  • Identifying key agent components: models, instructions, tools, memory, and workflows
  • Selecting the appropriate level of agent capability 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
  • Utilizing Vertex AI and Gemini models to construct a foundational agent
  • Evaluating prompts, responses, and basic agent behaviors

Integrating Agents with Tools and Data

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

Deployment and Operations

  • Reviewing deployment strategies for agent solutions on Google Cloud
  • Implementing monitoring, logging, and basic performance evaluation
  • Addressing security, access control, and responsible AI practices

Applied Workshop and Future Directions

  • Constructing a simple agent for a realistic business scenario
  • Analyzing design decisions and identifying areas for improvement
  • Planning next steps for pilot projects and continued learning

Requirements

  • A foundational grasp of cloud computing concepts and web applications
  • Proficiency with APIs, JSON, and Google Cloud services or comparable cloud platforms
  • Foundational programming skills in Python, JavaScript, or another contemporary language

Target Audience

  • Developers interested in creating AI agents on Google Cloud
  • Technical leads and solution architects investigating agent-based applications
  • Data and AI practitioners seeking practical hands-on experience with Vertex AI agent capabilities
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