Vertex AI Model Garden

Vertex AI Model Garden is a collection of pre-built foundation models, task-specific models, and Google ML APIs.

Sascha Heyer
3 min readNov 20, 2023

Today, we’re diving into Google’s Vertex AI Model Garden. It’s like a playground for AI models, with an impressive collection of pre-built foundation models, task-specific models, and Google ML APIs.

As of this article, 127+ models are available. Including many open-source and third-party models like Llama 2, Stable Diffusion, and Falcon.

The available models are a steadily growing list, including soon also Claude 2.

Vertex AI Model Garden

Usage

Google Model Garden provides access to the model in various ways. Depending on which model you choose, you see different options.

  • Generative AI Studio
    Google’s Generative AI Models are supported in Google’s Generative AI Studio. A UI to interactively work with Gen AI models. This includes PaLM for Text, Imagen for Images, and Chirp for Speech. This is great for initial POCs.
  • API
    Google’s Models available via Generative AI Studio can also be accessed via API to be integrated into applications and put into production.
  • Notebook
    The open-source models 81+ in the Vertex AI Model Garden are available via Jupiter Notebook. The…

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Sascha Heyer

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