Google has announced a new feature for BigQuery ML, adding support for Anthropic's Claude AI models through Vertex AI. This update, currently in preview, expands BigQuery's capabilities in generative text tasks.

Key Points:

1. New Model Support: BigQuery ML now supports creating remote models based on Anthropic Claude models available in Vertex AI.

2. Supported Claude Models:

   • claude-3-5-sonnet@20240620
   • claude-3-sonnet@20240229
   • claude-3-haiku@20240307
   • claude-3-opus@20240229

3. Text Generation: Users can utilize the ML.GENERATE_TEXT function with these remote models for generative text tasks on data in BigQuery tables.

4. Text-Only Input: While Claude models are multimodal, only text input is supported in this BigQuery ML implementation.

5. Serverless Integration: The Claude models are accessed through Vertex AI's fully managed and serverless API, requiring no additional infrastructure management.

This addition allows BigQuery users to leverage Anthropic's AI models for text generation tasks directly within their BigQuery workflows. Users can generate text based on prompts in queries or from table columns.

As this feature is in preview, users should refer to the BigQuery documentation for the most up-to-date information on usage and best practices.