HighCapability
Vertex AI Generative AI Updates: New Models, Deprecations, and Feature Enhancements
Action Required
Users relying on deprecated image and video generation endpoints will experience service disruption if they do not migrate to the recommended replacements before June 30, 2026.
AI Impact Summary
Google is releasing updates to Vertex AI Generative AI, including new model releases (Gemma 4 26B A4B IT, Lyria 3, and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite), improvements to RAG Engine Serverless mode, and updates to Colab Enterprise features like visualization and SQL cells. Critically, several image and video generation endpoints are being deprecated, requiring migration by June 30, 2026, to avoid service disruption. This impacts users relying on these specific endpoints for image and video generation tasks.
Vertex AI Generative AI Updates: New Models, Deprecations, and Feature Enhancements
Affected Systems
Vertex AI
- Date
- 18 Sept 2024
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high