Vertex AI Generative AI Updates: New Features & Deprecations
Action Required
Failure to migrate from deprecated Imagen and Veo generation endpoints will result in service disruption and require a complete code change.
AI Impact Summary
Google is releasing updates to Vertex AI Generative AI, including new features like RAG Cross Corpus Retrieval, Veo 3.1 Lite, and support for partner models like Anthropic and Llama. A significant deprecation is occurring for Imagen and Veo generation endpoints, requiring migration by June 30, 2026. This impacts developers relying on these specific endpoints and necessitates a review of their current model configurations to avoid service disruption.
Affected Systems
- Date
- 30 Jul 2024
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high