Generative AI on Vertex AI deprecations

The Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service (section 1.4(d), "Discontinuation of Services") defines the deprecation policy that applies to Generative AI on Vertex AI. The deprecation policy only applies to the services, features, or products listed therein.

After a service, feature, or product is officially deprecated, it continues to be available for at least the period of time defined in the Terms of Service. After this period of time, the service is scheduled for shutdown.

Feature Deprecated date Shutdown date Details
PaLM, Codey, and select embeddings models April 9, 2024 April 9, 2025 For details, see Pathways Language Model (PaLM).