Oracle releases generative AI service across tech stack
Software firm Oracle has released a suite of generative AI services aimed at enabling businesses to leverage AI in a secure and customisable way.
Oracle this week has announced the release of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI service along with new innovations that make it easier for enterprises to take advantage of the latest advancements in generative AI.
The OCI Generative AI service is a fully managed service that integrates large language models (LLMs) from Cohere and Meta Llama 2 to address a wide range of business use cases.
The AI service includes multilingual capabilities that support over 100 languages, an improved GPU cluster management experience and flexible fine-tuning options. Customers can use OCI Generative AI service in the Oracle Cloud and on-premises via OCI Dedicated Region.
The latest models from Cohere and Meta Llama 2 will be available in a managed service that can be consumed via API calls and will help users address business issues focused on text generation, summarisation, and semantic similarity tasks.
In addition, customers will also be able to embed generative AI easily and securely into their technology stack, with tight data security and governance, Oracle said.
Customers will be able to further refine these models using their data with retrieval augmented generation (RAG) techniques, so the models will understand their unique internal operations.
“Now in beta, OCI Generative AI Agents service with a RAG agent combines the power of large language models and enterprise search built on OCI OpenSearch to provide contextualised results that are enhanced with enterprise data,” the software firm said.
“This agent enables users to converse with diverse enterprise data sources through natural language without the need for specialist skills. The information retrieved is current — even with dynamic data stores — and the results are provided with references to the original source data.”
The initial beta release supports OCI OpenSearch but upcoming releases will support a wider range of data search and aggregation tools and provide access to Oracle Database 23c with AI Vector Search and MySQL HeatWave with Vector Store.
“Oracle will also deliver prebuilt agent-actions across its suite of SaaS applications, including Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, Oracle NetSuite, and industry applications such as Oracle Health,” it said.
Oracle is also embedding generative AI capabilities into its database portfolio to enable customers to build AI-powered applications.
“With Autonomous Database Select AI, customers can accelerate application development or create new business solutions by combining their private enterprise data with the productivity and creativity of generative AI.
“To help customers build, train, deploy, and manage large language models with open source libraries such as Hugging Face’s Transformers or PyTorch, Oracle is also expanding the capabilities of OCI Data Science. The new OCI Data Science AI Quick Actions feature, which will be in beta next month, enables no-code access to a variety of open-source large language models, including leading providers such as Meta or Mistral AI.”
Oracle regional managing director, Australia and New Zealand, Stephen Bovis said organisations across Australia and New Zealand are increasingly looking towards leveraging AI to create new efficiencies.
“However, knowing where to start can be a complex task,” said Mr Bovis.
“Oracle is committed to making it easier for enterprises to take advantage of the latest advancements in generative AI. By seamlessly incorporating AI throughout every layer of our technology stack we are connecting directly with our customers’ business value, making the adoption of AI even more accessible and straightforward.”
