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AlloyDB AI Embedding lab

Get hands-on practice with creating and using vector embeddings using AlloyDB. This codelab guides you through setting up an AlloyDB cluster, integrating it with Vertex AI, and then applying a generative model to data queries.

107 minutes Introductory Free

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Semantic search with AlloyDB PG_Vector

This lab walks you through building a semantic search web application for searching through movie plot summaries using AlloyDB vector search to find movies and similar movies. Signing in to Google Cloud Qwiklabs is required to access this lab.

135 minutes Introductory Free

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Whitepaper: ScaNN for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

Explains how ScaNN for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL achieves faster performance and improves memory footprint.

ScaNN vector search vector embeddings vector indexing

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Best practices for tuning ScaNN indexes

Provides recommendations about how to tune index parameters for optimal balance between recall and QPS.

ScaNN optimization

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