The documents and user events that you created using Discovery for Media remain
unchanged. All of your existing data and models will automatically appear in the
AI Applications console, the models appearing as apps. You can manage
these resources in the AI Applications console and using the API. This
change means that the same user data can be used for multiple
AI Applications use cases, such as search, recommendations, and
conversation.
Existing data and models will automatically appear in the
AI Applications console, with the models appearing as apps. You can
manage these resources in the AI Applications console and using the
API. This change means that the same user data can be used for multiple
AI Applications use cases, such as search, recommendations, and
conversation.
Media recommendations functionality in the Discovery Engine
console is now available in the AI Applications
console. The
Discovery Engine console was deprecated at the end of
March 2024. The API is unchanged, so your API calls will continue working after
the Discovery Engine console is deprecated.
Summary of changes:
The API remains the same. For up-to-date reference documentation, see APIs
and reference in the AI Applications documentation.
Models in Discovery for Media are replaced by recommendations
types in media recommendations apps. You can have one only one
recommendation type per app, but you can connect multiple apps to the same
data store. For more information, see Create a media data
store and Create media apps.
You can create multiple serving configs per app with different settings for
recommendations demotion and recommendations diversity. However, you can't
attach models to serving configs anymore.
If you have a model that is associated with multiple serving configs, Google
suggests that you continue using Discovery for Media until this feature is
available with media recommendations. For more information, see Demote media
recommendations and Diversify media
recommendations.
You can have multiple data stores in the same project.
Data stores contain both documents and user events.
There is no Manual tune only setting in media recommendations apps, as
there is for models in Discovery for Media. All media recommendations apps
created using Vertex AI Search are automatically tuned every three
months, and there is no setting to change this. This means that by default
your apps will tune every three months. If you want to change the Tuning
status for a model that you created in Discovery for Media, do so before
Discovery for Media is deprecated.
What's not changing?
All of your documents, user events, models, and settings in Discovery for
Media persist in media recommendations apps and data stores.
All of the APIs remain the same.
The Discovery Engine console page will no longer be updated with new
features.
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All of your existing data and models will automatically appear in the\nAI Applications console, the models appearing as apps. You can manage\nthese resources in the AI Applications console and using the API. This\nchange means that the same user data can be used for multiple\n[AI Applications](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/introduction) use cases, such as search, recommendations, and\nconversation.\n\nExisting data and models will automatically appear in the\nAI Applications console, with the models appearing as apps. You can\nmanage these resources in the AI Applications console and using the\nAPI. This change means that the same user data can be used for multiple\n[AI Applications](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/introduction) use cases, such as search, recommendations, and\nconversation.\n\nMedia recommendations functionality in the [Discovery Engine\nconsole](https://console.cloud.google.com/ai/discovery/media/dataStores/default_data_store/data/documents) is now available in the [AI Applications\nconsole](https://console.cloud.google.com/gen-app-builder/engines). The\nDiscovery Engine console was deprecated at the end of\nMarch 2024. The API is unchanged, so your API calls will continue working after\nthe Discovery Engine console is deprecated.\n\nSummary of changes:\n\n- The API remains the same. For up-to-date reference documentation, see [APIs\n and reference](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/apis) in the AI Applications documentation.\n\n- Media recommendations functionality in the [Discovery Engine\n console](https://console.cloud.google.com/ai/discovery/media/dataStores/default_data_store/data/documents) is now available in the [AI Applications console](https://console.cloud.google.com/gen-app-builder/engines).\n\n- The Discovery Engine console page is deprecated.\n\n- Models in Discovery for Media are replaced by [recommendations\n types](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/about-media-recommendations-types#model-types) in media recommendations apps. You can have one only one\n recommendation type per app, but you can connect multiple apps to the same\n data store. For more information, see [Create a media data\n store](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/create-data-store-media) and [Create media apps](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/create-app-media).\n\n- You can create multiple serving configs per app with different settings for\n recommendations demotion and recommendations diversity. However, you can't\n attach models to serving configs anymore.\n\n If you have a model that is associated with multiple serving configs, Google\n suggests that you continue using Discovery for Media until this feature is\n available with media recommendations. For more information, see [Demote media\n recommendations](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/demote-recommendations) and [Diversify media\n recommendations](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/diversify-recommendations).\n- You can have multiple data stores in the same project.\n\n- Data stores contain both documents and user events.\n\n- There is no **Manual tune only** setting in media recommendations apps, as\n there is for models in Discovery for Media. All media recommendations apps\n created using Vertex AI Search are automatically tuned every three\n months, and there is no setting to change this. This means that by default\n your apps will tune every three months. If you want to change the **Tuning\n status** for a model that you created in Discovery for Media, do so before\n Discovery for Media is deprecated.\n\nWhat's not changing?\n--------------------\n\n- All of your documents, user events, models, and settings in Discovery for\n Media persist in media recommendations apps and data stores.\n\n- All of the APIs remain the same.\n\n- The Discovery Engine console page will no longer be updated with new\n features.\n\nWhat's next?\n------------\n\n- Familiarize yourself with [Vertex AI Search](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/introduction#es-and-personalize)\n and [Vertex AI Search for media](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/about-media).\n\n- Open the [AI Applications console](https://console.cloud.google.com/gen-app-builder/engines)\n and see how your data, models, and configurations are represented.\n\n- Try out media recommendations:\n\n - [Import data into a media data store](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/create-data-store-media).\n - [Create media apps](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/create-app-media).\n - [Get media recommendations](/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/preview-recommendations#get-media-recommendations)"]]
