Accenture and Google Cloud will provide
AI managed services to scale generative AI, including
deployment of Gemini, Google's newest and most capable
model
NEW
YORK and SUNNYVALE,
Calif., Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accenture
(NYSE: ACN) and Google Cloud today announced a new initiative to
help businesses adopt generative AI to improve operations, create
new lines of businesses, and build unique customer experiences.
Accenture and Google Cloud will create a global, joint
generative AI Center of Excellence (CoE) that will provide
businesses with the industry expertise, technical knowledge, and
product resources to build and scale applications using Google
Cloud's generative AI portfolio and accelerate
time-to-value.
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This is the latest step in Accenture and Google Cloud's work to
help organizations reinvent their businesses with generative AI and
unlock new growth opportunities. The new CoE will help enterprises
determine the optimal large language model–including Google's
latest model, Gemini–to use based on their business objectives.
With improved performance, efficiency, and state-of-the-art
capabilities, Gemini can significantly enhance how large
enterprises build and scale with AI to complete highly complex and
common tasks. The Gemini Pro API is available in public preview
now, with Gemini Ultra coming early next year.
The new CoE will combine Accenture's deep model customization
services and full-stack engineering services with Google
Cloud's advanced generative AI technology, providing clients
with:
- Specialized access to Accenture data and AI architects and
engineers to develop advanced prompt engineering strategies for
AI model optimization, fine-tuning, and foundation model
customization—giving clients the unique resources needed to achieve
business outcomes faster with generative AI. This will include
access to Accenture's AI Navigator platform, curated industry
datasets, and support for Google Cloud's Model Garden collection,
with responsible AI controls embedded throughout to help meet
ethical and governance requirements.
- Gemini and a wide selection of large language
models (LLMs), including more than 130 models through Model
Garden on Vertex AI. Vertex AI offers a full stack of AI and
machine learning (ML) development tooling that helps enterprises
quickly adopt and deploy generative AI capabilities within their
organizations, with APIs, MLOps tools, and native integrations with
BigQuery that enable them to easily train, test, and tune models on
a single platform. The CoE will also help enterprises adopt Gemini,
Google's most capable and flexible model, to transform business
operations with its sophisticated reasoning capabilities.
- New rapid prototyping services on Google Cloud to
accelerate development and deployment of generative AI applications
in order to jumpstart new business capabilities across enterprise
operations and industries. This will include powerful use cases
that apply generative AI to improve enterprise search, enhance
customer contact center experiences, automate unstructured document
management and summarization, and more.
- The use of Duet AI for Developers to support code
generation and completion for customers—bringing generative AI to
software engineering teams to enhance every stage of the
development lifecycle.
- Access to Google Cloud's differentiated, AI-optimized
infrastructure, including Tensor Processing Units (TPUs),
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), and Google AI Hypercomputer for
quick training, tuning, and serving of AI models.
- Industry-tested AI managed services and best practices,
based on learnings from Accenture's more than 300 scaled generative
AI projects and AI solutions, and 1,450+ AI patents and
patent-pending applications.
The Accenture and Google Cloud CoE arrives at a critical
juncture as organizations across diverse industries seek to scale
the power of generative AI across their enterprise operations. For
example, health insurance provider Independence Blue Cross has a
long history of using emerging technologies to drive business
value.
"At Independence Blue Cross, we've harnessed the power of AI to
better manage massive amounts of data and show opportunities to
improve member experiences and introduce new services," said
Michael R. Vennera, executive vice
president and chief strategy, corporate development and information
officer, Independence Health Group. "We are looking forward to
working with Accenture and Google Cloud through their new Center of
Excellence to explore new ways generative AI can help proactively
manage our members' health."
"As a catalyst for business reinvention, generative AI will
transform how people work and access information," said
Karthik Narain, group chief
executive–Technology at Accenture. "Organizations want to move from
experimentation with generative AI to scaled implementations
faster. Accenture's deep expertise in managing and scaling large
language models tailored for business needs, paired with tools like
Accenture's model switchboard, can help accelerate adoption. Our
latest joint investment with Google Cloud can help clients drive
quicker business results, as well as long-term value from their
generative AI applications."
"Accenture is a leader in providing AI services that help
enterprises successfully implement generative AI and accelerate
business transformation," said Thomas
Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud. "Through our joint center of
excellence, enterprises across industries have access to leading
technical experts and engineers that can address their most complex
business challenges and quickly begin creating value from Google
Cloud's advanced generative AI technology."
Additionally, Accenture will also expand its own internal use of
Google Cloud technology by making Duet AI for Developers accessible
to thousands of its software engineers—enabling new and expert
developers with sequential and context-sensitive coding suggestions
to accelerate software development.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global
professional services company that helps the world's leading
businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital
core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and
enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and
scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with
approximately 733,000 people serving clients in more than 120
countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are
one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with
strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in
technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched
industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery
capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes
because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across
Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and
Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared
success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help
our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We
measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients,
each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us
at www.accenture.com.
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud accelerates every
organization's ability to digitally transform its business and
industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage
Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers
build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and
territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable
growth and solve their most critical business problems.
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