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Cortex AI Function Optimization for more efficient AI implementations (Public Preview)
Mon, September 21, 2026
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Snowflake Cortex AI Function Optimization is now available in public preview, enabling customers to automatically search across prompts and models for improved implementations of custom AI Functions.
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