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Databricks AI assistive features

This page introduces AI assistive features in Databricks that can help you work more efficiently.

What are Databricks AI assistive features?

Databricks AI assistive features are ready-to-use tools available in Databricks workspaces that provide intelligent support and assistance with various tasks.

Databricks AI assistive features comprise of:

AI assistive feature

Description

Databricks Assistant

An AI assistant that helps users interact with their data, notebooks, and workflows by providing intelligent, context-aware responses and automation.

Genie

Set up Genie spaces to explore chosen datasets through natural language. Ask Genie questions about your company’s data to analyze information and gain business insights.

AI-generated comments

Auto-generated comments that describe your Unity Catalog objects, including tables, columns, catalogs, and schemas using metadata.

Intelligent search

AI-powered search experience that uses Unity Catalog comments to provide more context-aware search results.

These features use compound AI systems that combine the use of AI models, retrieval, ranking, and personalization systems to understand your organization's data and usage patterns. They enable everyone in an organization to be more productive using data and AI, while maintaining the governance and controls established in Unity Catalog.

Partner-powered AI features

By default, Databricks AI assistive features are partner-powered by Azure OpenAI service and Amazon Bedrock. Admins can choose to disable the partner-powered AI features setting. When the setting is disabled, Databricks AI assistive features use Databricks-hosted models where available, or are disabled entirely. For more information, see Partner-powered AI features.

Databricks AI features: Trust and safety

Databricks understands the importance of your data and the trust you place in us when you use Databricks services. Databricks is committed to the highest standards of data protection and has implemented rigorous measures to ensure your information is protected. For details, see Databricks AI assistive features trust and safety.