- Developers can now build AI agents that ‘self-heal’ with Google Cloud
- Go has been added to the list of supported programming languages
- Dashboards improve observability and security
Google Cloud has rolled out a series of updates to its Vertex AI Agent Builder in the hopes that developers will continue to build, test and deploy AI agents on its platform with an emphasis on faster builds.
The company has updated its Agent Development Kit (ADK) to allow developers to use pre-built plugins, such as a new one designed to help agents ‘self-heal’, meaning they can become even more autonomous.
Go has also been added as a supported programming language, on top of existing Python and Java support, which Google emphasizes increases accessibility.
Google wants developers to build their AI agents even faster
Once agents are built, a single command via the ADK CLI will see them deployed. “This is a major upgrade to help you move your agent from local development to live testing and production deployment quickly and seamlessly,” noted Director of Product Management Mike Clark.
After their AI agents are deployed, developers will now gain additional observability through dashboard enhancements, including monitoring token usage, latency, errors, and tool calls.
A dedicated playground will also allow them to test and troubleshoot faster, while the Traces tab helps visualize agent action sequences to diagnose problems with clear paths.
PayPal’s Principal Engineer for AI Nitin Sharma praised Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Agent Builder for its support across “inspect[ing] agent interactions, follow[ing] state changes and manage[ing] multi-agent workflows.”
However, with faster development and implementation, there may be increased security risks, so Google has also addressed these.
“Many developers are prototyping AI agents, but moving to a scalable, secure and well-managed production agent is far more complex,” added Clark.
Model Armor will screen utility calls and agent responses and check for rapid injection, while the security command center acts as an inventory of agents.
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