Multimodal AI_SUMMARIZE for automatic theme summarization (Public Preview)

PreviewSep 14, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Snowflake Cortex AI_SUMMARIZE is now available in public preview, enabling customers to summarize text and multimodal content, including images and documents, directly in Snowflake.

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https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/other/2026-09-14-ai-summarize-multimodal-preview

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