Snowflake AI and ML¶

Snowflake offers two broad categories of powerful, intelligent features based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). These features can help you do more with your data in less time than ever before.

Snowflake Cortex is a suite of AI features that use large language models (LLMs) to understand unstructured data, answer freeform questions, and provide intelligent assistance. This suite of Snowflake AI Features comprises:
Snowflake ML provides functionality for you to build your own models.
- ML Functions simplify the process of creating and using traditional machine learning models to detect patterns in your structured data. These powerful analysis tools help time-strapped analysts, data engineers, and data scientists understand, predict, and classify data.
- For data scientists and developers, Snowpark ML lets you develop your own models to solve your unique data challenges, without your data ever needing to leave Snowflake.

Use of Snowflake AI Features¶

With Snowflake AI Features, you’re always in control of your data. This means:

Full security. All AI models run inside of Snowflake’s security and governance perimeter.
Data privacy. Snowflake never uses your Customer Data to train models made available to our customer base.
Control. You have control over your team’s use of AI features through familiar role-based access control.

This table provides the release status, data classifications, and other information for the Snowflake AI Features.

AI Feature	Release status	Input data classification	Output data classification	Contract definition [1]
Snowflake Cortex LLM Functions	Generally available	Usage Data [2]	Customer Data	Covered AI Features
Universal Search	Preview	Usage Data	Usage Data	Preview AI Features
Snowflake Copilot	Preview	Usage Data	Usage Data	Preview AI Features
Document AI	Preview	Usage Data	Customer Data	Preview AI Features
Cortex Fine-tuning	Preview	Usage Data [2]	Customer Data	Preview AI Features

Note

In this table, “Usage Data” and “Customer Data” are as defined in the agreement between you and Snowflake covering your use of the Service, and if not, then they are as defined in our Terms of Service.

Legal Notices¶

If you choose to use any of the Snowflake AI Features, your use is subject to our Acceptable Use Policy.
The outputs of Snowflake AI Features may be inaccurate, inappropriate, inefficient, or biased. Decisions based on such outputs, including those built into automatic pipelines, should have human oversight and review processes to ensure they are safe, accurate, and suitable for your intended use.
Your use of any Snowflake AI Feature that is identified as being powered by a third-party, open-source model is subject to any applicable license agreement and/or acceptable use policy set forth under the Offering-Specific Terms page available at https://www.snowflake.com/legal/.
For further information, see the Snowflake AI Trust and Safety FAQ.