7.6.4 Perform Prerequisites for Select AI

Before you use Select AI, here are the steps to enable DBMS_CLOUD_AI.

The following are required to use DBMS_CLOUD_AI:

• Access to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure cloud account and to an Autonomous Database instance.
• A paid API account of a supported AI provider, one of:

  AI Provider	API Keys
  OpenAI	See Use OpenAI to get your API keys.
  OpenAI-compatible providers	See Use OpenAI-Compatible Providers to get your API keys and provider_endpoint.
  Cohere	See Use Cohere to get your secret API keys.
  Azure OpenAI Service	See Use Azure OpenAI Service for more information on how to configure Azure OpenAI Service.
  OCI Generative AI	See Use OCI Generative AI .
  Google	See Use Google to get your API keys.
  Anthropic	See Use Anthropic to get your API keys.
  Hugging Face	See Use Hugging Face to get your API keys.
  AWS	See Use AWS to get your API keys and model ID.

• Network ACL privileges to access your external AI provider.

  Note:

  Network ACL privileges are not required for OCI Generative AI.
• A credential that provides access to the AI provider.

• Grant Privileges for Select AI
  To use Select AI, the administrator must grant the EXECUTE privilege on the DBMS_CLOUD_AI package. Learn about additional privileges required for Select AI and its features.
• Examples of Privileges to Run Select AI
  Review examples of privileges required to use Select AI and its features.