What it contributes
The ai_query function invokes a model-serving endpoint from SQL and parses the response for real-time or batch inference workflows.
How to read the evidence
Requires a supported runtime or SQL environment, region and endpoint permissions; not available on Databricks SQL Classic. No optimizer equivalence with research engines is implied.
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