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Mark McDonald

Mark McDonald

Developer Advocate - Google DeepMind

Perth, Australia

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Mark is an engineer in the Google DeepMind developer relations team, and is based in Perth, Australia.

He co-wrote the (Guinness World Record holding) Kaggle [5-day Generative AI course](https://www.kaggle.com/learn-guide/5-day-genai), introducing hundreds of thousands of developers to building with GenAI.

But normally he works with DeepMind research teams to bring cutting-edge technology to developers of all kinds, and works with GenAI builders to bring Gemini to apps of all kinds.

He's worked on a range of Google products, including the Gemini API, PaLM API, TensorFlow, Google Maps and even Santa Tracker.

Getting Hands-on with MakerSuite and the PaLM API

Learn about Google's new tools for Large Language Models (LLMs). First, you'll learn to how use MakerSuite, a user friendly tool for working with LLMs right in your browser. Next, you'll learn how to use the PaLM API in Python, with an easy to follow code walkthrough. No prior ML experience is necessary for this session, we'll start from the basics, and all are welcome.

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Mark McDonald

Developer Advocate - Google DeepMind

Perth, Australia

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