AI-driven text-to-SQL techniques, like Gemini, empower users to interact with data directly, increasing productivity for developers and analysts.Google Cloud products, including BigQuery Studio and Vertex AI, feature text-to-SQL capabilities for SQL generation.Challenges in text-to-SQL include providing business-specific context, understanding user intent, and navigating SQL dialect differences.LLMs like Gemini excel in translating complex questions into SQL, but understanding context and user intent poses difficulties.Techniques like intelligent retrieval, disambiguation using LLMs, and in-context-learning help address text-to-SQL challenges.Self-consistency, validation, and continuous evaluations play key roles in improving text-to-SQL models and systems.Google Cloud continually refines text-to-SQL agents through SQL-aware models and advanced techniques for accurate SQL generation.Evaluation metrics and continuous testing enable quick assessment of new models and approaches to enhance text-to-SQL capabilities.Synthetic benchmarks, coverage of different SQL engines, and human-analyzed metrics aid in evaluating text-to-SQL performance effectively.The advancement of text-to-SQL offers organizations the opportunity to leverage AI for efficient data interaction and decision-making.