We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of our Memory packages for .NET, Java, and Python! The Semantic Kernel team and our partners have been working hard to allow you to quickly connect to vector stores and make it easy for you to do embeddings and data retrieval between stores. Transforming Data Management with Vector Stores...

We are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) release of Filters for our .NET and Python Semantic Kernel! This vital enhancement strengthens the control and visibility developers have when running functions, ensuring responsible AI practices are instilled from the ground up. Filters not only improve security but also contribute to buildi...

We are thrilled to announce the release of the long-awaited Semantic Kernel Python SDK 1.0.0! This milestone version brings a plethora of enhancements and new features designed to empower AI and app developers with more robust and versatile tools. Exciting New Feature: Shared Prompts Across Languages One of the groundbreaking features of this rel...

We are excited to showcase a Semantic Kernel sample across all 3 languages: .NET, Python and Java! Today we’re going to dive into the Python version of the TimePlugin sample which is featured here. Prerequisites for the Azure OpenAI key or OpenAI key: As covered in our Python README.md or DEV_SETUP.md, Python leverages Pydantic settings. This...

Hi all, We’re looking forward to highlight a Python sample today focused on a Restaurant Bookings sample here. Booking Restaurant - Demo Application This sample provides a practical demonstration of how to leverage features from the Semantic Kernel to build a console application. Specifically, the application utilizes the Business Schedule...

As we approach a stable v1.0 version of the Python Semantic Kernel SDK, we analysed the methods used to add plugins and functions to the kernel. We realised that the variety of available methods might confuse developers. For instance, when should one use versus ? Or versus ? Our goal has always been to keep the SDK as Pythonic and simple as possi...

Hello to all Python enthusiasts working with Semantic Kernel! We are very happy to share some of the latest work we have been doing, namely we introduced not one but two new options for templates: Handlebars and Jinja2. And we also made some updates to the 'semantic-kernel' (default) template as well! This is all now available as of package version...

Greetings, Semantic Kernel Python developers and enthusiasts! We're happy to share a significant update to the Semantic Kernel Python SDK now available in 0.9.1b1 -- a leap towards more efficient and streamlined OpenAI model integration. Your feedback, the need to align with the .NET Semantic Kernel SDK, and our commitment to enhancing developer ex...

The Semantic Kernel team is excited to announce we are on the brink of releasing v1.0.0 of our Python SDK. In our journey towards this significant milestone, the latest beta release (0.9.0b1) has brought essential breaking changes, aligning our Python SDK's capabilities with those of our .NET SDK. Our commitment to Pythonic best practices shines th...