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...

One of the principal features of Semantic Kernel is its ability to integrate various AI services seamlessly. We are pleased to announce that this capability now extends to AWS Bedrock. With AWS Bedrock, you can access foundational models such as the Amazon Titan models. The new connector supports Chat Completion, Text Generation, and Text Embedd...

Introducing new Ollama Connector for Local Models  As a long-awaited feature we are happy to bring a dedicated Ollama Connector. In the core implementation of this connector, we are also using the Ollama Sharp library which allows you to manipulate some native Ollama APIs as well as using it with our connector for breaking glass scenarios (provide...

Introduction  With the latest launch of the Azure AI Inference SDK for Azure AI Studio Models Catalog, we are happy to announce that we have also made available our dedicated Azure AI Inference Semantic Kernel Connector.  This connector is specially designed on top of the published Azure AI Inference SDK and is targeted to allow easy access to ...

Hi all, With Microsoft Build approaching, we wanted to share some walk throughs and samples of Semantic Kernel. Today we're going to dive into a Restaurant booking sample to showcase multiple features of Semantic Kernel. This sample provides a practical demonstration of how to leverage features from the Semantic Kernel to build a console appl...

Plugins are one of the most powerful features of Semantic Kernel and in this demo we show how you can easily use Plugins with the power of Auto Function Calling from AI Models.   A Glimpse into the Demonstration  Time Information Plugin  In the demo we implement a simple class TimeInformantionPlugin with one function to retrieve the UTC time in ...

Hi all, With Microsoft Build approaching, we wanted to share some walk throughs of using Semantic Kernel to get started if you haven't already. Today we're going to dive into the Getting Started guide we have in the main Semantic Kernel GitHub repository for .NET. Getting Started with Semantic Kernel  We are excited to announce new enhance...

We are thrilled to introduce a new feature within Semantic Kernel that promises to improve AI capabilities: Image to Text modality service abstraction, with a new HuggingFace Service implementation using this capability. A Glimpse into the Demonstration In the video below, we’ll walk through a compelling demonstration of a simple Windows Form...