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Semantic Kernel Personas: An Interview with SK Team Member Brian Krabach

July 20, 2023 Jul 20, 2023 07/20/23
John Maeda
We interviewed SK team member Brian Krabach on the emerging concept of "Personas." The idea was born from a need to support longer chat interactions, as most models forget the early parts of conversations as they progress. What did I say again? <smile> In SK Personas, a unique concept that's been developed is "synthetic memories" — ...

Revolutionizing AI Search with Weaviate: An Interview with CEO Bob van Luijt

July 4, 2023 Jul 4, 2023 07/4/23
John Maeda
To use Weaviate with Semantic Kernel, visit the sample notebook on the Semantic Kernel GitHub repo. And if you like the repo, please give it a star! In this interview, Bob van Luijt, CEO and co-founder of Weaviate, shares his journey from starting an internet business at a young age to co-founding Weaviate. Bob discusses the ...

Semantic Kernel + Qdrant = Persistent Memories Powered By Open Source

April 26, 2023 Apr 26, 2023 04/26/23
John Maeda
(image) (image) Interview with Qdrant CEO and co-founder Andre Zayarni Semantic Kernel now works seamlessly with the open-source vector database Qdrant — just launch an instance of Qdrant on Azure with one click and you're good to go. You can learn more about Qdrant's history in this interview with the CEO and co-founder, Andre Zayarni...

Money Talks: Chatting With Your Favorite 10-K

April 18, 2023 Apr 18, 2023 04/18/23
John Maeda
(image) Adam Hurwitz recently shared a popular blog post about using Semantic Kernel to chat with the Microsoft 10-K, which can be extended to any other 10-K document that you like. As a seasoned pro in the space of Financial Services applications, Adam's hands-on experience with LLM AI is indicative of how each industry vertical is on the...

Semantic Kernel Now Available In Python Flavor

April 17, 2023 Apr 17, 2023 04/17/23
John Maeda
Just a few weeks ago we came out with Semantic Kernel in C# and with an experimental branch for Python. Today we're happy to announce that based upon community feedback, we have an official Python release now available on GitHub. You know what that means ... and you're good to go! 🎉🎉🎉 Why Release Semantic Kernel In Python? Python...

How Haiyan Zhang Went from Software Engineer to AI Game Design Innovator

April 11, 2023 Apr 11, 2023 04/11/23
John Maeda
(image) "We're not just creating AI for AI's sake, but we're creating AI that serves a purpose, that solves a problem, that empowers people, that respects people." —Haiyan Zhang Haiyan Zhang is a creative technologist, designer, and maker who has worked on projects ranging from wearable devices for people with Parkinson's to immersive ...