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Python Kernel Updates: A Closer Look at Our Redesigned Plugin and Function Integration

April 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024 04/18/24
authorsEvan Mattson, Eduard van Valkenburg
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 ...

Semantic Kernel Office Hours Recordings

April 15, 2024 Apr 15, 2024 04/15/24
Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey
Microsoft Semantic Kernel Office Hour Recordings We are excited to update you on our new location for all Semantic Kernel Office Hours Recordings here: Semantic Kernel Office Hours - YouTube. Recordings from our Semantic Kernel Office Hours will be posted here one week after the session: Semantic Kernel Office Hours - YouTube (image) ...

Customer Case Study: Cognizant & Microsoft Collaborate to Power Healthcare with Generative AI

April 9, 2024 Apr 9, 2024 04/9/24
Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey
Cognizant and Microsoft Collaborate to Power the Future of Healthcare Administration with Generative AI Check out the entire Cognizant customer story here discussing how they use Microsoft and Semantic Kernel. Cognizant and Microsoft are collaborating to infuse generative AI into healthcare administration. This new, groundbreaking ...

Customer Case Study: DataStax and Semantic Kernel

April 4, 2024 Apr 4, 2024 04/4/24
authorsSophia Lagerkrans-Pandey, Greg Stachnick
Today we’ll dive into a customer case study from Datastax and their recent press release and announcement on the DataStax and Microsoft collaboration on RAG capabilities on DataStax Astra DB Thanks again to the DataStax team for their amazing partnership! Microsoft and DataStax Simplify Building AI Agents with Legacy Apps and Data In ...

Making Plans with Semantic Kernel: Setting Up & Authentication

April 2, 2024 Apr 2, 2024 04/2/24
authorsSophia Lagerkrans-Pandey, José Luis Latorre Millás
Hello all, today we’re featuring a guest author on our Semantic Kernel blog, José Luis Latorre Millás, an MVP for Microsoft focused on AI. We will turn it over to Jose to dive into Making Plans with Semantic Kernel - Setting Up & Authentication. Extending the Reach of the Model Plugins serve as powerful tools that enable us to...

Learning Paths for Semantic Kernel

March 28, 2024 Mar 28, 2024 03/28/24
Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey
We are excited to highlight new learning content released focused on Semantic Kernel. .NET Conf Student Zone - Explore AI On the .NET Conf Student Zone you can learn in a beginner-friendly virtual event where you’ll learn how to build projects using C# and .NET. In the Explore AI dedicated section, shown below, you can learn ...

GUEST POST: How to build a Kernel Memory connector and use Elasticsearch as vector database

January 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 01/8/24
Alessandro Federici
This article will help readers to create their own connectors for Kernel Memory. It will introduce fundamental concepts of Kernel Memory and Elasticsearch and will show some practical use cases of how to use the interface IMemoryDb. The complete source code for the connector is located in the GitHub repository FreeMindLabs.KernelMemory....