Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its open-source Agent Framework, positioning it as the production-ready evolution of the project introduced in October 2025 by combining Semantic Kernel ...

Microsoft ships Agent Framework 1.0 but Azure's agent stack still spans too many surfaces while Google and AWS offer cleaner developer paths.

Microsoft switched gears on its plan for the initial release of its Semantic Kernel SDK for AI development after finding its API was being used in unexpected ways. The SDK acts like an AI ...

At the heart of Microsoft’s AI application development strategy is Semantic Kernel, an open source set of tools for managing and orchestrating AI prompts. Since its launch as a way to simplify ...

DataStax, the generative AI data company, is announcing an integration with Microsoft Semantic Kernel—an open-source SDK that simplifies the building of agents with an organization’s existing code.

Large language models (LLMs) by themselves are less than meets the eye; the moniker “stochastic parrots” isn’t wrong. Connect LLMs to specific data for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and you get ...

Elastic is the first vector database to support blended text and semantic retrieval techniques for .NET developers for more relevant, accurate results for search queries SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, ...

A principal software architect whose fingerprints are on two of Microsoft’s open source AI frameworks, plus the connective ...