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 ...

Back in the early 1990s, I worked in a large telecoms research lab, as part of the Advanced Local Loop group. Our problem domain was the “last mile”—getting services to peoples’ homes. One of my ...

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 is shaping up its Semantic Kernel SDK for AI development for the company's Build developer conference, which might be coming in late May. The SDK acts like an AI orchestration layer for ...

Semantic Kernel SDK and sample app promise to ease the development of intelligent assistants based on AI large language models. Microsoft is supplementing its Semantic Kernel SDK for integrating AI ...

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.

Microsoft’s multi-agent framework, AutoGen, acts as the backbone for many enterprise projects, particularly with the release of AutoGen v0.4 in January. However, the company aims to harmonize all of ...

When standard RAG pipelines retrieve redundant conversational data, long-term AI agents lose coherence and burn tokens.