Microsoft.Extensions.AI - What is it?

[rajyraman]

I had a look at the diagram on the Microsoft.Extensions.AI post and it mentions SK.

But none of these packages in https://github.com/dotnet/extensions seem to use SK.

So, is Microsoft.Extensions.AI something you use instead of SK? If not, are these any samples that show how this can be used with SK?

The samples in https://github.com/dotnet/ai-samples/blob/main/src/microsoft-extensions-ai/README.md don't seem to refer SK either.

[evchaki]

@rajyraman - thanks for asking. We have a blog post here ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/microsoft-extensions-ai-simplifying-ai-integration-for-net-partners/ ) that might be helpful.

Microsoft.Extensions.AI is made from Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Abstractions (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Abstractions) in order to help support our growing ISV and AI Service partner community. When Microsoft.Extensions.AI is GA we will use that as an SDK that we call into - just like we do for all of the other SDK's below SK.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

[rajyraman]

@evchaki - I just finished watching Steve Sanderson's demo on dotnetConf about this. Amazing stuff! Makes total sense now.

[AshD]

Is there a Github link for Microsoft.Extensions.AI?

[AshD]

Found it https://github.com/dotnet/extensions/tree/main/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI