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Building AI Applications with Microsoft Semantic Kernel

You're reading from   Building AI Applications with Microsoft Semantic Kernel Easily integrate generative AI capabilities and copilot experiences into your applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835463703
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lucas A. Meyer Lucas A. Meyer
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Preface 1. Part 1:Introduction to Generative AI and Microsoft Semantic Kernel FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Semantic Kernel 3. Chapter 2: Creating Better Prompts 4. Part 2: Creating AI Applications with Semantic Kernel
5. Chapter 3: Extending Semantic Kernel 6. Chapter 4: Performing Complex Actions by Chaining Functions 7. Chapter 5: Programming with Planners 8. Chapter 6: Adding Memories to Your AI Application 9. Part 3: Real-World Use Cases
10. Chapter 7: Real-World Use Case – Retrieval-Augmented Generation 11. Chapter 8: Real-World Use Case – Making Your Application Available on ChatGPT 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Developing semantic plugins

A semantic plugin is just a collection of semantic functions. Semantic functions are functions that use AI services, such as the OpenAI service or the Azure OpenAI service, to perform tasks.

Important – using the OpenAI services is not free

The semantic functions will call the OpenAI API. These calls require a paid subscription, and each call will incur a cost. The costs are usually small per request. GPT 3.5 costs $0.0002 per thousand tokens, but this can add up if you make a large number of calls. Note also that the prices change frequently, so make sure to check the latest prices on the following websites.

OpenAI pricing: https://openai.com/pricing

Azure OpenAI pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/

Each plugin must have its own directory, and the name of the directory is the plugin name. The directory should contain one subdirectory per function. The name of each subdirectory...

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