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2/10/21 - Announcing an Azure Cognitive Services – Speech AMA!
We are very excited to announce an Azure Cognitive Services – Speech AMA! We'll be answering your questions on how to add capabilities like Text-to-Speech and Custom Neural Voice with Azure Speech service. The AMA will take place on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT in the Azure AI AMA space. Add the event to your calendar and view in your time zone here. An AMA is a live online event similar to a “YamJam” on Yammer or an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. This AMA gives you the opportunity to connect with Microsoft product experts who will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to feedback. Please note, if you are unable to participate on the day of the event, we will open up the space for new questions 24 hours before the event, so feel free to post your questions beforehand if it fits your schedule or time zone better. BEFORE THE EVENT - check out these resources: Learn more about text to speech capability: Build a natural custom voice for your brand (microsoft.com) Check out Friday's AI show featuring Edward Un and Sarah Bird!3/10/21 - Announcing an Azure Cognitive Search AMA!
We are very excited to announce an Azure Cognitive Search AMA! The AMA will take place on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT in the Azure AI AMA space. Add the event to your calendar and view in your time zone here. An AMA is a live online event similar to a “YamJam” on Yammer or an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. This AMA gives you the opportunity to connect with Microsoft product experts who will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to feedback. The space is now open for new questions (24 hours before the event), so feel free to post your questions anytime beforehand if it fits your schedule or time zone better.
Welcome to the AI Platform Tech Community!
There are several exciting things happening in the AI space and across AI platform at Microsoft. Welcome to the AI platform tech community where we would like to share our learnings from our engagements working closely with partners and customers. You will see blog articles providing deep dives, getting started and 'tips and tricks' across various AI technology areas. This community includes members from the AI Platform customer engineering and product teams. Thanks!Get Rewarded for Sharing Your Experience with Microsoft Azure AI
We invite our valued Microsoft Azure AI customers to share your firsthand experience developing with Azure AI by writing a review on Gartner Peer Insights. Your review will not only assist other developers and technical decision-makers but also help shape the future of our AI products. Thank you for your time and contribution, and we are excited to hear your thoughts! To Write a Review & Claim Your Reward: Read our blog for next steps. You will receive a $25 gift card, a 3-month subscription to Gartner research, or a donation to a charitable cause as a token of our appreciation.4/28/21 AMA - Conversational AI on Bot Framework Composer and the Telephony Channel
We are very excited to announce a Conversational AI with Bot Framework Composer and the Telephony Channel AMA! The AMA will take place on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT in the Azure AI AMA space. Add the event to your calendar and view in your time zone here. An AMA is a live text-based online event similar to a “YamJam” on Yammer or an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. This AMA gives you the opportunity to connect with Microsoft product experts who will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to feedback. The space will be open 24 hours before the event, so feel free to post your questions anytime beforehand during that period if it fits your schedule or time zone better.2/10/21: That's a wrap: Azure Cognitive Services – Speech AMA
Thank you for joining us for this action-packed hour and voicing your questions and feedback in this Azure Cognitive Services - Speech AMA! Please answer our poll here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-ai-ama/request-we-would-love-to-hear-your-feedback-on-your-tts-building/td-p/2120672 If you still have Cognitive Services questions, feel free to post in our Cognitive Services discussion space: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/cognitive-services/bd-p/CognitiveServices See summary of questions and answered attached!How to Build AI Agents in 10 Lessons
Microsoft has released an excellent learning resource for anyone looking to dive into the world of AI agents: "AI Agents for Beginners". This comprehensive course is available free on GitHub. It is designed to teach the fundamentals of building AI agents, even if you are just starting out. What You'll Learn The course is structured into 10 lessons, covering a wide range of essential topics including: Agentic Frameworks: Understand the core structures and components used to build AI agents. Design Patterns: Learn proven approaches for designing effective and efficient AI agents. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): Enhance AI agents by incorporating external knowledge. Building Trustworthy AI Agents: Discover techniques for creating AI agents that are reliable and safe. AI Agents in Production: Get insights into deploying and managing AI agents in real-world applications. Hands-On Experience The course includes practical code examples that utilize: Azure AI Foundry GitHub Models These examples help you learn how to interact with Language Models and use AI Agent frameworks and services from Microsoft, such as: Azure AI Agent Service Semantic Kernel Agent Framework AutoGen - A framework for building AI agents and applications Getting Started To get started, make sure you have the proper set-up. Here are the 10 lessons Intro to AI Agents and Agent Use Cases Exploring AI Agent Frameworks Understanding AI Agentic Design Principles Tool Use Design Pattern Agentic RAG Building Trustworthy AI Agents Planning Design Multi-Agent Design Patterns Metacognition in AI Agents AI Agents in Production Multi-Language Support To make learning accessible to a global audience, the course offers multi-language support. Get Started Today! If you are eager to learn about AI agents, this course is an excellent starting point. You can find the complete course materials on GitHub at AI Agents for Beginners.6/3: Announcing an Azure Cognitive Search AMA!
We are very excited to announce an Azure Cognitive Search AMA! The AMA will take place on Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT in the Azure AI AMA space. Add the event to your calendar and view in your time zone here. An AMA is a live text-based online event similar to a “YamJam” on Yammer or an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. This AMA gives you the opportunity to connect with Microsoft product experts who will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to feedback. The space will be open 24 hours before the event, so feel free to post your questions anytime beforehand if it fits your schedule or time zone better.3/10/21 - That's a wrap on our Azure Cognitive Search AMA!
Thank you for joining us for this action-packed hour and voicing your questions and feedback in this Azure Cognitive Search AMA! If you still have Cognitive Services questions, feel free to post in our Cognitive Services discussion space: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/cognitive-services/bd-p/CognitiveServices We have attached a summary of the questions and answers here in this thread. See you next time!
