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Microsoft's Orchard Framework Boosts Agentic AI Research
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Why it matters
- →Orchard democratizes access to advanced AI research tools, reducing reliance on proprietary systems.
- →It enables seamless integration of research and real-world application by supporting training within deployment harnesses.
- →The framework's flexibility allows for diverse agentic AI applications, from software engineering to personal assistants.
Microsoft Research has launched Orchard, an open-source framework aimed at enhancing agentic AI research. Orchard provides a scalable environment for training and evaluating AI agents across multiple domains, including software engineering and web navigation. The framework allows for training within real deployment harnesses, facilitating a seamless transition from research to application. This initiative addresses the challenge of proprietary infrastructure in AI research, offering accessible tools and data to the broader community.
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