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Microsoft Research open-sources Orchard, a framework for scalable agentic AI
Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI
What happened
Microsoft Research has released Orchard, an open-source framework centered on Orchard Env, a Kubernetes-based environment service that can be reused for different tasks and agent systems, including software engineering, web navigation, and personal assistants.
Why it matters
Microsoft Research has open-sourced a reusable agent-environment service and three training recipes, offering insight into training smaller models within realistic deployment frameworks.
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