AI in .NET: The Complete Landscape for Developers
Map the 2026 AI in .NET ecosystem: Microsoft.Extensions.AI, Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, vector data, MCP, ML.NET, ONNX and Foundry, and when to use each.
20 articles about Artificial Intelligence: in-depth .NET and AI guides, senior interview questions and AI news on DotNet AI Hub.
Map the 2026 AI in .NET ecosystem: Microsoft.Extensions.AI, Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, vector data, MCP, ML.NET, ONNX and Foundry, and when to use each.
Build AI agents in C# with Microsoft Agent Framework 1.x: ChatClientAgent, sessions, tools, MCP, workflows, human approval, hosting and migration.
Master Microsoft.Extensions.AI: IChatClient, IEmbeddingGenerator, streaming, tool calling, middleware pipelines, DI registration, custom clients and testing.
Learn ML.NET in C#: MLContext, IDataView, pipelines, trainers, AutoML, metrics, PredictionEnginePool, ONNX, and when to pick ML.NET over LLMs.
Semantic Kernel in practice for C#: kernel, plugins, prompt templates, automatic function calling, filters, vector search, agents, and its 2026 role.
Learn how embeddings and vector databases work in .NET: similarity metrics, HNSW indexes, Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData and pgvector, SQL Server and Qdrant.
Senior .NET interview questions on ML.NET and ONNX: pipeline design, feature engineering, evaluation metrics, PredictionEnginePool deployment and model drift.
A federal judge ruled the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation of Anthropic unlawful. Here is how the dispute unfolded and what it means for AI buyers.
Google DeepMind published its Co-Scientist multi-agent research system in Nature in May 2026 and began offering it to scientists through Gemini for Science.
Anthropic's May 14, 2026 paper sketches two 2028 scenarios for US-China AI competition and urges tighter chip export controls and action on distillation.
Anthropic gave $20 million to Public First Action on February 12, 2026 to back AI transparency and chip export controls, then added another $20 million in July.
Anthropic endorsed California's SB 53 on September 8, 2025. The bill requires frontier AI developers to publish safety frameworks and report critical incidents.
Anthropic tightened its regional rules on September 4, 2025, barring entities over 50% owned by firms in unsupported regions such as China from using Claude.
The White House released America's AI Action Plan on July 23, 2025. Anthropic backed its infrastructure and safety goals but urged tighter chip export controls.
Anthropic's Build AI in America report, released July 21, 2025, estimates U.S. AI needs at least 50 GW of electric capacity by 2028 and proposes energy reforms.
Anthropic said on July 21, 2025 that it will sign the EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, days before AI Act duties for model providers began to apply.
A July 2025 METR randomized trial found experienced open-source developers took 19% longer with early-2025 AI tools, though they believed AI made them faster.
Google DeepMind introduced AlphaGenome in June 2025, a model that reads up to 1 million DNA base pairs to predict how genetic variants affect gene regulation.
Microsoft declared Microsoft.Extensions.AI and the Vector Data extensions generally available in May 2025, giving .NET a stable, provider-neutral AI layer.
The EU AI Act's first rules applied on 2 February 2025, banning eight AI practices and adding an AI literacy duty. What it means for developers.