Microsoft has introduced the general public preview of AI Shell, a device designed to toughen your shell with AI features. With AI Shell, the Redmond massive says you’ll be able to engage with more than a few huge language fashions and AI brokers in a conversational approach.

Here are one of the crucial highlights of AI Shell, set out through Microsoft:

• The command-line shell (aish) interface
• A framework for growing AI brokers and different help suppliers
• A EnergyShell module for deeper integration with EnergyShell.
• Built-in AI brokers to get you began help in an instant

With this preview of AI Shell, customers can choose from two incorporated brokers: Azure OpenAI Agent or Copilot in Azure. Explaining the Azure OpenAI Agent, Microsoft writes:

“Azure OpenAI Agent: Powering general-purpose assistance, the Azure OpenAI agent can use any of the AI models provided by Azure open AI to handle broad queries, natural language interpretations or code generation. You can connect it to your deployed Azure OpenAI models if you are looking for more privacy, management of the model settings, or have a model trained with your data. Additionally, you can also utilize OpenAI’s models.”

As for Copilot in Azure, Microsoft says:

“Copilot in Azure: This agent brings the power of Copilot in Azure directly to your CLI. It specializes in delivering cloud-centric assistance, providing Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell commands and helping you automate your Azure-specific tasks.To get started with the Copilot in Azure agent you need sign in to Azure with Azure CLI with an account that has the IAM role for accessing Copilot in Azure.”

Microsoft has two AI Shell modes for Windows customers. If you wish to have it as a self-contained executable that may run in any shell, there may be the standalone executable. There may be the AIShell module for EnergyShell 7, which Microsoft recommends, that permits you to open AI Shell in a facet pane in EnergyShell 7, which permits the 2 to paintings seamlessly in combination.

If you wish to have to put in AI Shell in EnergyShell simply, you’ll be able to run the next command:

Invoke-Expression "& { $(Invoke-RestMethod ' }"

To start the usage of AI Shell after working the command, kind Start-AIShell.

Source: Microsoft