@DAIEvolutionHub: MICROSOFT JUST OPEN-SOURCED A WAY TO “TRAIN” AI AGENTS WITHOUT TOUCHING MODEL WEIGHTS SkillOpt treats a simple markdown…
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Microsoft open-sourced SkillOpt, a method that treats markdown skill files like neural network parameters to train AI agents without modifying model weights, using learning rates, validation checks, minibatches, and epochs.
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🚨 MICROSOFT JUST OPEN-SOURCED A WAY TO “TRAIN” AI AGENTS WITHOUT TOUCHING MODEL WEIGHTS
SkillOpt treats a simple markdown skill file like neural network parameters and optimizes it with learning rates, validation checks, minibatches, and epochs.
The result? Agents get smarter https://t.co/ZBVU73VoGJ
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