OpenAI’s Swarm: A Lightweight Framework for AI Agents
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Swarm
OpenAI has just released Swarm, a new lightweight framework for building and orchestrating AI agents. In this post, we’ll take a deep dive into what Swarm is, how it works, and why it could be a game-changer for developers looking to experiment with agentic AI systems.
What are AI Agents?
Before we jump into Swarm specifically, let’s quickly review what we mean by AI agents. An AI agent is essentially a system that uses artificial intelligence (typically a large language model) along with tools to accomplish specific goals. We can think of an agent as having a few key components:
- A “brain” powered by an LLM
- The ability to observe and take in information
- Internal decision-making capabilities
- The ability to take actions (often by using various tools)
- Some form of memory to retain context
Agents can be designed to handle all kinds of tasks — from answering customer support queries to analyzing data to writing code. The key is that they can make decisions and take actions somewhat autonomously to achieve their objectives.
