Small language models are like specialised tools in a toolbox, compared to something like ChatGPT that brings the whole workshop.

Microsoft Corp. today released the code for Phi-4, a small language model that can generate text and solve math problems. The company first detailed the model last month. Initially, Phi-4 was only ...

Early this year, Microsoft introduced the Phi-3 family of small language models. Today, Microsoft introduced Phi-4, a 14B parameter state-of-the-art small language model (SLM) that even beats OpenAI's ...

Sometimes the best way to solve a complex problem is to take a page from a children’s book. That’s the lesson Microsoft researchers learned by figuring out how to pack more punch into a much smaller ...

When you think of language models in relation to generative artificial intelligence (AI), the first term that probably comes to mind is large language model (LLM). These LLMs power most popular ...

According to analyst Gartner, small language models (SLMs) offer a potentially cost-effective alternative for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) development and deployment because they are ...

Small language models shine for domain-specific or specialized use cases, while making it easier for enterprises to balance performance, cost, and security concerns. Since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022 ...

In brief: Small language models are generally more compact and efficient than LLMs, as they are designed to run on local hardware or edge devices. Microsoft is now bringing yet another SLM to Windows ...