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Microsoft launches Phi-3 Mini AI model with 3.8B parameters

The Verge — April 23, 2024, 08:00 AM UTC

Summary: Microsoft launched Phi-3 Mini, a lightweight AI model with 3.8 billion parameters, trained on a smaller dataset. It outperforms its predecessor and can provide responses comparable to models 10 times its size. Microsoft plans to release Phi-3 Small (7B parameters) and Phi-3 Medium (14B parameters). Small AI models like Phi-3 are cost-effective and excel on personal devices. Competitors like Google and Meta also offer small AI models for specific tasks.

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    Microsoft introduces cost-effective Phi-3-Mini language model series (MarTech)
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    Microsoft introduces Phi-3-Mini, part of efficient SLM family (The Indian Express)
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    Microsoft launched cost-effective Phi-3-mini Small Language Model (MediaNama.com)
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    Microsoft introduces Phi-3-mini AI model, cost-effective and versatile (Ars Technica)
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    Microsoft launches cost-effective Phi-3-mini language model in 2024 (The Express Tribune)
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    Microsoft introduces Phi-3 Mini AI model with 3.8B parameters (ReadWrite)
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    Microsoft launches Phi-3-mini AI model for businesses (CNBCTV18)
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