Microsoft improved Bing with new large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs), which the company says helped to reduce latency and cost associated with hosting and running search.

While Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar partnership with OpenAI has seemingly begun fraying, the company is still keen on making its mark in the generative AI landscape first-hand. The software giant's ...

Microsoft is advancing small language models (SLM), introducing Phi-4-multimodal and Phi-4-mini after the Phi-4 open-source model's 2024 release. These are tailored for low-computing environments and ...

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 ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. DELRAY BEACH, Fla., March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Small Language Model Market is slated to expand from USD 0.93 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has introduced Mu, a new small language model integrated into Windows 11 to power an AI agent within the Settings app. Last year, Microsoft revealed Copilot+ PCs featuring a dedicated Neural ...

Phi-4 will compete with other small models such as GPT-4o mini, Gemini 2.0 Flash, and Claude 3.5 Haiku. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...

Editor’s note (September 9th): This article has been updated. WHEN TECH folk talk about the lacklustre progress of large language models (LLMs), they often draw an analogy with smartphones. The early ...