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 ...

Microsoft’s new Phi-4, a 14-billion-parameter language model, represents a significant development in artificial intelligence, particularly in tackling complex reasoning tasks. Designed for ...

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 ...

Last year, Microsoft revealed Copilot+ PCs featuring a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) capable of over 40 TOPS or more. These Copilot+ PCs came with Phi-Silica, an on-device SLM to bring ...

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 ...

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 ...