Twelve months ago, small language models (SLMs) had a reputation: nimble, often cost-effective, but frequently dismissed as lacking the depth and power required for genuinely complex reasoning. Microsoft’s ongoing investment in SLMs has upended this perception, with the Phi family rapidly...
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