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Final week, Microsoft invested $1.5 billion in UAE-based AI agency G42. It has additionally beforehand partnered with French startup Mistral AI to make their fashions obtainable by way of its Azure cloud computing platform. (Picture: Reuters)
Microsoft on Tuesday launched a light-weight synthetic intelligence mannequin, because it seems to be to draw a wider consumer base with cost-effective choices.
The brand new model referred to as Phi-3-mini is the primary of the three small language fashions (SLM) to be launched by the corporate, because it stakes its future on a expertise that’s anticipated to have a wide-ranging impression on the world and the best way individuals work.
“Phi-3 is just not barely cheaper, it is dramatically cheaper, we’re speaking a couple of 10x value distinction in comparison with the opposite fashions on the market with related capabilities,” mentioned Sébastien Bubeck, Microsoft’s vp of GenAI analysis.
SLMs are designed to carry out less complicated duties, making it simpler to be used by firms with restricted assets, the corporate mentioned.
Phi-3-mini might be obtainable instantly on Microsoft cloud service platform Azure’s AI mannequin catalog, machine studying mannequin platform Hugging Face, and Ollama, a framework for operating fashions on an area machine, the corporate mentioned.
Final week, Microsoft invested $1.5 billion in UAE-based AI agency G42. It has additionally beforehand partnered with French startup Mistral AI to make their fashions obtainable by way of its Azure cloud computing platform.
First Printed: Apr 23 2024 | 10:35 PM IST
