VentureBeat February 26, 2025
Microsoft has introduced a new class of highly efficient AI models that process text, images, and speech simultaneously while requiring significantly less computing power than existing systems. The new Phi-4 models, released today, represent a breakthrough in the development of small language models (SLMs) that deliver capabilities previously reserved for much larger AI systems.
Phi-4-Multimodal, a model with just 5.6 billion parameters, and Phi-4-Mini, with 3.8 billion parameters, outperform similarly sized competitors and even match or exceed the performance of models twice their size on certain tasks, according to Microsoft’s technical report.
“These models are designed to empower developers with advanced AI capabilities,” said Weizhu Chen, Vice President, Generative AI at Microsoft. “Phi-4-multimodal, with its ability to process speech, vision,...
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