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Nvidia's Llama-3.1-Minitron 4B is a small language model that punches above its weight

As tech companies race to deliver on-device AI, we are seeing a growing body of research and techniques for creating small language models (SLMs) that can run on resource-constrained devices. The ...
VentureBeat

Mistral's Small 4 consolidates reasoning, vision and coding into one model — at a fraction of the inference cost

Enterprises that have been juggling separate models for reasoning, multimodal tasks, and agentic coding may be able to simplify their stack: Mistral’s new Small 4 brings all three into a single ...
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OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 mini and nano small models

OpenAI has released two compact models in its GPT‑5.4 family, branded GPT‑5.4 mini and GPT‑5.4 nano, and is promoting them as small but capable options for developers and device makers. The company ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new, freely available lightweight AI language model named Phi-3-mini, which is simpler and less expensive to operate than traditional large language models (LLMs) ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Steve Sanderson Previews AI App Dev: Small Models, Agents and a Blazor Voice Assistant

Blazor creator Steve Sanderson presented a keynote at the recent NDC London 2025 conference where he previewed the future of .NET application development with smaller AI models and autonomous agents, ...