Large Language Models Get All the Hype, but Small Models Do the Real Work

For many tasks in corporate America, it’s not the biggest and smartest AI models, but the smaller, more simplistic ones that are winning the day.
TechCrunch

Ai2’s new small AI model outperforms similarly-sized models from Google, Meta

‘Tis the week for small AI models, it seems. Nonprofit AI research institute Ai2 on Thursday released Olmo 2 1B, a 1-billion-parameter model that Ai2 claims beats similarly-sized models from Google, ...
Yahoo Finance

Small Language Models (SMLs) Company Evaluation Report 2025 | Azure AI Integration, Watson Platform Advancements, and On-Device Processing Strengthen Leadership in Health ...

Dublin, Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Small Language Models (SMLs) - Company Evaluation Report, 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Small Language Model ...
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) ...
VentureBeat

UAE’s Falcon 3 challenges open-source leaders amid surging demand for small AI models

The UAE government-backed Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has announced the launch of Falcon 3, a family of open-source small language models (SLMs) designed to run efficiently on lightweight, ...
siliconera

There Will Be 190 Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Pedometer Models

Tanita revealed a new collection of pedometers decorated with all idols from The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls appearing to date. With a total of 190 different models, each pedometer will be available ...