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Phi-3 Technical Report: A Highly Capable Language Model Locally on Your Phone research paper by Microsoft, 2024

Microsoft · Foundation models · Apr 22, 2024 · 2,649 citations · 262 upvotes

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Small models trained on filtered and synthetic data that run on a phone and rival much larger ones.

By Marah Abdin, Sam Ade Jacobs, Ammar Ahmad Awan and 81 more · arXiv 2404.14219 · PDF

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CitationsNov 9, 2026Influential citations rose from 375 to 379.
CitationsNov 9, 2026Citations rose from 2,628 to 2,649.
CitationsNov 2, 2026Influential citations rose from 364 to 375.
CitationsNov 2, 2026Citations rose from 2,553 to 2,628.
CitationsOct 12, 2026Influential citations fell from 365 to 364.
CitationsOct 12, 2026Citations rose from 2,533 to 2,553.
CitationsOct 5, 2026Citations rose from 2,508 to 2,533.
CitationsSep 28, 2026Influential citations rose from 364 to 365.
CitationsSep 28, 2026Citations rose from 2,497 to 2,508.
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