2025-05-08
Microsoft's Phi 4 responds to a simple "Hi" with 56 thoughts
Developer Simon Willison has noticed that Microsoft's Phi 4 reasoning model thinks for 56 sentences before responding to "Hi".
The article Microsoft's Phi 4 responds to a simple "Hi" with 56 thoughts appeared first on THE DECODER.
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2025-02-27
Microsoft expands its SLM lineup with new multimodal and mini Phi-4 models
Microsoft has added two new models to its Phi small language model family: Phi-4-multimodal, which can handle audio, images and text simultaneously, and Phi-4-mini, a streamlined model focused on text [...]
2025-07-12
Microsoft introduces Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning with up to 10x higher token throughput
Microsoft has introduced Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning, a lightweight AI model built for scenarios with tight computing, memory, or latency limits. Designed for edge devices and mobile apps, the model ai [...]
2025-05-27
How Phi-4-Reasoning Redefines AI Reasoning by Challenging “Bigger is Better” Myth
Microsoft's recent release of Phi-4-reasoning challenges a key assumption in building artificial intelligence systems capable of reasoning. Since the introduction of chain-of-thought reasoning in [...]
2025-01-08
Microsoft releases full Phi-4 model with weights under MIT license
Microsoft Research's new Phi-4 LLM matches the abilities of much larger models while using just 14 billion parameters - about one-fifth the size of similar systems.<br /> The article Micros [...]
2025-05-01
Microsoft's Phi-4-reasoning models outperform larger models and run on your laptop or phone
Microsoft is expanding its Phi series of compact language models with three new variants designed for advanced reasoning tasks.<br /> The article Microsoft's Phi-4-reasoning models outperfo [...]
2025-07-08
Video Games Weekly: Every time this industry grows, it shrinks
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related to [...]
2025-02-28
Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+
The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]
2025-10-01
How to cancel or downgrade your Xbox Game Pass subscription
If raising console prices wasn't enough to scare you away, Microsoft has also increased the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50 percent. That makes the subscription cost $30 per month when it [...]