--- title: Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs description: Microsoft introduces Phi-3, a family of open AI models that redefine what's possible with small language models (SLMs). Phi-3 models outperform models of the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-phi-3-redefining-what-s-possible-with-slms-fesmqqtqu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft introduces Phi-3, a family of open AI models that redefine what's possible with small language models (SLMs). Phi-3 models outperform models of the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-phi-3-redefining-what-s-possible-with-slms-fesmqqtqu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FESmqqTqu.png og:image:alt: Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs **[Microsoft Azure](https://daily.dev/sources/azure)** · 5 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft introduces Phi-3, a family of open AI models that redefine what's possible with small language models (SLMs). Phi-3 models outperform models of the same size and larger across various benchmarks. Phi-3-mini, a 3.8B language model, is available on Azure AI Studio and other platforms. Additional models will be added to the Phi-3 family in the future. Phi-3 models are designed with safety principles and responsible AI practices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#azure-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/azure-ai), [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#nlp](https://daily.dev/tags/nlp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-phi-3-redefining-what-s-possible-with-slms-fesmqqtqu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-phi-3-redefining-what-s-possible-with-slms-fesmqqtqu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-phi-3-redefining-what-s-possible-with-slms-fesmqqtqu"},"datePublished":"2024-04-29T04:04:38.639Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:36:49.610Z","description":"Microsoft introduces Phi-3, a family of open AI models that redefine what's possible with small language models (SLMs). Phi-3 models outperform models of the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a1303b0e5a2ca98da43aae0cfebd8e98?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a1303b0e5a2ca98da43aae0cfebd8e98?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Microsoft Azure","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Microsoft Azure","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a8f0c1ccc9cc4cbc8e5606f80e22dc46","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/azure"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-phi-3-redefining-what-s-possible-with-slms-fesmqqtqu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,azure-ai,machine-learning,nlp","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Microsoft Azure","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/azure"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs"}]} ```