--- title: "Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs" url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-phi-3-redefining-what-s-possible-with-slms-fesmqqtqu source_url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-phi-3-redefining-whats-possible-with-slms/ type: article source: "Microsoft Azure" published: 2024-04-29T04:04:38.639Z updated: 2025-09-06T02:36:49.610Z tags: ["ai", "azure-ai", "machine-learning", "nlp"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 3 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)