The BASIC programming language turns 60
Enlarge / Part of the cover illustration from “The Applesoft Tutorial” BASIC manual that shipped with the Apple II computer starting in 1981. Apple, Inc. Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am…
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Apple releases eight small AI language models aimed at on-device use
Getty Images In the world of AI, what might be called “small language models” have been growing in popularity recently because they can be run on a local device instead of requiring data center-grade computers…
Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models
Getty Images 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) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo. Its…