From 'AI slop' to world models, bubbles and small models: What to expect from AI in 2026

Which AI trends are coming in 2026? Euronews Next looks at the rise of world models and small language models as alternatives ...
Forbes

The Rise Of Small Language Models

Cody Pierce is the CEO and founder of Neon Cyber. He has 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and a passion for innovation. Large language models (LLMs) have captured the world’s imagination since ...
InfoWorld

A small language model blueprint for automation in IT and HR

For IT and HR teams, SLMs can reduce the burden of repetitive tasks by automating ticket handling, routing, and approvals, ...
Forbes

Small Language Models – More Effective And Efficient For Enterprise AI

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Exploring Cloud, AI, Big Data and all things Digital Transformation. Frontier models in the billions and trillions of parameters ...
Analytics Insight

Best Open-Source Small Language Models (SLMs) to Watch in 2026

Overview: Small language models excel in efficiency, deployability, and cost-effectiveness, despite their parameter size.Modern SLMs support reasoning, instruct ...
Digi Times

Small models and multimodal become new trend in GenAI

Large and small language models continue to evolve towards multimodal capabilities. In addition to established companies like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta, the French startup Mistral AI has ...
MediaPost

Microsoft Trained Small Language Models To Process, Better Understand Search Queries

Microsoft improved Bing with new large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs), which the company says helped to reduce latency and cost associated with hosting and running search.
Digital Journal

Generative AI: Evaluation of Small Language Models and their applications

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Generative AI has rapidly become a cornerstone of modern technology, revolutionizing how people interact with data and digital content ...
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Large Language Models Get All the Hype, but Small Models Do the Real Work

There’s a paradox at the heart of modern AI: The kinds of sophisticated models that companies are using to get real work done and reduce head count aren’t the ones getting all the attention. Ever-more ...
Retail TouchPointsOpinion

Why Smaller, Smarter AI Models are Giving Retailers an Edge

Because these models are trained on a retailer’s internal data, they respond with accuracy and consistency. That reliability ...
Laweekly

Small Language Models in Healthcare: A Game Changer for Efficiency and Innovation

Advanced AI gave way to Large Language Models, such as Megatron-Turing NLG, capable of executing a huge number of tasks. However, large-scale LLMs come with huge challenges that include high energy ...
SiliconANGLE

H2O.ai releases small language models for multimodal processing tasks

H2O.ai Inc. on Thursday introduced two small language models, Mississippi 2B and Mississippi 0.8B, that are optimized for multimodal tasks such as extracting text from scanned documents. The models ...