Microsoft Releases 14B-Parameter Phi-4 AI Model as Open Source on Hugging Face Under MIT License

Jan 8, 2025, 04:31 PM

Microsoft Corp. has released its Phi-4 AI model as a fully open-source project on Hugging Face, making it available under an MIT License. The model, which was initially introduced in December 2024 on Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry platform, is now accessible to anyone with a Hugging Face account. Phi-4, with its 14 billion parameters, has been designed to outperform larger models in areas such as mathematical reasoning and multitask language understanding, while requiring fewer computational resources. This release marks a significant move by Microsoft towards promoting efficiency in AI development and deployment, allowing businesses and developers to utilize the model for commercial applications without the need for extensive computational resources.