Microsoft product announcement or official press releases

Microsoft and Harvard's rStar AI Boosts Small Language Models' Reasoning

Aug 13, 2024, 06:54 AM

Researchers from Microsoft Research Asia and Harvard University have introduced a novel AI approach called Self-play Mutual Reasoning (rStar). This method significantly enhances the reasoning capabilities of small language models (SLMs) during inference without the need for fine-tuning. The rStar approach employs a self-play mutual reasoning technique, which allows smaller language models to perform complex problem-solving tasks more effectively. This advancement is seen as a significant step forward in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of smaller AI models.