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Domain-Specific Small Language Models

Manning Publications announced the release of 'Domain-Specific Small Language Models', a book teaching developers to build and fine-tune small language models (SLMs) optimized for domain-specific tasks such as generating Python code, protein structures, and antibody sequences on commodity hardware. The book covers model sizing, fine-tuning techniques, Hugging Face libraries, and quantization, targeting cost- or hardware-constrained environments.

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Domain-Specific Small Language Models
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Bigger isn’t always better. Train and tune highly focused language models optimized for domain specific tasks. When you need a language model to respond accurately and quickly about a specific field of knowledge, the sprawling capacity of a LLM may hurt more than it helps.

Domain-Specific Small Language Models teaches you to build generative AI models optimized for specific fields.

In

Domain-Specific Small Language Models you’ll discover:

  • Model sizing best practices
  • Open source libraries, frameworks, utilities and runtimes
  • Fine-tuning techniques for custom datasets
  • Hugging Face’s libraries for SLMs
  • Running SLMs on commodity hardware
  • Model optimization or quantization

Perfect for cost- or hardware-constrained environments, Small Language Models (SLMs) train on domain specific data for high-quality results in specific tasks. In

Domain-Specific Small Language Models you’ll develop SLMs that can generate everything from Python code to protein structures and antibody sequences—all on commodity hardware.

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