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Domain-Specific Small Language Models (Manning)

Manning Publications announced 'Domain-Specific Small Language Models' by Guglielmo Iozzia, a book teaching developers to build generative AI models optimized for specific fields using commodity hardware. The book covers fine-tuning, quantization, and deployment on devices like laptops and smartphones, targeting cost- or hardware-constrained environments.

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| 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. In this book Guglielmo Iozzia teaches how to build generative AI models optimized for specific fields. Perfect for cost- or hardware-constrained environments, Small Language Models (SLMs) train on domain specific data for high-quality results in specific tasks. In this book you’ll develop SLMs that can generate everything from Python code to protein structures and antibody sequences, all on commodity hardware. <ASIN:1633436705 > Author: Guglielmo Iozzia Publisher: Manning Date: May 2026 Pages: 376 ISBN: 978-1633436701 Print: 1633436705 Kindle: B0FSSMWPF8 Audience: Developers interested in machine learning Level: Intermediate Category: Artificial Intelligence Topics include:

  • 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
  • ONNX and other quantization methods
  • Integrate SLMs into end-to-end applications
  • Deploy SLMs on laptops, smartphones, and other devices

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