Sunil Mallya on Small Language Models

In episode 661 of “Software Engineering Radio,” Sunil Mallya, cofounder and chief technology officer of Flip AI, discusses small language models (SLMs) with host Brijesh Ammanath. They begin by considering the technical distinctions between SLMs and large language models. They further dive into trai...

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Published inIEEE software Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 112 - 115
Main Authors Ammanath, Brijesh, Blumen, Robert, Vaidhyanathan, Karthik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Alamitos IEEE 01.07.2025
IEEE Computer Society
Subjects
Interviews
Large language models
Software engineering
Software radio
Training
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ISSN0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI10.1109/MS.2025.3557881

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Summary:In episode 661 of “Software Engineering Radio,” Sunil Mallya, cofounder and chief technology officer of Flip AI, discusses small language models (SLMs) with host Brijesh Ammanath. They begin by considering the technical distinctions between SLMs and large language models. They further dive into training strategies, domain specialization, and real-world applicability. Sunil also shares insights from Flip AI’s work, highlighting challenges enterprises face. The episode wraps with exciting research trends. We provide summary excerpts next; to hear the full interview, visit http://www.se-radio.net or access our archives via RSS at http://feeds.feedburner.com/se-radio.—Robert Blumen and Karthik Vaidhyanathan
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ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/MS.2025.3557881