@KirkDBorne: "Domain-Specific Small Language Models: Efficient AI for local deployment" available at https://amzn.to/4g7mVqW via @Ma…
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Manning released "Domain-Specific Small Language Models: Efficient AI for local deployment" by Guglielmo Iozzia, covering how to build, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy compact AI models tailored to specific industries and workflows for lower latency, cost, and better data control.
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“Domain-Specific Small Language Models: Efficient AI for local deployment” available at https://amzn.to/4g7mVqW via @ManningBooks + Link to research paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Aw6vxDkjwE12T01UpD6FA5LZlDsc2tzn/view…
Domain-Specific Small Language Models: Efficient AI for local deployment: Iozzia, Guglielmo: 9781633436701: Amazon.com: Books
why this book?
Domain-Specific Small Language Modelsshows how to build compact AI models tuned to a specific industry, workflow, or dataset, rather than relying on oversized general-purpose LLMs.
Readers learn practical techniques for fine-tuning, evaluation, deployment, and optimization, enabling them to run capable models with lower latency, lower infrastructure costs, and tighter control over data and outputs.
The book also helps engineers understand when small language models outperform larger systems in production, especially in environments where privacy, speed, and reliability matter more than raw parameter count.
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