# AI roundup: Small language models, Llama 3, podcasts, and on-device AI

DevFeed: [AI roundup: Small language models, Llama 3, podcasts, and on-device AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/0-air-around-ai-a3-38782.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://airaroundai.substack.com/p/0-air-around-ai-a3>)

Author: Pradeep Kumar

Published: 2024-04-28T21:22:51Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Air Around AI](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/air-around-ai.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Language models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/language-models.md>), [AI Models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-models.md>), [llama](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llama.md>), [Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computing.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Meta](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meta.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computing.md>), [language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language.md>), [language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-models.md>), [llama](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llama.md>), [meta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meta.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [on-device](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/on-device.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [small](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/small.md>)

## AI overview

This issue surveys small language models designed to run on devices, including Microsoft Phi-3 and Apple's small language models, and highlights Meta's Llama 3 launch. It also mentions reported funding for xAI, privacy and environmental benefits of on-device models, Llama 3 optimization, and AI podcast tools.

## Source excerpt

AI Small Language Models on device, Podcasts meet AI, Optimize llama-3 & a robo-movie.