Infosys leans into small language models for industry use cases
Infosys launched Infosys Topaz BankingSLM and Infosys Topaz ITOpsSLM to spearhead a rollout of small language models.
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Infosys launched Infosys Topaz BankingSLM and Infosys Topaz ITOpsSLM to spearhead a rollout of small language models.
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