Microsoft has released its new open source model Phi-4 Incredibly powerful for its size and you can run it locally on your laptop! Completely free and available on Mac, Windows, Linux 🧵

1. Download LM Studio Go to and download the version for your OS.

2. Download Phi-4 Open LM Studio and in the search section type “Phi-4”. Select a GGUF version for Windows/Linux or MLX for macOS. Tip: if you have a potato laptop (like me), choose the Unsloth version.

3. You're done! When the model is downloaded, go to the conversation section. Select the model you've just downloaded in the top bar to load it. Now you can start chatting in total privacy, with no need for an internet connection!

Great rundown of our new product using it on the road 🏎️ with your Mac and PC and then on planes ✈️ with your iPhone for watching movies is a game changer ✅ Aluminium Build ✅ Works with one cable for Mac, PC, iPhone (15 and later) ✅ 1080p/16m colours/300nits ✅ 0.2"/5mm thin

Free and open source? Has anyone read the license? Microsoft's definition of 'open' usually comes with more strings attached than a puppet show.

I could see a SaaS use case for this.

What type of SaaS?

I instantly downloaded it when I've read about its release.

Same. Love the fact that it's under MIT license.

It was released a month ago on reddit …

Available via API on Azure for ≈1 month but the model has just been published (2/3 days ago or smth) and can be used locally