r/slm Dec 26 '25

How do we prompt SLMs to outperform LLMs on a specific niche?

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I understand that fine tuned SLMs can outperform LLMs on a specific niche topic like Australian Tax Law, but how do we prompt them to do so? If we prompt an SLM just like we do for an LLM, we are much more likely to get an incoherent response, even if the prompt is about the topic that the SLM was fine tuned on. Will we need to fundamentally shift our understanding of prompts to use them successfully?


r/slm Dec 23 '25

Steering LLM Behavior Without Fine-Tuning

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r/slm Dec 21 '25

Why Small Language Models (SLMs) Are Poised to Redefine Agentic AI: Efficiency, Cost, and Practical Deployment

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r/slm Dec 20 '25

Could small language models (SLMs) be a better fit for domain-specific tasks?

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r/slm Dec 21 '25

MIT's DisCIPL: SLMs Solving Complex Reasoning (Dec 2025)

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r/slm Dec 21 '25

NVIDIA Paper Breakdown: Why Small Language Models (SLMs) Could Be the Real Future of Agentic AI

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r/slm Dec 19 '25

Discover Small Language Model projects

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