Model Mondays S1:E1 - Mar 10, 2025

Model Mondays is a weekly show where we round up the latest AI model news and put one model in the spotlight for a deeper dive. Join the Livestream every Monday at 1:30pm EST
Join the Discord chat every Friday at 1:30pm ET
Learn more at https://aka.ms/model-mondays

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1. New Series · Starts Mar 10 https://aka.ms/model-mondays Model Mondays 10:30 am PT | 1:30 pm ET
2. Watch the Livestream Join the Conversation Explore the Resources Mon 1:30pm ET Microsoft Reactor https://aka.ms/model-mondays/RSVP Fri 1:30pm ET Azure AI Discord https://aka.ms/model-mondays/Discord Watch or Star GitHub Repo https://aka.ms/model-monday #ModelMondays
3. Senior AI Advocate https://aka.ms/model-mondays/RSVP Nitya Narasimhan, PhD Sharmila Chockalingam Senior Product Marketing Mgr. Mar 10, 2025 – 10:30am PT | 1:30pm ET Hands on with GitHub Models
4. 10:30 am PT | 1:30 pm ET
5. Model Mondays Roundup 5 Things To Know This Week Sharmila Chockalingam
6. ❶ · Try Phi-4 model family https://aka.ms/model-mondays
7. ❷ · Azure AI Foundry Labs Get a glimpse of potential future directions for AI, with these experimental technologies from Microsoft Research. https://aka.ms/model-mondays
8. ❸ · Try Cohere Rerank v3.5 https://aka.ms/model-mondays This is a versatile model suitable for your Semantic Search Apps, RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) pipelines and more …
9. ❹ · Try DeepSeek V3 model https://aka.ms/model-mondays we’ve significantly increased model efficiency, reduced latency, and improved the throughput .. a smoother experience for all users.
10. ❺ · Try Stabilityy AI Models https://aka.ms/model-mondays Brings text-to-image and image-to-image capability to Azure AI Foundry catalog with a versatile model for visual generative AI content
11. Hands-on with GitHub Models Explore cutting-edge models for free with just a GitHub account! Nitya Narasimhan, PhD
12. ❶ · Discover | Catalog https://github.com/marketplace/models You only need a GitHub Account and a browser Explore GitHub Model Catalog Select a specific model for a deep dive into usage
13. ❷ · Compare | Model Use https://github.com/marketplace/models Compare two models in the Playground Enter question once – both stay in sync to reply Get intuitive understanding of complexity, user experience and costs for usage
14. ❸ · Prototype | Playground https://github.com/marketplace/models Launch the Prompt Editor Modify System message, try test question, iterate Launch Model Playground for configuration, code samples
15. ❹ · Develop | Using API https://github.com/marketplace/models Click “Use this model” to see code-first API Explore Azure Inference API & understand the core value here Move to Azure seamlessly for production use Launch GitHub Codespaces and try this out interactively
16. ❺ · Integrate | In IDE or CLI https://docs.github.com/github-models/integrating-ai-models-into-your-development-workflow From the Command-Line – GitHub CLI with extension From VS Code– GitHub Copilot extension
17. Browse the Documentation https://docs.github.com/github-models
18. Hands-on with Reasoning Models What do reasoning models like OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1 do? When should you use them? Jennifer Marsman, Office of the CTO - Microsoft
19. Q&A Join the conversation anytime on the #model-mondays channel on Discord with office hours every Friday! Show us what you’ve been building with generative AI models. Tell us what models you want to see in future Spotlight segments on this series!
20. Watch the Livestream Join the Discussion Explore the Resources Mon 1:30pm ET Microsoft Reactor https://aka.ms/model-mondays/RSVP Fri 1:30pm ET Azure AI Discord https://aka.ms/model-mondays/Discord Watch or Star GitHub Repo https://aka.ms/model-monday #ModelMondays