<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Small &amp; On-device Models — The Latent Daily</title><description>Compact models for laptops, phones and the edge.</description><link>https://thelatentdaily.com/</link><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://thelatentdaily.com/rss/small-models.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Knowledge distillation explained: how small AI models learn from big ones</title><link>https://thelatentdaily.com/articles/knowledge-distillation-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelatentdaily.com/articles/knowledge-distillation-explained/</guid><description>Distillation trains a compact &quot;student&quot; model to imitate a large &quot;teacher&quot;. How it works, why it powers today&apos;s small models, and its legal and quality limits.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:48:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Fine-tuning &amp; Training</category><category>distillation</category><category>small-models</category><category>training</category><category>explainer</category><author>dario_admin@resolvia-crm.tech</author></item></channel></rss>