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szq2014
Jun 27, 2026Copper Contributor
Confusion between Gemini and Copilot
Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini are sending me mixed signals on whether MAI’s Phi (Microsoft’s on-device small language models) models support LoRA adapters or any sort of community fine tuning. ...
Jamony
Jul 03, 2026MCT
Hi szq2014, both answers can be partly right depending on which Phi model and deployment path you mean. Microsoft does support LoRA in some Phi-related scenarios, such as Phi Silica and fine-tuning paths in Azure/Foundry, but that does not automatically mean every Phi model or local runtime supports it. I would check the exact model card and Microsoft documentation for that variant