Meta is making it’s second-generation large language model – Llama 2, freely available to everyone – for personal and commercial use.
This offering was made in partnership with Microsoft, which will push this LLMs’ capabilities through Azure AI and Windows products. Also, Meta is bringing Llama 2’s features to Snapdragon-powered smartphones in partnership with Qualcomm.
Meta’s Open-Source LLM
If you’ve heard about ChatGPT and Google Bard, you must’ve also heard about large language models (LLMs) – the massive data sets on which these Generative AIs are trained. While making them is complex and needs enormous resources, Meta, the tech giant that had one, is now giving it away for free!
Llama – as Meta calls it, is a large language model that empowered some of the internal services of Meta’s suite of apps. While the company didn’t make a standalone chatbot out of Llama yet, it’s now letting anyone carve needed assistance.
Partnering with Microsoft, Meta shares the Llama 2(second generation) with the public for personal and commercial use. Meta said Llama 1 has received over 100,000 requests for access since it’s launch in February this year.
So making Llama 2 open for everyone will only help the community, says Meta. Making it openly available is a good thing, as many researchers can work on it, find issues and solve them sooner.
“We believe an open approach is the right for the development of today’s AI models, especially those in the generative space. By making AI models available openly, they can benefit everyone.”
Microsoft will induce Llama 2 in it’s Azure AI and Windows OS, although it’s already available through Amazon Web Services and other providers. Though it’s open source and free, users may have to pay for Microsoft’s enterprise hosting service.
Aside from this, Meta is also letting Qualcomm leverage the power of Llama 2 – by making AI implementations on phones and PCs starting next year. The company may add AI features based on Llama 2 to its Snapdragon-powered smartphones.
“These new on-device AI experiences, powered by Snapdragon, can work in areas with no connectivity or even airplane mode“, says Qualcomm.
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