Llama 2, developed by Meta Platforms and offered for free, is an AI system rivaling ChatGPT, aiming to democratize AI while promoting transparency and open-source innovation.
Llama 2 is an artificial intelligence system developed by Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, to compete with language models like ChatGPT & Bard.
Llama 2 is being released for free, making it available for both research and commercial use.
Meta has partnered with Microsoft to introduce the next generation of Llama, making the technology accessible through their cloud platform Azure.
Meta aims to differentiate itself from other tech giants by being more open and transparent about the data & code it uses to build AI systems.
ChatGPT's release led to a rush for generative AI profit, but Meta prioritizes open-source development for innovation, safety, and security.
The research paper introducing Llama 2 reflects less openness compared to Meta's previous work, as it does not specify the data used for training the model.
Llama 2 is the second version of Meta's large language model, dropping the capital letters from the acronym LLaMA.
Meta's new AI models can be downloaded directly or accessed through partnerships with Microsoft's Azure platform, Amazon Web Services, Hugging Face, and others.
Microsoft and Meta announced their AI partnership at Microsoft's Inspire event.