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Meta and Microsoft introduce the next generation of Llama

Meta and Microsoft introduce the next generation of Llama

Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms has built an artificial intelligence system that rivals the likes of Google's ChatGPT and Bard, but it's taking a different approach: releasing it for free.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that the company is partnering with Microsoft to introduce the next generation of its model, known as LLaMA 2, free for research and commercial use.

Like tech peers Google and Microsoft, the social media company has long had a large research team of computer scientists dedicated to advancing AI technology.


While Microsoft is described by Meta as a "preferred" partner, Meta said models will also be available through Amazon Web Services, which is Microsoft's main cloud rival, as well as AI startup Hugging Face and others. .

Microsoft is also a major funder and partner of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Neither ChatGPT nor similar offerings from Microsoft or Google are open source. /Telegraph/