Meta Llama 3.1 Released
Meta has announced the release of Meta Llama 3.1, the latest iteration of its large language model, signaling a significant stride in the AI arms race. This new model comes just three months after the launch of Llama 3, which has been integrated into Meta AI, powering chatbots across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and even the company’s smart glasses. As competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic have also been quick to release their latest AI models, Meta’s Llama 3.1 aims to set a new standard in the industry.
The new model, Llama 3.1 405B, boasts 405 billion parameters, making it the first openly available model to rival others in general knowledge, math proficiency, and multilingual translation. Meta claims that Llama 3.1 has outperformed its competitors on over 150 benchmarks. The training of this model utilized more than 16,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, currently the fastest on the market, each costing around $25,000.
Parameters, the internal variables that an AI model uses to make decisions, are crucial for its intelligence. While OpenAI’s GPT-4 reportedly has around 1.5 trillion parameters, Meta has focused on optimizing its 405 billion parameters for better performance in specific areas. In addition to the 405B model, Meta has also released upgraded versions of its existing models with 70 billion and 8 billion parameters, enhancing their reasoning abilities.
Developers can download Llama 3.1 from its official website, while regular users can interact with it via Meta AI on WhatsApp or through meta.ai, the company’s dedicated chatbot website. “Llama 405B’s improved reasoning capabilities make it possible for Meta AI to understand and answer your more complex questions, especially on the topics of math and coding,” states Meta’s blog post. This model can assist with math homework, provide step-by-step explanations, and support faster coding with debugging and optimization tips. However, Meta AI on Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram currently uses the 70 billion parameter version of Llama 3.1.
Unlike other tech giants such as OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic, Meta has chosen an open-source approach for its AI models. This means anyone can modify and use Llama 3.1 for free without sharing personal data with Meta. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized in a letter that this open-source strategy ensures broader access to AI technology, prevents power concentration among a few companies, and promotes safer AI deployment. Zuckerberg envisions making Llama the “industry standard” for developing AI-powered applications and services.
Meta’s decision to open-source its AI models, combined with their integration into widely used products, positions the company to compete more effectively with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and DALL-E, which have sparked a surge in AI interest since their 2022 launch. Additionally, Meta announced that users would soon be able to insert AI-generated images directly into feeds, stories, comments, and messages across Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, potentially increasing user engagement.
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