Meta launches open-source AI app ‘competitive’ with closed rivals
by Alex Hern Technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6PE6Y)
Tech firm says its freely available and usable Llama 3.1 405B model is comparable with likes of OpenAI and Anthropic
Meta has claimed that its new artificial intelligence model is the first open-source system that will rival products from competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
In a blogpost, the company said its new model, with the unwieldy name of Llama 3.1 405B, is competitive" with others - including those from OpenAI and Anthropic - across a range of tasks".
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