The new LLM will be available in three sizes — 8B, 70B, and 405B parameters, with the latter being the largest open-source AI built to date
Facebook parent company Meta announced the release of its Llama 3.1 open source large language model on Tuesday. The new LLM will be available in three sizes — 8B, 70B, and 405B parameters — the latter being the largest open-source AI built to date, which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg describes as “the first frontier-level open source AI model.”
“Last year, Llama 2 was only comparable to an older generation of models behind the frontier,” Zuckerberg wrote in a blog post Tuesday. “This year, Llama 3 is competitive with the most advanced models and leading in some areas.
