Meta unveils the AI ​​LLaMA, a direct rival to ChatGPT

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced the launch of a new AI- based large language model (LLM) aimed at the research community, becoming the latest company to join the AI ​​race, following Open AI and Google. The Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team at Meta has introduced this new “state-of-the-art” artificial intelligence (AI) language model called Large Language Model Meta AI (LLaMA).

The LLM language is part of a field known as generative AI that also includes the ability to execute images, layouts, or programming code instantly with a simple request.

The battle of the AIs

The fight to dominate the AI ​​technology space, which until recently existed in the background, began late last year with the release of Microsoft-backed OpenAI ChatGPT.

As Zuckerberg himself has stated through the company’s official blog, this tool will be available under a non-commercial license for researchers and entities affiliated with the government, civil society, and academia. The goal is for you to help explore AI applications and features, such as answering questions and summarizing documents. According to Meta, LLaMA sizes will range from 7 billion parameters to 65 billion parameters.

Thus, this AI is a “smaller, higher performing” model designed to “help researchers advance their work,” in what could be seen as a veiled criticism of Microsoft’s decision to widely release the technology while keeping the programming code completely secret.

Like previous large language models, LLaMA recursively generates text using a sequence of words as input and predicting the next term.

The launch of LLaMA comes at a time when tech companies are rushing to promote advances in AI techniques and integrate the technology into their commercial products.

As far as Meta is concerned, the release of LLaMA also represents its commitment to open science, hence the choice to officially release the state-of-the-art large language foundational model, as well as allowing researchers an open resource to advance their job.

Thus, unlike Google’s LaMDA and OpenAI’s ChatGPT , whose underlying models are private, Meta has stated that its LLM will be available to the AI ​​research community.

Reference:

Meta Platforms Blog 2023 / Mark Zuckerberg