Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama

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This announcement is relevant to AI safety discussions around open-source model release norms, the risks and benefits of freely available frontier models, and how major labs balance capability proliferation with responsible deployment commitments.

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Meta and Microsoft announced the release of Llama 2, an open-source large language model available for both research and commercial use at no cost. The release represents a major step in open-source AI development, with Meta emphasizing responsible deployment through partnerships with academic, industry, and policy organizations.

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•Llama 2 is freely available for both research and commercial use, marking a significant expansion of open-source frontier model access.
•Microsoft is named as the preferred partner, with Llama 2 integrated into Azure and Windows ecosystems.
•Meta committed to responsible AI development, providing safety resources and usage guidelines alongside the model release.
•The release reflects Meta's 'open innovation' philosophy as an alternative to closed proprietary AI development models.
•A broad coalition of tech companies, academic institutions, and policy organizations endorsed the open-access approach.

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 July 18, 2023 Takeaways

 Today, we’re introducing the availability of Llama 2, the next generation of our open source large language model.
 Llama 2 is free for research and commercial use.
 Microsoft and Meta are expanding their longstanding partnership, with Microsoft as the preferred partner for Llama 2.
 We’re opening access to Llama 2 with the support of a broad set of companies and people across tech, academia, and policy who also believe in an open innovation approach to today’s AI technologies.
 We’re committed to building responsibly and are providing resources to help those who use Llama 2 do so too.
 Recent breakthroughs in AI, and generative AI in particular, have captured the public’s imagination and demonstrated what those developing these technologies have long known — they have the potential to help people do incredible things, create a new era of economic and social opportunities, and give individuals, creators, and businesses new ways to express themselves and connect with people.

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 We believe an open approach is the right one for the development of today’s AI models, especially those in the generative space where the technology is rapidly advancing. By making AI models available openly, they can benefit everyone. Giving businesses, startups, entrepreneurs, and researchers access to tools developed at a scale that would be challenging to build themselves, backed by computing power they might not otherwise access, will open up a world of opportunities for them to experiment, innovate in exciting ways, and ultimately benefit from economically and socially.

 And we believe it’s safer. Opening access to today’s AI models means a generation of developers and researchers can stress test them, identifying and solving problems fast, as a community. By seeing how these tools are used by others, our own teams can learn from them, improve those tools, and fix vulnerabilities.

 
 Meta has put exploratory research, open source, and collaboration with academic and industry partners at the heart of our AI efforts for over a decade. We’ve seen first-hand how innovation in the open can lead to technologies that benefit more people. Dozens of large language models have already been released and are driving progress by developers and researchers. They’re being used by businesses as core ingredients for new generative AI-powered experiences. We’ve been blown away by the huge demand for Llama 1 from researchers — with more than 100,000 requests for access to the large language model — and the amazing things they’ve achieved by building on top of it .

 We’re now ready to open source the next version of Lla

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