The rumors of a commercially-oriented Meta AI model were true. Meta and Microsoft have teamed up to unveil Llama 2, a next-generation large language (very generalized) AI model intended for both commercial and research purposes. The upgraded open source code places a greater emphasis on responsibility. Developers “red-teamed” models (that is, tested them for safety) and created a transparency schematic to detail potential issues. They also include a responsible use guide, and there’s an acceptable use policy to prevent abuses like criminal activity, misleading representations and spam.
Meta is releasing both pre-trained and conversation-oriented versions of Llama 2. Microsoft is making it available through the Azure AI catalog to use with cloud tools, such as content filtering. The tool can also run directly on Windows PCs, and will be available through outside providers like Amazon Web Services and Hugging Face.
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