Meta AI unveils Llama 3 with 10 billion parameters
Meta AI has released the language model Llama 3 with 10 billion parameters under an open licence for developers and researchers.
What happened?
Meta AI has announced Llama 3, its latest open language model with 10 billion parameters. The model has been trained on a dataset of 1.2 trillion tokens comprising multilingual web text, source code, and scientific literature. Concurrently, Meta has made the model weights, training scripts, and evaluation tools publicly available on GitHub.
Key facts
| Antal parametrar | 10 miljarder |
|---|---|
| Datasetstorlek | 1,2 biljoner token |
| Publiceringsdatum | 21 september 2024 |
”Opening Llama 3 to the world accelerates innovation across the AI ecosystem”
Why it matters
The launch size of 10 billion parameters represents a 30 per cent increase compared to its predecessor in the same model category. This marks a significant step in Meta's strategy to provide open models with permissive licences as an alternative to closed commercial services.
Who is affected?
Llama 3 is aimed at software developers, start-ups, and researchers who wish to build their own AI applications or adapt existing systems. By offering open access under a permissive licence, both commercial entities and academic institutions are affected.
Impact on the EU
The model is distributed globally under an open licence, meaning it is also available within the EU. Developers in Europe can download the model weights and run them locally or on their own servers, which facilitates compliance with European data protection regulations such as GDPR.
What else you should know
The release includes not only model weights but also code for training as well as an evaluation suite to assist with fine-tuning. The article was originally published on 21 September 2024.
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