Meta Releases Llama 3 – Open AI Model Challenges GPT-4
Meta is launching its highly anticipated open-source language model, Llama 3, along with its associated weights. Simultaneously, Meta AI is being made available directly in the browser without the need for a login.
What happened?
Meta has officially released its new generation of open language models, Llama 3, in two sizes: 8 billion (8B) and 70 billion (70B) parameters. The models have been released in both pre-trained and instruction-tuned versions, with both the code and model weights made fully open. Additionally, Meta has made its AI assistant, Meta AI, available directly in the browser without requiring a login.
Key facts
| Lanseringsdatum | 19 april 2024 |
|---|---|
| Modellstorlekar | 8B och 70B parametrar |
| Träningsdata | 15 biljoner tokens |
| Hårdvara för träning | 24 000 GPU:er |
| Kontextfönster | 8k tokens |
Why it matters
Llama 3 sets a new benchmark for open AI models, achieving State of the Art (SOTA) performance in their respective size classes. Performance in coding, reasoning, and mathematical problem-solving has been significantly improved, allowing even the smaller 8B model to outperform its predecessor, Llama 2 70B, in certain benchmarks.
Who is affected?
The launch primarily impacts AI developers, researchers, and companies looking to build their own applications on top of a powerful open language model without licensing costs. End-users are impacted by gaining free access to Meta AI on the web.
Impact on the EU
Llama 3 is released globally as open source and is available via Meta AI. Within the EU, however, access to the Meta AI interface may be affected by stricter privacy rules and regulations, such as the EU AI Act and GDPR.
What else you should know
Meta has trained Llama 3 on more than 15 trillion tokens in a custom cluster of 24,000 GPUs. The company is still developing an even larger model, Llama 3 400B, which is expected to be released later this year to challenge the most powerful closed-source models.
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