What is Llama 3.1?

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About Llama 3.1:

It is Meta’s largest ever open source AI model, and it has outperformed the likes of OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet on numerous benchmarks.
The new Llama 3.1 models are reportedly far more complex compared to Llama 3 models.
Features
- It can converse in eight languages, write higher-quality computer code and solve more complex math problems than previous versions.
- It comes with 405 billion parameters, or variables that the algorithm takes into account to generate responses to user queries.
- The running inference (a process to train machine learning models) on Llama 3.1 405B is cost-effective as it is around 50 per cent cheaper than closed models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o.
- Llama comes with systems like Llama Guard that can be secure against unintentional harms such as bad health advice or unintended self-replication, which he noted as major concerns.

What is an open source AI model?

It is an artificial intelligence technology that is publicly available for both commercial and non-commercial use under several open source licences.
It is characterised by the availability of its components to users under licences that allow them to study how the system works and inspect its components.
These models come with datasets, ready-to-use interfaces, and prebuilt algorithms to help developers embark on their app development journey.

Q1: What is a Large Language Model (LLMs)?

A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) program that can recognize and generate text, among other tasks. LLMs are trained on huge sets of data—hence the name “large.”

Source: Meta introduces Llama 3.1: What is an open-source AI model? How can it change the world?