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Meta inches toward open source AI with new LLaMA 3.1


Is Meta's 405 billion parameter model really open source? Depends on who you ask. Here's how to try out the new engine for yourself​.

It's a bit soul-crushing when you go build features that are what you believe is good for your community, and then you're told that you can't ship them because some company wants to put you in a box so that they can better compete with you." "As it stands now," Maffulli continued, "Llama is a liability for any developer; too opaque to be safe to use and with a license that ultimately leaves Meta in charge of their innovations." Meta also stated that it comes ready with support for such popular AI tools as vLLM, TensorRT, and PyTorch, so developers can immediately get to work with LLaMA 3.1

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