Meta this week released the latest update to their LLM, Llama 3.1. It is ostensibly a "frontier model" on par with its OpenAI, Anthropic and Google rivals. 

The difference i: anyone can download the model and the weights and run it, and build on it wherever and however they want, without paying Meta a cent.

Why? 

Glowed up Mark Zuckerberg wrote an article to explain his reasoning; the boys dissect: what the hell is going on?

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Open Source AI Is the Path Forward – Mark Zuckerberg

Meta this week released the latest update to their LLM, Llama 3.1. It is ostensibly a "frontier model" on par with its OpenAI, Anthropic and Google rivals.  The difference i: anyone can download the model and the weights and run it, and build on it wherever and however they want, without paying Meta a cent.
Why? 
Glowed up Mark Zuckerberg wrote an article to explain his reasoning; the boys dissect: what the hell is going on?
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<li><a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/">Open Source AI Is the Path Forward – Mark Zuckerberg</a></li>
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