Meta is not a goose and has its own AI model. Mark Zuckerberg does not intend to give up in the race for innovations related to artificial intelligence and creates his own AI model. Of course, we are talking about Llama, an open-source AI model that is becoming increasingly popular. What is Llama and does this model have a chance to compete with LLM from OpenA?
What is the Llama model from Meta?
Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI) is an advanced language model developed by Meta (formerly Facebook). It was designed as an open-source AI model to support research and development in the field of natural language processing (NLP). Llama stands out for its ability to generate text, answer questions, translate languages, and perform other tasks related to natural language processing.
Llama is part of Meta’s broader initiative to make AI more accessible and open. Llama models come in a variety of sizes, allowing them to scale with the needs of their users. Meta has made Llama open-source, meaning that the scientific community and developers have free access to the code and can adapt it for their own research and commercial purposes.
What are the differences between Llama and ChatGPT
To best point out the main differences between ChatGPT and Llama, it is best to separate such considerations into specific issues. It is worth noting that Llama 3 will not be available in the European Union, due to the AI Act regulation.
Architecture and Design
Llama: The Llama model is part of Meta’s open-source approach, meaning its architecture and code are publicly available. Meta focused on creating a model that can be customized and expanded by the developer community.
ChatGPT: ChatGPT, on the other hand, is a closed language model developed by OpenAI. Its exact architecture is not publicly available, and OpenAI exposes its models via APIs, giving users less control over their inner workings.
Availability and Licensing
Llama: Meta has made Llama open-source, meaning anyone can use it, modify it, and implement it in their own applications. This approach encourages more open AI development and allows for greater integration with different systems.
ChatGPT: OpenAI offers access to ChatGPT primarily through subscriptions and APIs, which means users have limited access to the model’s internals. This limits the flexibility to customize the model to meet users’ specific needs.
Application and Objectives
Llama: The main goal of Llama is to support research and innovation in the area of natural language processing. Meta aims to make Llama a universal tool that can be used in various contexts, from academic research to commercial applications. It is worth adding that Llama 3 is a multimodal model that is able to create both texts and images.
ChatGPT: ChatGPT is mainly aimed at consumers and enterprises that want to implement intelligent dialogue systems. It is widely used in applications such as chatbots, customer support and conversation automation tools. ChatGPT also allows for the generation of texts and images, thanks to the integration of DALLE-3.
Ethics and Transparency
Llama: As an open-source model, Llama allows the community to gain insight into its internal workings, which promotes transparency and enables research into the ethical use of AI.
ChatGPT: OpenAI, despite its closed model, tries to provide adequate safeguards and tools to moderate content generated by ChatGPT, but the lack of full transparency can be seen as a limitation. One of the biggest critics of ChatGPT’s lack of transparency is of course Elon Musk, who recently filed another lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
Will European users ever have access to Llama?
The AI Act regulation is in force from August 1, 2024, and it is for this reason that users from the European Union will not have access to Llama. Will this situation change? It is difficult to say at the moment, because the AI Act is a legal framework that sets ethical and transparent legal boundaries for all AI projects in Europe.
Violating this regulation (as is the case with Llama) means that such an AI solution is not entering the European market. This means that we have probably missed out on all the AI revelations and curiosities that Meta intends to cram into its services and portals.
