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Meta unveils Llama 2: Facebook-owner’s answer to ChatGPT and Google’s Bard

Llama 2 is available for free for research and commercial use

Meta unveils Llama 2

Meta and Microsoft have introduced Llama 2, announced on Tuesday, the open-source large language model is free for commercial use.

“By making AI models available openly, they can benefit everyone. Giving businesses, startups, entrepreneurs, and researchers access to tools developed at a scale that would be challenging to build themselves,” the Meta announcement read.

Llama is the acronym for Large Language Model Meta AI developed by the longstanding partnership between both companies that “extends outside of AI and into the metaverse too.”

The announcement explained that the open source “approach promotes transparency and access.”

Llama will be optimised to run locally on Windows allowing developers to integrate the AI experience into applications.

Google Bard introduces 16 Arabic dialects

Bard, last week, launched in Arabic with 16 dialects. Recognising the intricacies of the language, Google ensured that Bard can understand 16 distinct colloquial dialects, including Egyptian, Emirati, and Saudi Arabic.

“This announcement means that Arabic speakers are now able to leverage the power of a generative AI based on PaLM 2 technology that Google has developed in an experiment that we call Bard, where they’re able to create new content and collaborate with this AI, experiment to generate and create new ideas, simplify topics and also, directly get involved into the wonders of such technologies,” Najeeb Jarrar, Regional Director of Marketing at Google MENA exclusively told Arabian Business in an interview last week.

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