Mark Zuckerberg confirms AI partnership with Satya Nadella’s Microsoft, annonces deal on Instagram
In his post, Zuckerberg expressed gratitude to Nadella and their respective teams for making this groundbreaking collaboration possible.
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Highlights
- The decision to release Llama 2 for free access comes after the remarkable success of OpenAI's ChatGPT
- Meta aims to democratise access to this advanced AI language model, empowering researchers and businesses
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has created a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) system known as Llama 2, designed to compete with other popular language models like ChatGPT. What sets Llama 2 apart is its unique approach as Meta is making the technology freely accessible for both research and commercial purposes.
This unexpected move was announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who shared that the company has partnered with Microsoft to introduce the next generation of their AI large language model.
To celebrate the partnership, Zuckerberg and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posed for an Instagram photo, radiating a sense of camaraderie in their blue attire. In his post, Zuckerberg expressed gratitude to Nadella and their respective teams for making this groundbreaking collaboration possible.
The partnership with Microsoft marks a significant development in the world of AI research. Despite Microsoft's previous investments in OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, this new collaboration with Meta showcases their ambition to diversify their AI ventures beyond just the ChatGPT platform.
The decision to release Llama 2 for free access comes after the remarkable success of OpenAI's ChatGPT, which has spurred a race among tech companies to capitalise on generative AI tools capable of producing diverse content, including text, images, and other forms of media.
While Microsoft has penned this partnership, it’s a bit confusing to netizens as to how the software giant will balance the equation as it already owns OpenAI, which is the creator of ChatGPT, another AI chatbot.
By offering Llama 2 freely, Meta aims to democratise access to this advanced AI language model, empowering researchers and businesses alike to build upon its foundation and create innovative applications across various domains.
Llama 2 will be available not only through Microsoft but also on other platforms such as Amazon Web Services and AI startup Hugging Face. This multi-platform availability further emphasises the inclusive approach Meta is taking, ensuring that Llama 2 can be leveraged by a diverse range of developers and researchers worldwide.
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