The newest iteration of Meta's Llama models will be released soon
In a recently held special event in London, Meta confirmed that the next generation of its Llama family of LLMs would begin rollout very soon. The company also expects to power several of its products with the Llama 3 models.
Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, confirmed at a special event held in London this Tuesday that the company expected to start rolling out the next generation of its large language models shortly, approximately within the next month. Clegg stated that the company may release several models with varying capabilities throughout 2024. Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox elaborated on the plan, explaining that Meta also plans to power several of its products with Llama 3. No comments were made on the models' size and no working products were demonstrated. Llama 3 is expected to be larger than its 70 billion-parameter predecessor and capable of accurately answering a wider array of questions. Meta will likely follow its usual strategy and release the latest family of models as open-source products. AI Research at Meta Vice President Joelle Pineau stated, “Our goal over time is to make a Llama-powered Meta AI be the most useful assistant in the world.” Moreover, it seems that Meta will not be venturing into AI-generated media products since Pineau confirmed that the company would not publicly release its image-generation tool Emu soon.
