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Recent breakthroughs in AI, and generative AI in particular, have captured the public\u2019s imagination and demonstrated what those developing these technologies have long known \u2014 they have the potential to help people do incredible things, create a new era of economic and social opportunities, and give individuals, creators, and businesses new ways to express themselves and connect with people.<\/span><\/p>\n We believe an open approach is the right one for the development of today\u2019s AI models, especially those in the generative space where the technology is rapidly advancing. 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, backed by computing power they might not otherwise access, will open up a world of opportunities for them to experiment, innovate in exciting ways, and ultimately benefit from economically and socially.<\/span><\/p>\n And we believe it\u2019s safer. Opening access to today\u2019s AI models means a generation of developers and researchers can stress test them, identifying and solving problems fast, as a community. By seeing how these tools are used by others, our own teams can learn from them, improve those tools, and fix vulnerabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n Meta has put exploratory research, open source, and collaboration with academic and industry partners at the heart of our AI efforts for over a decade. We\u2019ve seen first-hand how innovation in the open can lead to technologies that benefit more people. Dozens of large language models have already been released and are driving progress by developers and researchers. They\u2019re being used by businesses as core ingredients for new generative AI-powered experiences. We\u2019ve been blown away by the huge demand for Llama 1 from researchers \u2014 with more than 100,000 requests for access to the large language model \u2014 and the\u00a0 amazing things they\u2019ve achieved by <\/span>building on top of it<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019re now ready to open source the next version of Llama 2 and are making it <\/span>available <\/span>free of charge <\/span>for research and commercial use<\/span><\/a>. We\u2019re including model weights and starting code for the pretrained model and conversational fine-tuned versions too. As Satya Nadella announced on stage at Microsoft Inspire, <\/span>we\u2019re taking our partnership to the next level with Microsoft as our preferred partner for Llama 2 and expanding our efforts in generative AI.<\/span> Starting today, Llama 2 will be available in the Azure AI model catalog, enabling developers using Microsoft Azure to build with it and leverage their cloud-native tools for content filtering and safety features. It is also optimized to run locally on Windows, giving developers a seamless workflow as they bring generative AI experiences to customers across different platforms. Llama 2 will be available through Amazon Web Services (AWS), Hugging Face, and other providers too.<\/span><\/p>\n People and businesses have benefited from the longstanding partnership between Microsoft and Meta. Together we\u2019ve introduced an <\/span>open ecosystem<\/span><\/a> for interchangeable AI frameworks, and we\u2019ve co-authored research papers to advance the state of the art in AI. We\u2019ve collaborated to scale the adoption of <\/span>PyTorch<\/span><\/a> \u2014 today\u2019s leading AI framework created by Meta and the AI community \u2014 on Azure, and we\u2019re among the founding members of the PyTorch Foundation. Microsoft and Meta recently joined a cohort of supporters that endorse the <\/span>Partnership on AI\u2019s framework<\/span> <\/a>for collective action in the creation and sharing of synthetic media. Our partnership extends outside of AI and into the metaverse too to <\/span>deliver immersive experiences<\/span><\/a> for the future of work and play.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, with this expanded partnership, Microsoft and Meta are supporting an open approach to provide increased access to foundational AI technologies to the benefits of businesses globally. It\u2019s not just Meta and Microsoft that believe in democratizing access to today\u2019s AI models. We have a <\/span>broad range of diverse supporters<\/span><\/a> around the world who believe in this approach too \u2014 including companies that have given us early feedback and are excited to build new products with Llama 2, cloud providers that will include Llama 2 in their offerings for customers, research institutions who are collaborating with us on the safe and responsible deployment of large generative models, and people across tech, academia, and policy who see the benefits as we do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Our open source approach promotes transparency and access. We know that while AI has brought huge advances to society, it also comes with risk. We are committed to building responsibly and are providing a number of resources to help those who use Llama 2 do so too. <\/span><\/p>\n Meta has also created new initiatives to harness the insight and creativity of individuals, researchers, and developers around the world to get feedback on how the models are performing and how they might be improved.<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout our company\u2019s history, we\u2019ve experienced the benefits of an open source approach when innovating in other areas of the business. Our engineers developed and shared frameworks that are now industry standards \u2014 like React, a leading framework for making web and mobile applications, and PyTorch, which is now the leading framework for AI. These became commonly used infrastructure for the entire technology industry. We believe that openly sharing today\u2019s large language models will support the development of helpful and safer generative AI too.<\/span><\/p>\n We look forward to seeing what the world builds with Llama 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nA Focus on Responsibility<\/h2>\n
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