Meta has released an update on the performance of its Llama large-scale language models, and they’re apparently doing so well that they’re now “approaching 350 million downloads to date.” That’s 10 times more than the downloads it racked up compared to the same period last year. About 20 million of those downloads took place in the last month alone, after the company released Llama 3.1, its latest large-scale language model that it says can now rival OpenAI and Anthropic.
Monthly Llama usage increased tenfold between January and July this year for some of Meta’s largest cloud service providers, the company said. In particular, between May and July, Llama usage hosted on its cloud partners more than doubled in token volume. In addition to amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, the company partnered with Databricks, Dell, Google Cloud, Groq, NVIDIA, IBM watsonx, Scale ai, and Snowflake, among others, to make its LLMs more widely available to developers.
Meta attributed Llama’s growing use to the “power of open source.” He said that making LLMs available to everyone allowed him to see “a vibrant and diverse ai ecosystem come to life where developers have more choice and capabilities.” When Meta launched Llama 3.1, Mark Zuckerberg praised the virtues of open source ai. ai-is-the-path-forward/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:calling;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>vocation It's the “way forward.” He also talked about the steps Meta is taking to make open source ai the industry standard.
In its latest report, it gave examples of how businesses are using Llama for their needs. AT&T apparently uses Llama to fine-tune customer searches, while DoorDash relies on LLM to make tasks easier for its software engineers. Llama also generates the real-time reactions of creatures called “Dots” in Niantic’s Tamagotchi-like game. PeridotMeanwhile, Zoom is using Llama (along with other LLMs) to power its ai Companion, which can summarize meetings and make intelligent recordings. “Innovation has been broad and rapid, from startups pushing new boundaries to companies of all sizes using Llama to develop on-premises or through a cloud service provider,” Meta wrote. “The industry is building and innovating with Llama, and we’re even more excited for what’s to come.”
