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A court document reveals Meta's revenue-sharing agreement with Llama AI model hosts, marking a significant shift in AI collaboration. This model promotes innovation, fairer value distribution, and accelerated adoption of AI technologies, potentially reshaping the industry by fostering a more collaborative and equitable ecosystem for all stakeholders involved in the development and deployment.
Meta, partnering with Data Science Africa, launches the Llama Impact Grant, offering $20,000 to startups and researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative promotes using Meta's open-source Llama LLM to drive social and economic progress, focusing on health, science, and agriculture, fostering innovation, and addressing regional challenges with AI-powered solutions.
Unredacted court documents reveal Meta profits from Llama AI through revenue-sharing with cloud providers, contradicting earlier statements. The 'Kadrey v. Meta' lawsuit alleges copyright infringement via pirated ebooks used for training, and 'seeding' distribution. Meta's massive AI investment faces scrutiny amid evolving monetization strategies and legal challenges, impacting Llama's future and open-source principles.
The AI Alliance, founded by IBM and Meta, has grown to over 140 members in its first year. It focuses on open-source AI development, safety, and collaboration. Key initiatives include skills development, trust and safety benchmarks, hardware enablement, and domain-specific models. The Alliance aims to shape the future of AI globally.
Meta's Llama AI model family has achieved over one billion downloads, marking a 53% increase in three months, as announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. These models power Meta's AI assistant across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. This milestone highlights Llama's rapid growth, user acceptance, and Meta's competitive advantage in the AI landscape.
Meta's Llama 4 is coming, promising a significant leap in AI capabilities. It focuses on reasoning and 'agentic' features, allowing AI to perform multi-step tasks autonomously. This open-source large language model (LLM) will require massive computational resources, reflecting Meta's proactive approach to AI development and its potential to revolutionize various industries.
Meta, partnering with Data Science Africa, launches the Llama Impact Grant. It supports sub-Saharan African startups and researchers using Meta's open-source Llama large language model. The grant focuses on projects with high economic and social impact, particularly in health, science, and agriculture, offering $20,000 to the most promising proposal, fostering locally relevant AI solutions.
Telkom Group plans to integrate Meta's LlaMa, an open-source AI model, into its enterprise customer service chatbots. This will enhance customer interactions on platforms like WhatsApp, offering personalized experiences. TELIN's NeuAPIX (CPaaS) will support this. The move aims to boost digital inclusion, empower businesses, and contribute to Indonesia's digital economy.
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