Meta (formerly Facebook) has unveiled its plan to open access to the code behind its latest and greatest A.I. technology, LLaMa 2. This means that developers and software enthusiasts from every corner of the globe can freely access and leverage Meta's advanced A.I. capabilities—but with an interesting caveat.
In the fine print of the commercial terms, Meta stipulates that companies with 700 million monthly active users (MAU) or more must request a license from Meta. The oddly specific threshold would seem to make Meta's snazzy, new A.I. technology off-limits to a few notable competitors in the social media sector. Snapchat, hit 750 million MAU users earlier this year. Insider Intelligence projected TikTok will have 834.3 million MAU worldwide this year, and the popular Chinese social media and chat app WeChat hit 700 million MAU in 2016.
