Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has emphasized the importance of open source for AI, particularly in the realm of generative AI. In the short span of less than two years, generative AI has already shown significant benefits for consumers, businesses, and society at large. This has sparked a race among startups and tech giants to leverage tools like Large Language Models (LLMs) to gain a competitive edge.
When it comes to LLM creation, there are two main approaches: closed and open. Notable closed LLMs include OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Anthropic, while Meta's Llama model stands out as a leading open LLM. Meta has democratized access to Llama, allowing enterprises, researchers, and even smaller companies to utilize it for free, disrupting the norm in enterprise IT where open source tools are less common.
