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Meta made its Llama 2 AI model open-source because 'Zuck has balls,' a former top Facebook engineer says::Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a big risk by making its powerful AI model Llama 2 mostly open source, according to Replit CEO Amjad Masad.

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[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 12 points 1 year ago

It was already available for non-commercial use. The difference was that you had to submit a form and it was a slow roll-out.

[-] Womble@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

IIRC you could apply as a credentialed academic researcher but not as a member of the general public, but i could be wrong about that.

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

They didn't check credentials, but it was indeed for research purposes. Folks were getting access if they said they were a student or researcher.

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