Meta’s language-centric LlaMA AI will soon find itself in the company of a nerdier, coding wiz brother. The company’s next AI release will reportedly be a big coding machine meant to compete against the proprietary software from the likes of OpenAI and Google. The model could see a release as soon as next week.

According to The Information who spoke to two anonymous sources with direct knowledge of the AI, this new model dubbed “Code Llama” will be open source and available free online. This is consistent with the company’s strategy so far of releasing widely available AI software that makes developing new customizable AI models much easier for companies who don’t want to pay OpenAI or others for the privilege. — Read More