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Meta Unveils Enhanced Language Model: Llama 2

Significant Advancements and Accessibility

Meta has announced the release of Llama 2, the next generation of its large language model (LLM). This updated version offers significant advancements, including parameter sizes ranging from 7B to 70B, both pretrained and fine-tuned variations, and a 2x increase in context length compared to its predecessor, Llama 1.

Open Source and Commercial Applications

Llama 2 is available open source, free for both research and commercial purposes. Meta emphasizes the importance of researchers and businesses leveraging the capabilities of LLMs. Additionally, the llama-recipes repository provides guidance for incorporating safety measures into the inputs and outputs of inference code.

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