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Meta releases Llama 2 weights
Commercially usable downloadable weights broaden who can run and adapt language models.
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MetaRelease date18 Jul 2023
Meta released Llama 2 weights for research and commercial use under its community licence. Organizations could run and adapt the models themselves rather than relying solely on a hosted model provider. Meta
Sources & attribution
- Organizational disclosure 18 Jul 2023llama 2 release announcement
Meta. Original developer announcement.