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Meta will reportedly release smaller versions of its Llama language model as companies look to offer more cost-effective AI models to the public.
The Information reports that the company plans to launch two small Llama 3 versions this month before putting out the flagship model this summer. The Verge reached out to Meta for comment.
The move underscores the growing trend of AI developers adding lightweight AI model options. Meta already has a smaller version of its Llama 2 model, Llama 2 7B, which it launched in February last year. Google came out with the Gemma family of models in February, and the French AI company Mistral also has Mistral 7B.
These models typically cannot handle long strings of instructions from users but are…
