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Meta Advances... A Third Llama?
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Hello Reader, Meta, (formerly Facebook), has been a big player in the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) within the tech industry. And before we dive into their recent advances, let's take a quick look at how they've been a leading player in AI. Meta's journey into AI began as a quest to enhance user interactions and streamline content delivery across all of its platforms. It started in 2013 when Meta established its AI Research Lab (FAIR). One of the earliest applications of AI at Meta was in improving the News Feed algorithm, which used machine learning to personalize what users see based on their preferences and interactions. This expanded to include image recognition technologies, which enabled features such as automatic photo tagging and accessibility enhancements for visually impaired users (a great idea!). As AI technology progressed, we saw improvements in advanced chatbots for Messenger, AI-driven recommendations for Instagram, and real-time translation features for global communications. More recently, Meta has shifted significant resources towards the development of AI for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), hence the "metaverse." They aimed to create interconnected virtual experiences which were enhanced by AI, changing how people interacted with technology. Meta's growth in AI showcases has continued to soar in the digital age. Here's what they've been up to now: Llama 3Meta open-sourced Llama 3 a few days ago. It's flooded my timeline, and for good reason. It's very impressive. I won’t go into the performance against other LLMs, but I’ve used it several times on Meta AI in my browser, Groq, and Poe. It gave me quality answers without the typically obvious AI words, such as “delve”, and “unleashed,” (which was a breathe of fresh air). You might have noticed that there are two versions of Llama 3: Llama 3 8B and Llama 3 70B. So, what's the difference? Think of it like this: the number (8B or 70B) refers to the model's "brain size". A larger brain size means the model has been trained on more data and can understand more complex tasks. Llama 3 8B:
Llama 3 70B:
According to Shubham Saboo, you can run it locally with no internet access(!) on GPT4All, LM Studio, and Ollama. Online, you can use Llama 3 on these sites:
Meta AIMeta AI, powered by Meta Llama 3, is a new AI assistant that promises to help you get things done, learn, create, and connect with what matters to you. It's available in English in these countries: Australia, Canada, Ghana, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Meta says it can help you plan events, answer questions, and even generate images based on text input. Key features include:
I have not tried the image generator yet, because you have to have a Facebook account. But I have seen several images other people generated and the quality is impressive. You don’t have to log in with a Facebook account to use Meta AI on your browser, but you won’t be able to generate images or save your chats. You can try it here.
Meta Horizon OSAnd the Meta news doesn't stop there... Meta is opening up its Meta Horizon OS operating system to third-party hardware makers, allowing for a more open and diverse ecosystem of mixed reality devices. This means more choices for consumers and businesses, and more opportunities for developers to build mixed reality apps. Key takeaways:
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This "AI race" is an exciting one to watch. We have the big dogs such as Meta, Google, Open AI etc, but also several new companies and start ups coming into the fray. While AI hasn't been explosive in updates in the past few months (Since Sora), companies are working extremely hard in the background. I should know, as I am privileged to speak with lots of these founders! 𝕏 Posts and TutorialsI'm proud to partner with Rendernet! They aim to create AI images with character consistency, something we all want!
Style reference on Mirrorize AI:
Midjourney's new Style Random feature is part of the brand's efforts in "exploring the latent space of visual styles.":
Midjourney Describe feature tutorial for the Alpha website ( you need 1,000 images generated to use the website for image generation ):
Midjourney Describe tutorial for Discord:
Poe's new multi chat bot is great for comparing answers from different models:
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Heather Cooper
Your weekly dose of AI news, tools, and innovation with a visual twist. Breaking down barriers to make AI content creation accessible to all. Expressing my own personal takes and educating readers in the world of Artificial Intelligence.
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