Meta Launches Open Source Models, OpenAI Controls them

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Date: 2023-08-30
Meta Launches Open Source Models, OpenAI Controls them

Meta has been open-sourcing almost all of their creations. Ever since the release of LLaMA, Meta has been touted as the open source champion. Now, with Llama 2 and Code Llama, the praise for the company from the developer ecosystem has been at an all-time high. Recently, Jason Wei from OpenAI said that the company plans to build Llama 3 and 4, which are expected to be much more powerful than GPT-4. This remark definitely points towards the closed-door systems that OpenAI, Google, and many others have been building in a bid to make them more aligned. Whatever the case may be, Meta’s bid towards open sourcing one of the most ""dooming"" technologies of all time, as many put it, is a little concerning. Furthermore, even if Meta decides to release an open-source Llama 3, which would be on par with GPT-4 in terms of capabilities, it would still be measured on HumanEval. Additionally, by the time this happens, OpenAI might have already released GPT-5.

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