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Meta's Llama AI Models Hit 1 Billion Downloads, Zuckerberg Says (techcrunch.com)

(Tuesday March 18, 2025 @12:40PM (msmash) from the fast-adoption dept.)


Meta's open AI model family Llama has [1]reached 1 billion downloads , CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday, marking a 53% increase from the 650 million reported in early December. Llama, which powers Meta's AI assistant across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, operates under a proprietary license that some developers consider commercially restrictive despite its free availability. Major corporations including Spotify, AT&T and DoorDash currently deploy Llama models in production environments.



[1] https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/mark-zuckerberg-says-that-metas-llama-models-have-hit-1b-downloads/


Only 1?? (Score:1)

by aristofeles ( 763926 )

As of June 2024, WhatsApp had an estimated 3 billion active users worldwide, according to Statista.

How bad can they be to have only 1BI on this scenario?

censorship (Score:1)

by Iamthecheese ( 1264298 )

Llama is easy to uncensor, and uncensors into a purer model than the others. This censorship (guardrails and intentional refusals) not only makes LLM models less capable, it's something I disagree with on philosophical grounds. LLM companies are trying to make a hammer that can't be used to build a weapon, a camera that won't shoot porn. How about not trying to take away my choices, can we do that too?

I see an epic battle coming (Score:2)

by MpVpRb ( 1423381 )

Monopolists want to own the technology and get rich, governments want to use it to control the population, warriors want to use it to wage war.

The only good outcome I predict is if the tech is widely available to all.

Open source FTW

Somewhere, just out of sight, the unicorns are gathering.