NY. This Thursday, Meta Platforms presented the first versions of its latest major linguistic model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates images in real time as the user types, in its race to catch up with the generative AI market leader, OpenAI. .
The models will be integrated into the Meta AI virtual assistant, which the company presents as the most sophisticated of its free counterparts. The assistant will feature more prominently in Meta META.O’s apps for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, as well as on a new standalone website that will allow it to compete more directly with ChatGPT, the Microsoft MSFT-backed OpenAI smash hit .EITHER.
The announcement comes as Meta strives to deliver generative AI products to its billions of users to challenge OpenAI’s leadership position in the technology, involving an overhaul of computing infrastructure and consolidation. of previously distinct research teams and products.
The social media giant has given Llama 3 new computer coding capabilities and this time has provided it with images as well as text, although for now the model will only produce text, Chris Cox, Meta’s chief product officer, said in an interview.
He added that more advanced reasoning will be introduced in later versions, such as the ability to create longer, multi-step plans. The versions planned for the coming months will also be capable of “multimodality”, that is, they will be able to generate both text and images, explains Meta in a blog.
“Ultimately, the goal is to make your life easier, whether it’s interacting with companies, writing something, or planning a trip,” Cox explained.
Cox noted that including images in Llama 3 training would enhance an update launching this year for Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, a partnership with eyewear maker Essilor Luxoticca ESLX.PA, that allows Meta AI to identify objects seen by the user and answer questions about them.
Meta also announced a new partnership with Alphabet’s Google GOOGL.O to include real-time search results in assistant responses, complementing an existing agreement with Microsoft’s Bing.
With this update, Meta AI assistant expands to more than a dozen markets outside the United States, including Australia, Canada, Singapore, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Meta is “still working on the right way to do it in Europe,” Cox said, where privacy rules are stricter and the upcoming AI Law is about to impose requirements such as the disclosure of model training data.
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– 2024-04-26 13:54:43
