Meta Platforms to Launch Small Versions of Llama 3 Next Week

Meta Platforms is planning to launch two small versions of its forthcoming Llama 3 large-language model next week, according to a Meta employee. The models will serve as a precursor to the launch of the biggest version of Llama 3, expected this summer.

Release of the two small models will likely help spark excitement for the forthcoming Llama 3, which will be coming out roughly a year after Llama 2 launched last July. It comes as several companies, including Google, Elon Musk’s xAI and Mistral, have released open-source LLMs.