Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company’s AI model family, ‘Llama’, has reached a milestone of 1 billion downloads.
What Happened: Zuckerberg announced on Threads on Tuesday as he posted a meme stating ‘Me finding out Llama hit 1 Billion downloads’.
The increase indicates nearly a 54% surge from the 650 million downloads recorded in early December 2024. Llama, the AI that powers Meta’s AI assistant across various platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is a crucial component of Meta’s broader AI product ecosystem strategy.
Ahmad Al-Dahle, VP and Head of GenAI at Meta posted about the achievement on LinkedIn. "Each Llama download represents a vote of confidence in open source AI – and a shared belief that we can go so much further building together,” said Al-Dahle.
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Zuckerberg also ensured that the Llama investment cycle will continue, with expectations for internal operational improvement, early wins on the consumer-facing side, and with advertisers.
Despite this, Meta plans to launch new Llama models with reasoning, multimodal capabilities, and ‘agentic’ features in the coming months.
Meta stock lost 3.73% to close at $582.36 on Tuesday. The stock surged 17.35% over the past year, as per Benzinga Pro.
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