The big news today is Meta AI’s release of Llama 2, an openly licensed Large Language Model. Llama 2 is available for free for both research and commercial use, making it a significant development in the world of open source LLMs. Previously, Facebook’s LLaMA model had restrictions on commercial purposes, but Llama 2 removes that limitation, though it still has some interesting limitations. A new llm-replicate plugin allows for CLI access to models hosted on Replicate, including the new Llama 2 13B chat model. Users can interact with the model by sending prompts and engaging in conversations. LLM logs all interactions to a SQLite database for reference. The author is excited about the potential for innovation and fine-tuned models with Llama 2.
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