Meta on Tuesday announced that it’ll host its first-ever dev conference dedicated to generative AI. Called LlamaCon after Meta’s Llama family of generative AI models, the conference is scheduled to take place on April 29. Meta said that it plans to share “the latest on [its] open source AI developments to help developers […] build […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Meta has announced LlamaCon, its inaugural generative AI developer conference, set to take place on April 29. The event aims to showcase Meta's open-source AI developments, particularly the Llama models, to aid developers in creating innovative applications. Meta has fostered an open AI ecosystem, resulting in hundreds of millions of downloads and partnerships with companies like Nvidia and Databricks. However, the company faces competition from Chinese firm DeepSeek, which has released models that rival Meta's. Meta plans to invest $80 billion in AI projects and intends to launch advanced Llama models with capabilities like reasoning and agentic functions. Despite these efforts, Meta faces challenges, including legal disputes over copyright and EU data privacy concerns impacting their model launches.
