#Llama 2

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Meta and Microsoft Unveil Llama 2: An Open-Source, Versatile AI Language Model

In a groundbreaking collaboration, Meta and Microsoft have unleashed Llama 2, a powerful large language AI model designed to revolutionise the AI landscape. This sophisticated language model is available for public use, free of charge, and boasts exceptional versatility. In a strategic move to enhance accessibility and foster innovation, Meta has shared the code for Llama 2, allowing researchers to explore novel approaches for refining large language models.

Llama 2 is no ordinary AI model. Its unparalleled versatility allows it to cater to diverse use cases, making it an ideal tool for established businesses, startups, lone operators, and researchers alike. Unlike fine-tuned models that are engineered for specific tasks, Llama 2’s adaptability enables developers to explore its vast potential in various applications.

Microsoft, as a key partner in this venture, will integrate Llama 2 into its cloud computing platform, Azure, and its renowned operating system, Windows. This strategic collaboration is a testament to Microsoft’s commitment to supporting open and frontier models, as well as their dedication to advancing AI technology. Notably, Llama 2 will also be available on other platforms, such as AWS and Hugging Face, providing developers with the freedom to choose the environment that suits their needs best.

During the Microsoft Inspire event, the company announced plans to embed Llama 2’s AI tools into its 360 platform, further streamlining the integration process for developers. This move is set to open new possibilities for innovative AI solutions and elevate user experiences across various industries.

Meta’s collaboration with Qualcomm promises an exciting future for Llama 2. The companies are working together to bring Llama 2 to laptops, phones, and headsets, with plans for implementation starting next year. This expansion into new devices demonstrates Meta’s dedication to making Llama 2’s capabilities more accessible to users on-the-go.

Llama 2’s prowess is partly attributed to its extensive pretraining on publicly available online data sources, including Llama-2-chat. Leveraging publicly available instruction datasets and over 1 million human annotations, Meta has honed Llama 2’s understanding and responsiveness to human language.

In a Facebook post, Mark Zuckerberg, the visionary behind Meta, highlighted the significance of open-source technology. He firmly believes that an open ecosystem fosters innovation by empowering a broader community of developers to build with new technology. With the release of Llama 2’s code, Meta is exemplifying this belief, creating opportunities for collective progress and inspiring the AI community.

The launch of Llama 2 marks a pivotal moment in the AI race, as Meta and Microsoft collaborate to offer a highly versatile and accessible AI language model. With its open-source approach and availability on multiple platforms, Llama 2 invites developers and researchers to explore its vast potential across various applications. As the ecosystem expands, driven by Meta’s vision for openness and collaboration, we can look forward to witnessing groundbreaking AI solutions that will shape the future of technology.

This post was originally published on: Apppl Combine

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工程師挑戰老筆電極限！讓 20 年前上市的 PowerBook G4 也能成功跑 Meta AI 模型

軟體工程師 Andrew Rossignol 最近在他的部落格分享了一項令人驚艷的實驗「成功讓上市 20 年的老筆電也能跑生成式 AI 模型」！ Andrew Rossignol 使用 2005 年推出的 Apple PowerBook G4 ，硬體規格是已經有 20 年歷史的 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 處理器與 1GB 記憶體，雖然老筆電與現代的新筆電規���根本天差地遠，但是這款老筆電居然能執行 Meta 的 Llama 2 大型語言模型（LLM），展現令人意想不到的潛力。 Continue reading 工程師挑戰老筆電極限！讓 20 年前上市的 PowerBook G4 也能成功跑 Meta AI 模型

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🦙 Harnessing Local AI: Unleashing the Power of .NET Smart Components and Llama2

Hi! .NET Smart Components are an amazing example of how to use AI to enhace the user experience in something as popular as a combobox. .NET Smart Components also support the use of local LLMs, so in this post I’ll show how to configure thse components to use a local Llama 2 inference server. The following image, show the Smart TextArea doing completions with a local server, in the right we can…

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The Advancements and Impact of Meta’s Llama 2: A Next-Generation Language Model

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has recently unveiled its latest language model – Llama 2. 

This blog post aims to explore the advancements and potential impact of Meta’s Llama 2 in the field of natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI). 

We will delve into the features, technical details, applications, and availability of Llama 2, shedding light on its significance in the AI landscape.

What is Meta’s Llama 2?

Llama 2, the successor to Meta’s Llama model. Thanks to diverse and extensive training grounds, it outperforms its predecessors and marks a significant step forward in the world of modern chatbots.

Key features of Llama 2:

– Trained on 2 trillion tokens from publicly accessible sources.

– Fine-tuned using publicly available instruction datasets and over one million human-annotated examples.

– No Meta user data was used in training.

The Llama 2 family includes pre-trained and fine-tuned LLMs with 7B, 13B, and 70B parameters. The pre-trained models show significant improvements over Llama 1, with 40% more tokens used, a longer context length of 4k tokens, and fast inference with grouped-query attention for the 70B model.

The most exciting part is the fine-tuned model, Llama 2-Chat, optimized for dialogue applications using Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF); making it an effective to align large language model (LLM) behaviour with human preferences and instruction following.

Note: OpenAI uses RLHF extensively in its models and spends significant sums on human annotators. Now Meta Llama 2 is doing the same.

Applications and Potential Impact

The applications of Llama 2 are vast and span across various industries. Its advanced language understanding capabilities make it suitable for tasks such as content generation, chatbots, virtual assistants, sentiment analysis, and translations. 

Llama 2 has the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with AI systems and improve the accuracy and naturalness of AI-generated content. From content creation to customer support, Llama 2 has the potential to streamline processes and enhance user experiences.

Benefits of using Llama 2 for Businesses

1. Open-source availability: Llama 2 is an open-source model that’s free for research and commercial use. This means that businesses and researchers can access the code and weights of Llama 2, allowing them to customize and fine-tune the model to suit their specific needs. This will further promote the development of new applications and advancements in LLM.

2. Improved language understanding: Llama 2 is a powerful language model that can process and understand vast amounts of textual data. This enhanced language understanding can benefit businesses and researchers in various ways, such as improving chatbots, virtual assistants, and sentiment analysis.

3. Integration with Amazon SageMaker: To facilitate the adoption of Llama 2, its foundation models are now available through Amazon SageMaker. This integration enables developers and researchers to easily access and utilize Llama 2 within their AWS environment, accelerating the development and deployment of AI applications.

4. Instruction-Tuning Llama 2: For those interested in fine-tuning Llama 2 for specific tasks, Meta AI has provided an extended guide on instruction-tuning Llama 2.  The guide offers insights and best practices for customizing Llama 2 to suit specific needs, further expanding its capabilities and potential applications.

Trending Use Cases of Llama 2:

Here are some real-life use cases for the implementation of Llama 2:

1. On-device AI applications: Qualcomm has partnered with Meta to enable on-device AI applications using Llama 2-based AI implementations on flagship smartphones and PCs starting from 2024 onwards. Its implementation will allow users to access AI-powered features and functionalities on their devices without relying on cloud-based services. 

2. Leveraging the power of Llama 2: Developers interested in leveraging the power of Llama 2 can access the model through Microsoft’s Azure Machine Learning platform. This implementation enables developers to utilize Llama 2 for their AI projects and applications.

3. Shifting marketing’s relationship with AI: Llama 2 has the potential to transform marketing by generating high-quality and engaging content for social media, email marketing, and other channels. This implementation can help businesses create more effective marketing campaigns and improve user engagement.

From on-device AI applications to open-source availability, Llama 2 (just like any other LLM) offers businesses and researchers a powerful and versatile language model that can enhance language understanding, content generation, and real-world applications.

Overall, Meta’s Llama 2 represents a significant advancement in the field of language modeling. With its improved features, large parameter count, and open-source availability, Llama 2 has the potential to drive innovation and transform various industries. By embracing the advancements of Llama 2, we can unlock new possibilities in the realm of AI and NLP.

If you are considering implementing Llama 2 or any other AI-powered tool in your business, it is important to consult with AI experts to ensure you are making informed decisions. 

Contact us today for AI consulting services to help you navigate the complexities of AI implementation.

Original Source- https://www.systango.com/blog/metas-llama-2-the-impact-of-next-generation-language-model-systango

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Meta's Open Source AI Model Llama 2 Sparks Debate Over Innovation and Safety

🚀 Meta's Llama 2 is here, but what does it mean for the future of AI? Explore the balance between innovation and safety in our latest article. A must-read for tech enthusiasts and AI experts! 🔍 #Meta #Llama2 #AIInnovation #AISafety

The release of Meta’s latest large language model, Llama 2, has ignited discussions on the balance between technological innovation and potential risks. Meta’s decision to release its latest large language model, Llama 2, to the public under minimal restrictions has raised questions about the balance between innovation and safety. While the company argues that open source drives innovation and…

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Rise of Llama 2 is declining

As per sources, Llama is not open source AI, last week Meat with Microsoft they this.

It is confirmed that Future AI systems Get LLaMA This is not open source initiative for all users.

But in some country's like china, they said that they can use this new trendy source of AI

Meanwhile many other people claimed that they are unable to use it

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Microsoft und Meta erweitern ihre KI-Partnerschaft mit Llama 2 auf Azure und Windows

Dieser Blogbeitrag diskutiert die Erweiterung der KI-Partnerschaft zwischen Microsoft und Meta mit der Einführung von Llama 2 auf Azure und Windows.

In den letzten Monaten haben bemerkenswerte Fortschritte in der KI-Innovation eine Welle von transformativen Möglichkeiten entfacht, die unsere kollektive Vorstellungskraft mit dem Versprechen, Branchen und unsere Arbeitsweise zu verändern, fesseln. Heute, auf der Microsoft Inspire, haben Meta und Microsoft die Unterstützung für die Llama 2-Familie von großen Sprachmodellen (LLMs) auf Azure und…

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Real Animated Pets - Goat, Sheep and Llama

This project is our fruit of labour with @deedee-sims. I was looking for a way to have more "alive" pets in Sims 2 and approached DeeDee. Luckily for all of us, she liked the idea and helped me out with the most difficult parts. This project would not be possible without you, thank you DeeDee ❤️

From the technical point of view all animals are custom collars for large dogs (and only large dogs). In order for them to work as on previews, you need to assign your dog a transparent fur (a brand new creation by DeeDee that makes dogs' fur completely invisible, included in the archive) and then pick an animal skin you want from the collar section. If you'd like to change the appearance of an existing large dog, be sure to buy it a desired collar on a community lot first! Dog's breed is also important, it can make chubbier or thinner animals. If your fur doesn't look completely transparent, be sure to uncheck all the fur accessories. I'd recommend using a default white no name breed (looks best with animations).

Swatches:

We (especially DeeDee! ❤️) did our best making new animals move as smoothly as possible, but be aware that clipping is still present in certain animations. Also, these animals behave and sound like normal dogs. Hopefully we'll find a way to mute them in the future.

Animals come with a set of objects that are more appropriate for farm animals - new bed, toy, 2 "bowls" and deco hay. Objects have morphs and dirty states. Note that the feeders works like a pet bowl meaning they will randomly rotate but it won't prevent pets from eating normally.

All animals come with original Sims 4 textures (1024x1024 for llama and 512x512 for goat and sheep), converted and tweaked by me. Animal colors are separated so you can pick and choose only the ones you want. Collection file for objects is included. I also recommend these and these Uldum rug add-ons (if you want other sizes for the hay overlay).

Polycount: Goat: 3793 Sheep: 3545 Llama: 7133

A special thank you goes to @platinumaspiration for the time and energy she spent explaining additional stuff to me ❤️

@atomtanned made cute llama recolors, here.

Compressed, clearly labelled, picture included.

Download at SFS

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UPDATE 10/10/2023

Changed pet toy animation to silent chewy one (thank you @vegan-kaktus and @executables-sims), the archive was updated but if you don't want to redownload the whole thing, here's only the updated toy.

UPDATE 12/10/2023

Added a new feeder - prarie grass converted from Sims 4 Horse Ranch. Now your new pets can feed on the fresh grass. Collection file was updated too.

UPDATE 17/02/2024

Fixed toy's thumbnail - it's no longer empty. Added a custom version for the hay rug, I'd recommend using a custom rug rather than ULDUM because it has no outdoor shadow (ULDUM can't be fixed). Updated the collection file to include new rug.

UPDATE 05/09/2024

Updated Prairie Grass Feeder to have smoother edges. It looks much nicer now.

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olis mcc party skin lowkey kinda ate

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Episode 11- The Challenge

Today’s challenge is don’t wake the llama! It was supposed to be a handy competition but that didn’t pan out like I wanted 😭

Anyways, the challenge went smoothly. In house one Jasper ended up winning the competition. While in house 2, Darius won! I swear that man will not let anyone else win!! lol

For this solo date both sims will take a trip out of San Myshuno. Penny will meet them in Granite Falls for a bit of an outdoor retreat (pun intended).

Next post will be tonight! Congrats to the winners @duusheen and @rasoyas !!

(Also thank you to those who submitted challenges in my inbox!! I appreciate you!)

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📎 Extending #SemanticKernel using OllamaSharp for chat and text completion

Hi! In previous posts I shared how to host and chat with a Llama 2 model hosted locally with Ollama. (view post). And then I also found OllamaSharp (nuget package and repo). OllamaSharp is a .NET binding for the Ollama API, making it easy to interact with Ollama using your favorite .NET languages. So, I decided to try it, and create a Chat Completion and a Text Generation specific…

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hey Ms Aka, do you have a faesona?

Yes ‘w’ actually I made this months ago when Llama made her faesona (theyr so pretty) and she wanted to pair her faesona with mine so hehe… 👉 👈 (made these way back in June oops)

I have blue awlking wings! (Llama also helped me pick wings hehe)

I (my sona?) is very much suited for the summer court, but her bff lives in the winter court. They hang out together but Aka gets cold fast…

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waiter waiterr more sleepy cuddly frankbun waiter!!!

AUGHGHH THIS MASTERPIECE WAS DRAWN BY MY BEST FRIEND BFF @/z0mbugs AND JUST… IM. BLOWN AWAY SPONGEBOB SOARING TO THE SKY EXPLODING GIF… tysm bugggg you’re too kind to me always.. 🥲🥲💓💓💓

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martinsharmony replied to your post “Another tidbit from Rob Wilkins at Ineffable Con…”

!!! I did not know that David would not let go! WHY DID I NOT KNOW THIS

@martinsharmony I don't think any of us knew! At least not besides the folks who attended Ineffable Con last year. I don't remember this ever being mentioned after the event, and I'm floored at how it somehow didn't come out until now.

And now I can't help thinking of what else we don't know about the kiss, even though so much of what we do know and have heard has already painted an incredible picture. This new information also has me thinking of Michael's comments on The Assembly with a fresh perspective...

That maybe the reason Michael and David didn't talk about it beforehand was because there was so much emotion involved. Because they both knew exactly what to do to bring what was needed to that kiss, without saying a word. And that the reason they don't talk about it now is because they both already know exactly what it meant, to the characters and to themselves.

For my part, I would've thought for certain that it would be Michael who couldn't let go. But David. David is like the dark horse that no one ever saw coming...and yet somehow this feels so much like him, like what we have seen before with David more often expressing himself through actions than words. David, who very possibly knows too well what it's like to have such powerful feelings pent up for so long, feelings that he could only pour out into one beautiful, sorrowful, perfectly imperfect kiss.

And that also makes me think of something else David said about the kiss, about the most difficult part being other people's awkwardness. The kiss kept going and going, and David wouldn't let go, and maybe that's what others were seeing. The reason why he wouldn't let go. That there was something so deeply intimate happening between him and Michael--beyond the physical--and in that moment, there was no hiding it or disguising it or playing it off as a joke. Maybe David wouldn't let go because somewhere along the way, he stopped acting and started being, just the same way that Michael did five years ago with Aziraphale.

So yes, I am very much blown away by what we've learned today, almost exactly a year after seeing the kiss in GO 2. I can only imagine what we'll continue to find out in the weeks, months, and years ahead...