Meta is making Llama accessible to U.S. agencies and contractors working on national security

Meta is making its open-source LLM (Large Language Model) Llama available to U.S. government agencies and third-party contractors working on national security projects. 

The company announced it is partnering with Accenture Federal Services, Amazon Web Services, Anduril, Booz Allen, Databricks, Deloitte, IBM, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Oracle, Palantir, Scale AI and Snowflake to make this happen. 

Oracle will use Llama to combine aircraft maintenance documents to diagnose potential problems. Scale AI is building a custom model based on the LLM to support national security team missions. Lockheed Martin will use Llama to speed up code generation and data analysis, enhancing business processes. 

AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Microsoft Azure will host Llama for use in government applications, and IBM will use Llama as part of its watsnox solution for national security agencies. Meta says these solutions will uphold "the prosperity and security of the United States. They will also help establish U.S. open source standards in the global race for AI leadership."

The company states "it is in both America and the wider democratic world's interest for American open-source models to excel and succeed over models from China and elsewhere." News agency Reuters recently reported that China had built a custom AI model based on an older Llama 13B LLM for potential military applications.