LLAMA2 is out and it’s pretty fancy, and there’s a news report that they’re making a way bigger one. But if it’s just open source stuff, how do they justify the massive costs to make it? It seems like everyone can just use it for free.
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It’s the same thing Google does with Android and Chromium. Releasing it open source helps to keep the market competitive, and gives Meta free labor for maintaining and improving it. Later down the line, they can bundle it up with proprietary sauce to sell to businesses to make money.
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