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Re: Llama 3.1

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I wrote about this when llama-3 came out, and this launch confirms it:

Meta's goal from the start was to target OpenAI and the other proprietary model players with a "scorched earth" approach by releasing powerful open models to disrupt the competitive landscape.

Meta can likely outspend any other AI lab on compute and talent:

- OpenAI makes an estimated revenue of $2B and is likely unprofitable. Meta generated a revenue of $134B and profits of $39B in 2023.

- Meta's compute resources likely outrank OpenAI by now.

- Open source likely attracts better talent and researchers.

- One possible outcome could be the acquisition of OpenAI by Microsoft to catch up with Meta.

The big winners of this: devs and AI product startups

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