Code Llama 70B is a new and improved version of Meta AI’s code generation model that can write code in various programming languages from natural language prompts or existing code snippets.
And they don’t provide the source… So it’s neither open nor source. I get why and how Meta tries to make themselves look better. And I’m grateful for having access to such models. But I think words have meanings and journalists should do better than repeat that phrasing and help watering down the meaning of ‘open source’. (Which technically doesn’t mean free or without restrictions, but is often used synonymously.)
Don’t they provide the source for the code to actually run the model? Otherwise how are people loading it up and running it? Are they shipping executables along with model weights?
I don’t like to sound like a broken clock, but all the llama models have restrictions on their use that mean they aren’t open source.
And they don’t provide the source… So it’s neither open nor source. I get why and how Meta tries to make themselves look better. And I’m grateful for having access to such models. But I think words have meanings and journalists should do better than repeat that phrasing and help watering down the meaning of ‘open source’. (Which technically doesn’t mean free or without restrictions, but is often used synonymously.)
Don’t they provide the source for the code to actually run the model? Otherwise how are people loading it up and running it? Are they shipping executables along with model weights?