Meta's new  AI game plan is to push their AI efforts across their apps and increase the use of Meta AI in the broader AI world. They just announced that they're open-sourcing their latest Llama AI models to boost development and collaboration.

These Llama systems are pretty versatile and can be used to create all sorts of AI applications. By open-sourcing them, Meta is basically saying, “Hey developers, go ahead and build your own systems using our tools and your own data.”

They're also rolling out their Llama-based Meta AI assistant to more countries and languages. Plus, they've added this cool feature that can create images based on a person’s specific likeness.

And get this, Llama 3.1 is the largest open-source AI model ever, and Meta claims it even outperforms GPT-4 and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet on several benchmarks.

Customer Service Chatbots: Develop intelligent chatbots that can handle customer inquiries, provide support, and even upsell products.

Content Creation: Automate the creation of blog posts, social media content, and marketing materials tailored to specific audiences.

Personalized Recommendations: Build recommendation engines for e-commerce sites, streaming services, or any platform that benefits from personalized content.

Virtual Assistants: Develop advanced virtual assistants for personal use or integration into smart devices, offering features like scheduling, reminders, and information retrieval.

Creative Projects: Develop tools for generating art, music, and literature, helping artists and creators to innovate and explore new possibilities.

Zuck is drawing a parallel between this AI move and their earlier Open Compute Project. He says that project saved Meta billions by getting outside companies like HP to help improve and standardize their data center designs as they scaled up.