Open Source AI

Open source AI provides tools for more people to build awesome things and expand our horizons.

By giving more people access to immense opportunities and benefits, open source AI has the power to drive discoveries that enhance our lives and spur economic growth.

Think of it like a community garden, where anyone can plant, grow and harvest fruits and vegetables. The garden space is provided – just like how Meta provides the AI model. Anyone can choose to grow what they like according to their individual preferences and needs and learn from others as they go. The more people that plant and care for the garden, the better it is.

"I believe that open source is necessary for a positive AI future.

AI has more potential than any other modern technology to increase human productivity, creativity, and quality of life — and to accelerate economic growth while unlocking progress in medical and scientific research. Open source will ensure… that power isn’t concentrated in the hands of a small number of companies and that the technology can be deployed more evenly and safely across society."

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO

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SEE WHAT OPEN SOURCE CAN DO

When AI is open source, it’s available to all—and when it’s available to all, everyone benefits.

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Our commitment to transparent and secure AI

More eyes mean better AI

With a larger community of developers reviewing the code, issues are spotted and resolved faster. We and others stress test our products to improve safety performance, and we work with policymakers, experts in academia and civil society, and those in our industry to advance our open approach to AI.

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Open research is in our AI DNA

For more than a decade, Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team has been sharing cutting-edge research and collaborating with the global AI community. This research allows us to cement our understanding of emerging AI platforms and develop new product experiences.

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COMMUNITY

Investing in the
open source community

Our Llama Impact Program is comprised of grants, awards, hackathons, and community building programs aimed to identify ways that Llama can accelerate efforts to promote social and economic progress and solve policy challenges.

Llama Impact Grant

The Llama Impact Grants program identifies and supports organizations with innovative use cases of how they will use our open source AI models to address major challenges in education, the environment, and technological innovation.

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Llama Innovation Awards

The Llama Innovation Awards is a series of grants supporting organizations in Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Asia Pacific and Latin America as they tackle some of the region's most pressing challenges in education, public services, economic development and more using Llama.

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Learn how our recipients are tackling global issues using open source AI models.

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AI Alliance

Meta and IBM co-launched the AI Alliance, a community of over 70 tech creators, developers and adopters working together to advance safe, responsible artificial intelligence through open innovation.

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Open Innovation AI Research Community

Workshops and activities for academic researchers, designed to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing between Meta and the research community to help garner key feedback on Meta’s approach to open source and future model development.

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Data for Good

Data for Good offers a variety of open source AI-driven datasets that can be used by governments, universities, and nonprofits around the world to strengthen service delivery and fuel scientific research.

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We’re committed to building in the open and helping ensure that the benefits of AI extend to everyone. And a growing number of academics and entrepreneurs alike agree that open source AI is the right path forward.

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Making AI openly available benefits everyone, including Meta

Meta has a long history of open source projects and successes. As more developers and companies use it, our AI becomes one of the global standards. That means Meta and many others can build the best experiences and products that people want to use. To do this, we must ensure that our company always has access to the best technology and that we’re not locked into a competitor’s proprietary ecosystem.