Launched by Meta AI in February 2023, Llama is a series of large language models (LLMs) designed to understand and generate human-like text. These models can process vast amounts of information, making them valuable for tasks such as data analysis, language translation, and content generation.

Meta’s decision to provide the Llama to the arrives amid growing competition with countries like China, where researchers linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were recently reported by Reuters to have adapted Meta’s previous Llama 2 model for defense purposes.