Meta releases Llama 3.1, Mark Zuckerberg calls for open-source AI

On July 23, Mark Zuckerberg said the company was "taking the next step towards making open-source AI the industry standard" with the release of Llama 3.1, which he described as the first "leading-edge open-source AI model". "I believe artificial intelligence will evolve in a similar way," he said. "Today, some tech companies are developing leading closed models. But open-source is rapidly closing the gap."