Code Llama is designed to make it easier for companies to develop AI assistants that suggest code to developers as they type. This could potentially draw customers away from paid coding assistants like Microsoft's GitHub Copilot, which is powered by Codex. The move follows Meta's previous disruption of the AI field with Llama 2, which enabled companies to create their own AI apps without needing to pay for software from OpenAI, Google, or Microsoft.
Key takeaways:
- Meta Platforms is developing a code-generating AI model, Code Llama, which will be open-source and could launch as soon as next week.
- Code Llama is a challenge to proprietary software from OpenAI, Google and others.
- The new coding model builds on Meta’s Llama 2 software, a large-language model that can understand and generate conversational text.
- Code Llama could make it easier for companies to develop AI assistants that automatically suggest code to developers as they type, potentially taking customers from paid coding assistants like Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot.