"Meta and Microsoft disrupt AI market with Llama 2 partnership"

Meta is releasing a commercial version of its open-source AI model, Llama, providing businesses with a free alternative to expensive proprietary models offered by OpenAI and Google. The new version, Llama 2, will be distributed by Microsoft through its Azure cloud service and will run on Windows. Llama has been trained on 40% more data than its predecessor and is competitive with models like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard chatbot. The move threatens the dominance of closed-source models in the generative AI software market. Microsoft's support for Llama may extend its position as the go-to cloud platform for AI work. However, releasing Llama into the wild raises concerns about safety controls and the potential for misuse.