Meta: Latest open source AI models 'world's largest and most capable'

Facebook parent company Meta has unveiled its new Llama 3.1 AI model, which it says has 'state-of-the-art capabilities' in a range of topics including general knowledge, mathematics and 'multilingual' translation. — Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa

LONDON: Meta has unveiled what it believes to be the "world's largest and most capable openly available (AI) foundation model" to take on the likes of ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.

The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp says its new Llama 3.1 model has "state-of-the-art capabilities" in a range of topics including general knowledge, mathematics and "multilingual" translation.