Meta Introduces AI System For Automating Computer Programming
Meta Platforms announced Thursday the release of an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to help write computer code and facilitate its transition to new technology.
Code Llama, which will be available for free, can write code based on human text prompts and can also be used for code completion and debugging, the social media giant said in a blog post.
Ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT was released late last year, companies and enterprises have been flocking to the nascent generative AI market for new features and refining business processes.
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has released a number of AI models this year, mostly free, including an open-source language model called Llama that poses a serious challenge to proprietary models sold by Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet’s Google.
The new AI model is built on top of Meta’s latest Llama 2 language model and is available in different configurations, the company said, as it prepares to compete with Microsoft’s code-writing tool GitHub Copilot.
Code Llama supports popular coding languages such as Python, Java and C++ and is not recommended for general text tasks, Meta said.
