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Title: Meta is making it easier to use Llama models for app development

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:15:14 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/meta-is-making-it...

Meta is releasing a new tool it hopes will encourage developers to use its
family of Llama models for their next project. At its inaugural LlamaCon
event in Menlo Park on Tuesday, the company announced the Llama API.
Available as a limited free preview starting today, the tool gives developers
a place to experiment with Meta's AI models, including the recently released
Llama 4 Scout and Maverick systems. It also makes it easy to create new API
keys, which devs can use for authentication purposes.

"We want to make it even easier for you to quickly start building with Llama,
while also giving you complete control over your models and weights without
being locked to an API," the company said in a blog post published during the
event. To that end, the initial release of the Llama API includes tools devs
can use to fine-tune and evaluate their apps.

Additionally, Meta notes it won't use user prompts and model responses to
train its own models. "When youΓÇÖre ready, the models you build on the Llama
API are yours to take with you wherever you want to host them, and we donΓÇÖt
keep them locked on our servers," the company said. Meta expects to roll out
the tool to more users in coming weeks and months.

Despite the fact Meta's Llama models have been downloaded more than one
billion times, the company typically isn't viewed as a leader in the AI space
in quite the same way as OpenAI and Anthropic. It doesn't help push against
that perception that the company was caught gaming LMArena to make its Llama
4 models look better than they actually were.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/ai/meta-is-making-it...
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