Meta has launched its Llama Impact Grants programme in India to broaden access to artificial intelligence (AI) opportunities for organisations worldwide. The programme is centred around Meta’s Llama 3.1, the largest and most advanced open-source AI model to date, boasting 405B parameters.
The programme is aimed at fostering innovative applications of Meta’s open-source AI model for societal benefit. This iteration of the programme supports a wider range of languages, including French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Thai. It is particularly adept in areas such as general knowledge, steerability, reasoning, mathematics, tool use, and multilingual translation.
Further, Meta has allocated a total of $2 million in funding as the second phase of the Llama Impact Grants programme. Indian organisations can apply for the grant through an open call for applications and by participating in the regional events series.
