Meta Platforms is engaged on a brand new artificial-intelligence system meant to be as highly effective as probably the most superior mannequin provided by OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing folks accustomed to the matter.

The Facebook mother or father is aiming for its new AI mannequin to be prepared subsequent yr, the Journal mentioned, including it will likely be a number of instances extra highly effective than its industrial model dubbed Llama 2.

Llama 2 is Meta’s open supply AI language mannequin launched in July, and distributed by Microsoft’s cloud Azure providers to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard.

The deliberate system, particulars of which might nonetheless change, would assist different firms construct providers that produce refined textual content, evaluation and different output, the newspaper reported.

Meta expects to begin coaching the brand new AI system, often known as a big language mannequin, in early 2024, the report added.

Meta didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.

Businesses and enterprises have flocked to the nascent generative AI marketplace for newer capabilities and refining enterprise processes for the reason that launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT late final yr.

Bloomberg News reported in July that Apple is engaged on AI choices just like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, including that it has constructed its personal framework, often known as ‘Ajax’, to create giant language fashions and can be testing a chatbot that some engineers name ‘Apple GPT’.

(This story has been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated news company feed – Reuters)