This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-open-source-ai-is-good-for-developers-meta-and-the-world. Open source will ensure that more people around the world have access to the benefits and opportunities of AI, that power isn’t concentrated in the hands of a Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #open-source, #why-open-source, #why-open-source-is-good, #open-source-ai, #mark-zuckerberg-open-source, #meta-open-source, #why-open-source-ai, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @zuck. Learn more about this writer by checking @zuck's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. With past Llama models, Meta developed them for ourselves and then released them, but didn’t focus much on building a broader ecosystem. We’re taking a different approach with this release. We’re building teams internally to enable as many developers and partners as possible to use Llama, and we’re actively building partnerships so that more companies in the ecosystem can offer unique functionality to their customers as well. I believe the Llama 3.1 release will be an inflection point in the industry where most developers begin to primarily use open source, and I expect that approach to only grow from here. I hope you’ll join us on this journey to bring the benefits of AI to everyone in the world.