Meta Announces LlamaCon, Its First Generative AI Dev Conference

Meta on Tuesday announced that it’ll host its first-ever dev conference dedicated to generative AI. Called LlamaCon after Meta’s Llama family of generative AI models, the conference is scheduled to take place on April 29. Meta said that it plans to share the latest on its open source AI developments to help developers build amazing apps and products.Additional details will be made available soon, said Meta. The company’s annual developer conference, Meta Connect, will be held later in the year, in September.Meta several years ago embraced an open approach to developing AI technologies in a bid to foster an ecosystem of apps and platforms. It hasn’t been disclosed how many apps or services have been built on top of it, but it’s previously noted that Goldman Sachs, Nomura Holdings, AT&T, DoorDash, and Accenture use Llama.The company claims to have hundreds of millions of downloads of the model, and at least 25 partners hosting Llama, including Nvidia, Databricks, Groq, Dell, and Snowflake, some of which have built additional tools that, for example, let the models reference proprietary data and enable them to run at lower latencies.But Meta was reportedly caught flat-footed by the rise of Chinese AI company DeepSeek, which managed to release open AI to rival Meta’s own. Reportedly, Meta believes that one of DeepSeek’s newer models could outperform the next version of Llama, which is set to be released in the coming weeks. Meta is said to have scrambled to set up war rooms to decipher how DeepSeek lowered the cost of running and deploying models, so that it could apply those learnings to Llama’s own development.Meta recently said that it would spend as much as $80 billion on projects related to AI this year, including AI hires and the construction of new AI data centers.More on Meta’s upcoming LlamaCon on TechCrunchPlease support our podcast sponsor, Moving On IT | Tomorrow’s Technology, TodayMoving On IT | Authorized Partner For IT, AI, And Cybersecurity SolutionsI’ve partnered with Moving On IT, your authorized partner for navigating the complex landscape of today’s technology. Moving On IT specializes in providing cutting-edge hardware, software, and cybersecurity solutions tailored to your needs.From robust IT infrastructure to advanced Al applications, Moving On IT empowers businesses to thrive in the digital age. Contact Moving on IT with all your IT, AI and Cybersecurity requirements. Call +1 (727) 490-9418, or email: [email protected] Get full access to Neural News Network at remunerationlabs.substack.com/subscribe