The adoption rate of Meta's Llama series models has soared, with downloads nearing 350 million, skyrocketing tenfold

Meta has released a mid-term update showing a significant increase in the adoption rate of its Llama series models, especially after the launch of Llama 3.1. The downloads of the Llama models on the Hugging Face platform are approaching 350 million, a tenfold increase from last year, attracting well-known companies such as Zoom, Spotify, AT&T, and Goldman Sachs. The development of open-source AI not only approaches the performance of closed models but also achieves widespread application at the enterprise level.