Llama 3

by Meta

About the model:

Llama AI model family by Meta. This entry provides information about Llama version 3.

Model type:

Text

Model performance class:

Latest

Link to the model:

https://huggingface.co/collections/meta-llama/meta-llama-3-66214712577ca38149ebb2b6

Base models:

Meta-Llama-3-70B

End model:

Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct

End model license:

Meta Llama 3 Community License

About the organisation:

Meta, a major technology company.

Link to the organisation:

https://ai.meta.com/

Model release date:

April 2024

Availability

Base Model Data

Data nowhere disclosed or documented, and described only in the vaguest terms in a release blog post

End User Model Data

No information available on instruction-tuning.

Base Model Weights

Download only after requesting access; requires signing a consent form

https://ai.meta.com/resources/models-and-libraries/llama-downloads/

End User Model Weights

Download only after requesting access; requires signing a consent form

https://ai.meta.com/resources/models-and-libraries/llama-downloads/

Training Code

Repository only offers minimal code

https://github.com/meta-llama/llama3

Documentation

Code Documentation

Code only covers minimal examples; no documentation available.

Hardware Architecture

Architecture sketched in glossy blog post.

https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/llama-2-open-foundation-and-fine-tuned-chat-models/

Preprint

No preprint or any other scientific documentation available.

Paper

No peer-reviewed paper available.

Modelcard

There is a model card, but it provides the absolute minimum of detail, and none whatsoever on training data.

https://github.com/meta-llama/llama3/blob/main/MODEL_CARD.md

Datasheet

Datasheet not provided.

Access

Licenses

Even inspecting the model requires signing Meta Llama 3's bespoke 'community license', not an OSI recognised open license

https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct/tree/main

Last updated 13 March 2026

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