Meta Unveils Code Llama 70B to Accelerate Software Development
Meta releases Code Llama 70B, an advanced large language model built on Llama 2 that generates and discusses code. The tool is available for free for both research and commercial use to improve developer productivity.
Meta releases Code Llama 70B, a state-of-the-art large language model designed specifically for coding tasks. Built on top of the Llama 2 architecture, this new model outperforms other publicly available LLMs in benchmark testing and offers enhanced capabilities for generating both code and natural language discussions about code.
The model comes in three distinct versions to serve different developer needs. Users can choose the foundational Code Llama 70B model, a Python-specialized variant called Code Llama - Python, or Code Llama - Instruct, which is fine-tuned specifically to understand and execute natural language instructions.
Meta makes Code Llama 70B available for free for both research and commercial use under the same community license as Llama 2. The company sees this release as a way to speed up workflows for experienced developers while lowering the barrier to entry for people who are currently learning to code.