Microsoft and Meta Deepen AI Ties by Bringing Llama 2 to Azure and Windows
Microsoft and Meta announce that the Llama 2 large language models are now available on Azure and optimized for Windows, marking Meta's first commercial release of this technology.
Microsoft and Meta announce an expanded AI partnership that makes the Llama 2 family of large language models available on Azure and Windows. This marks the first time Meta releases Llama 2 to commercial customers, allowing organizations to easily fine-tune and deploy the 7B, 13B, and 70B-parameter models safely on the Azure AI platform.
The partnership highlights a shared commitment to democratizing AI by giving developers a choice between open and frontier models. Windows developers also benefit from this integration, as Llama 2 is optimized to run locally on Windows machines using the DirectML execution provider through the ONNX Runtime for a seamless application workflow.
This collaboration builds on a long-standing relationship between the two tech giants and solidifies Azure's position as a leading AI supercomputing platform. By integrating Llama 2, Microsoft expands its open model ecosystem and provides developers with powerful tools for model training, inference, and AI safety.