Meta Opens Its AI Models to US Defense Agencies and Contractors
- Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen among those using Llama AI models
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Meta’s motivation to work with US defense agencies is driven in part by its intention to further establish Llama as a dominant foundation for AI products globally.
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Meta Platforms Inc. has granted approval for US government agencies and defense contractors to use its AI models, opening the door for Meta’s technology to play a key role in military and national security efforts.
The Facebook-parent company is making its large language models, called Llama, available to more than a dozen US agencies and contractors, including Lockheed Martin Corp., Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. and Palantir Technologies Inc.