Llama 3.1 405B AI model adds language support for English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Spanish, and Thai

Meta has released its newest and largest open-source large language AI model to date, with exciting improvements including multilingual support! Eight new languages have been added directly to the base model.

Key Facts:

• Multilingual AI model support for English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Spanish, and Thai. It's available on Llama 3.1 405B and the updated versions of the smaller 8B and 70B models.
• It’s Meta’s largest model at 405B parameters, making it capable of more complex tasks.
• Supports a 128k context length.
• Released on July 23, 2024.
• Open source with the full download available.

Multilingual Support

Llama 3.1 introduces advanced multilingual support, allowing it to understand and generate text in eight languages: English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Spanish, and Thai. Other languages are expected to be added in the future. Users can expect enhanced communication through broader accessibility and seamless interaction in their native languages, improving experiences in Meta’s apps like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. This broad linguistic proficiency positions Meta AI as a versatile assistant for a global audience.

WhatsApp and Meta’s properties have reached across India, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, Germany, and globally. Llama 3.1 405B and the smaller multilingual versions are expected to be integrated more deeply across products, allowing all developers to make their AI apps global as well.