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About Llama Guard
Llama Guard is an open-source safeguard model developed by Meta AI to enhance the safety of large language models in human-AI conversations. It functions as an input-output filter, classifying both prompts and responses into safety risk categories, including toxicity, hate speech, and hallucinations. Trained on a curated dataset, Llama Guard achieves performance on par with or exceeding existing moderation tools like OpenAI's Moderation API and ToxicChat. Its instruction-tuned architecture allows for customization, enabling developers to adapt its taxonomy and output formats to specific use cases. Llama Guard is part of Meta's broader "Purple Llama" initiative, which combines offensive and defensive security strategies to responsibly deploy generative AI models. The model weights are publicly available, encouraging further research and adaptation to meet evolving AI safety needs.
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Llama Stack
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Llama 3
We’ve integrated Llama 3 into Meta AI, our intelligent assistant, that expands the ways people can get things done, create and connect with Meta AI. You can see first-hand the performance of Llama 3 by using Meta AI for coding tasks and problem solving. Whether you're developing agents, or other AI-powered applications, Llama 3 in both 8B and 70B will offer the capabilities and flexibility you need to develop your ideas. With the release of Llama 3, we’ve updated the Responsible Use Guide (RUG) to provide the most comprehensive information on responsible development with LLMs. Our system-centric approach includes updates to our trust and safety tools with Llama Guard 2, optimized to support the newly announced taxonomy published by MLCommons expanding its coverage to a more comprehensive set of safety categories, code shield, and Cybersec Eval 2.
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Meta
Founded: 2004
United States
ai.meta.com/research/publications/llama-guard-llm-based-input-output-safeguard-for-human-ai-conversations/
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