Llama 3.2

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An open-source AI model developed by Meta, which is considered a significant competitor to OpenAI's models, keeping pace with features like voice capabilities.


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Summary

Llama 3.2 is a large language model developed by Meta AI, released on September 25, 2024, as part of the broader Llama family of models. It is positioned as a significant contender in the open-source AI movement, offering both lightweight text-only models (1B, 3B parameters) and larger multimodal models (11B, 90B parameters) capable of processing text and images. Llama 3.2 utilizes an optimized transformer architecture and features advanced "Chain of Thought" reasoning capabilities, contributing to pressure on competitors like OpenAI. Meta has integrated Llama 3 models into its services, such as virtual assistant features in Facebook and WhatsApp, and has made Llama 3.2 available on platforms like Vertex AI Model Garden and Hugging Face, under licenses that permit some commercial use.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Type

    Large Language Model (LLM)

  • License

    Permits some commercial use

  • Developer

    Meta AI

  • Core Values

    Openness, inclusivity, helpfulness

  • Architecture

    Optimized transformer architecture, auto-regressive

  • Model Family

    Llama

  • Parameter Sizes

    1 billion, 3 billion, 11 billion, 90 billion

  • Reasoning Capability

    Chain of Thought

  • Key Features (Vision Models)

    Visual recognition, image reasoning, captioning, answering general questions about an image

  • Key Features (Text-only Models)

    Multilingual dialogue, agentic retrieval, summarization

  • Training Methods (Tuned Versions)

    Supervised fine-tuning (SFT), reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF)

Timeline
  • Meta AI begins releasing the Llama family of models. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2023-02-01

  • Meta releases Llama 3.2, including lightweight text-only models (1B, 3B) and larger multimodal models (11B, 90B). (Source: Web Search)

    2024-09-25

  • Llama 4, the latest version in the Llama family, is released. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2025-04-01

Llama (language model)

Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI) is a family of large language models (LLMs) released by Meta AI starting in February 2023. The latest version is Llama 4, released in April 2025. Llama models come in different sizes, ranging from 1 billion to 2 trillion parameters. Initially only a foundation model, starting with Llama 2, Meta AI released instruction fine-tuned versions alongside foundation models. Model weights for the first version of Llama were only available to researchers on a case-by-case basis, under a non-commercial license. Unauthorized copies of the first model were shared via BitTorrent. Subsequent versions of Llama were made accessible outside academia and released under licenses that permitted some commercial use. Alongside the release of Llama 3, Meta added virtual assistant features to Facebook and WhatsApp in select regions, and a standalone website. Both services use a Llama 3 model.

Web Search Results
  • Llama 3.2 Meta's New generation Models Vertex AI

    Llama 3.2 is a new generation of vision and lightweight models that fit on edge devices, tailored for use cases that require more private and personalized AI experiences. With the new models: The new Llama models prioritize accessibility, efficiency, and privacy, with a focus on responsible innovation and system-level safety. [...] In July, we announced the addition of Meta’s Llama 3.1 open models to Vertex AI Model Garden. Since then, developers and enterprises have shown tremendous enthusiasm for building with the Llama models. Today, we’re announcing that Llama 3.2, Meta’s new generation of multimodal models, is available on Vertex AI Model Garden. [...] Vertex AI provides you with a unified AI platform for experimenting with, customizing, and deploying models like Llama 3.2 with ease. The addition of Llama 3.2 to Vertex AI expands our curated collection of over 160 enterprise-ready first-party, open-source, and third-party models in Model Garden — enabling you to select the best models for your needs through our open and flexible AI ecosystem.

  • meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B - Hugging Face

    Model Architecture: Llama 3.2 is an auto-regressive language model that uses an optimized transformer architecture. The tuned versions use supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) to align with human preferences for helpfulness and safety. [...] “Llama 3.2” means the foundational large language models and software and algorithms, including machine-learning model code, trained model weights, inference-enabling code, training-enabling code, fine-tuning enabling code and other elements of the foregoing distributed by Meta at “Llama Materials” means, collectively, Meta’s proprietary Llama 3.2 and Documentation (and any portion thereof) made available under this Agreement. [...] Values: The core values of Llama 3.2 are openness, inclusivity and helpfulness. It is meant to serve everyone, and to work for a wide range of use cases. It is thus designed to be accessible to people across many different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Llama 3.2 addresses users and their needs as they are, without insertion unnecessary judgment or normativity, while reflecting the understanding that even content that may appear problematic in some cases can serve valuable purposes

  • meta-llama/Llama-3.2-11B-Vision - Hugging Face

    The Llama 3.2-Vision collection of multimodal large language models (LLMs) is a collection of pretrained and instruction-tuned image reasoning generative models in 11B and 90B sizes (text + images in / text out). The Llama 3.2-Vision instruction-tuned models are optimized for visual recognition, image reasoning, captioning, and answering general questions about an image. The models outperform many of the available open source and closed multimodal models on common industry benchmarks. [...] “Llama 3.2” means the foundational large language models and software and algorithms, including machine-learning model code, trained model weights, inference-enabling code, training-enabling code, fine-tuning enabling code and other elements of the foregoing distributed by Meta at . “Llama Materials” means, collectively, Meta’s proprietary Llama 3.2 and Documentation (and any portion thereof) made available under this Agreement. [...] Values: The core values of Llama 3.2 are openness, inclusivity and helpfulness. It is meant to serve everyone, and to work for a wide range of use cases. It is thus designed to be accessible to people across many different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Llama 3.2 addresses users and their needs as they are, without insertion unnecessary judgment or normativity, while reflecting the understanding that even content that may appear problematic in some cases can serve valuable purposes

  • Meta Rolls Out Multimodal Llama 3.2 — But Not in Europe - Slator

    Skip to content # Meta Rolls Out Multimodal Llama 3.2 — But Not in Europe Meta released Llama 3.2 on September 25, 2024, just two months after Llama 3.1. This new version includes both lightweight text-only models (1B and 3B) and larger multimodal models (11B and 90B) capable of processing both text and images. Llama 3.2 expands on the powerful models introduced in the 3.1 series, making advanced AI tools more accessible to developers.

  • llama3.2

    The Meta Llama 3.2 collection of multilingual large language models (LLMs) is a collection of pretrained and instruction-tuned generative models in 1B and 3B sizes (text in/text out). The Llama 3.2 instruction-tuned text only models are optimized for multilingual dialogue use cases, including agentic retrieval and summarization tasks. They outperform many of the available open source and closed chat models on common industry benchmarks. ## Sizes ### 3B parameters (default)

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