Mark Zuckerberg said during Meta’s Q3 earnings call that work is underway to get its Llama AI models used “across the US government.”

Meta is “working with the public sector to adopt Llama across the US government,” according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The comment, made during his opening remarks for Meta’s Q3 earnings call on Wednesday, raises a lot of important questions: Exactly which parts of the government will use Meta’s AI models? What will the AI be used for? Will there be any kind of military-specific applications of Llama? Is Meta getting paid for any of this?

When I asked Meta to elaborate, spokesperson Faith Eischen told me via email that “we’ve partnered with the US State Department to see how Llama could help address different challenges — from expanding access to safe water and reliable electricity, to helping support small businesses.” She also said the company has “been in touch with the Department of Education to learn how Llama could help make the financial aid process more user friendly for students and are in discussions with others about how Llama could be utilized to benefit the government.”

She added that there was “no payment involved” in these partnerships.

yeah fck them, for now until the government relies on their AI

  • NougatM
    23•24 days ago

    “No payment involved” sounds a lot like “Our control over your processes is payment enough.”

    • Flying Squid
      7•24 days ago

      And/or “Our sucking up private government data for sale to foreign powers.”

  • @[email protected]
    6•24 days ago

    Looking for an excuse to collect our tax dollars while simultaneously trying to avoid paying of taxes.

  • xep
    3•24 days ago

    If you aren’t paying for the product…

    • Jure RepincEnglish
      2•24 days ago

      And even if you are paying for it… Unless the product is opensource and free as in freedom so you can for example self-host it, study the code, change the code (or contract someone else to change it for you) so the product runs just as you want.

  • Jo Miran
    2•24 days ago

    Wasn’t this the plot to one of the Johnny English movies?

  • JaggedRobotPubesEnglish
    1•24 days ago

    What the fuck does the concept of being one level higher than another thing have to do with AI?