Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: The Verge | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images
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 Jon Carvill declined to comment beyond Zuckerberg’s brief remark to investors. The social media giant is pushing its AI on the government at an interesting time. For one, presidential nominee Donald Trump has recently threatened to jail Zuckerberg, even as the…