Meta urges the government to exploit artificial intelligence

According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta is “working with the public sector to adopt Llama across the U.S. government.”

The comment, made during his Wednesday opening remarks on Meta’s third-quarter financial results, raises a number of significant questions: Exactly which parts of government will exploit Meta’s AI models? What will artificial intelligence be used for? Will there be any military uses for the Llama? Does Meta get paid for this?

There’s also saying hello to the government, something Meta’s AI rivals do. OpenAI and Anthropic recently said they would make their models available to the US AI Security Institute in advance for security checks. Google service available on an ongoing basisoff-again collaboration as an AI provider for the Pentagon is well documented. IN recent blog postOpenAI said its models are used by DARPA, the US Agency for International Development and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

While we wait for news on Meta’s artificial intelligence collaboration with the government, Zuckerberg teased a bit more about Lama’s next model in his Q3 earnings call. He said that version four is training on a “larger cluster than I’ve seen in reports of anything else that others are doing” and that he expects “new modalities,” “stronger reasoning” and “much faster” performance when it debuts next year.

He acknowledged that Meta plans to continue spending more on AI in 2025, which “may not be something investors want to hear about in the near future.” However, he thinks the benefits are worth it.

“I’m excited about all the work we’re doing right now,” he said. “This may be the most dynamic moment I’ve seen in our industry, and I’m focused on making sure we build amazing things and make the most of the opportunities ahead.”

As a company, Meta continues to grow. The company reported revenue of $40.5 billion for the third quarter, a 19 percent boost from a year earlier, and a profit of $17.3 billion. It says 3.29 billion people exploit at least one of its apps every day, up 5 percent from last year.