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Llama 3 8B

Llama 3 8B is a text generation model from Meta with an 8,192-token context window, served via Groq.

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Publisher

Open-weight text generation from Meta

Llama 3 8B is an 8-billion-parameter large language model developed and released by Meta as part of the Llama 3 model family, which also includes a 70B variant. The model comes in both pretrained and instruction-tuned versions, with the instruction-tuned variant optimized specifically for dialogue and chat use cases. It was designed with attention to both helpfulness and safety during training.

This model is well-suited for conversational applications, text summarization, question answering, and general-purpose language tasks that fit within its 8,192-token context window. On MindStudio, it is served through Groq's inference infrastructure. Note that this model has been marked as deprecated, so developers building new applications may want to consider a current Llama release instead.

Capabilities

What Llama 3 8B supports

Instruction Following

The instruction-tuned variant is optimized for dialogue and chat, responding to user prompts in a conversational format.

Text Generation

Generates coherent long-form text across a range of topics, supporting up to 8,192 tokens in both input and output combined.

Question Answering

Answers factual and open-ended questions using knowledge encoded during pretraining on a broad text corpus.

Summarization

Condenses longer documents or passages into shorter summaries within the 8,192-token context limit.

Code Assistance

Supports basic code generation and explanation tasks across common programming languages, as demonstrated in Llama 3 evaluations.

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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3 8B

What is the context window size for Llama 3 8B?

Llama 3 8B has a context window of 8,192 tokens, and the maximum response size is also 8,192 tokens.

Who developed Llama 3 8B?

Llama 3 8B was developed and released by Meta. On MindStudio, it is served through Groq's inference infrastructure.

Is Llama 3 8B still available to use?

The model is currently marked as deprecated in the MindStudio catalog. Developers starting new projects may want to evaluate whether a more recent Llama model better fits their needs.

What is the knowledge cutoff for Llama 3 8B?

The metadata provided does not specify an exact knowledge cutoff date. Meta has not publicly disclosed a precise cutoff for Llama 3 8B, but training data is generally understood to have a cutoff in early 2023.

Does Llama 3 8B support image or video inputs?

No. Based on the available metadata, Llama 3 8B is a text-only model and does not support image or video analysis.

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