Introducing Code Llama 70B best-performing model in the Code Llama family

Meta released the Code Llama 70B, which is their largest and best-performing model in the Code Llama family and is now available in 3 versions free for research and commercial use:

• CodeLlama — 70B, the foundational code model;
• CodeLlama — 70B — Python, 70B specialized for Python;
• and Code Llama — 70B — Instruct 70B, which is fine-tuned for understanding natural language instructions.

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Code Llama 70B

What Code Llama is and how it works

Code Llama is a large language model (LLM), we can use text prompts to generate code. You might also heard the term state-of-the-art for this type of models, which involves combining them with logic programming to achieve robust and general reasoning from text.

The top use-cases for Coda Llama 70B are:

• Making workflows faster and more efficient for current developers
• Can lower the barrier to entry for people who are learning to code
• Can be used as a productivity and educational tool to help programmers write more robust, well-documented software