US government agencies are set to gain access to Meta Platforms' artificial intelligence system, Llama , as the Trump administration advances efforts to integrate commercial AI tools into federal operations.
The General Services Administration (GSA), the government's purchasing arm, plans to add Llama to its approved list for federal agencies.
Josh Gruenbaum, the GSA's procurement lead, stated that this approval ensures the free tool meets government security and legal standards, allowing agencies to experiment with it.
Llama is a large language model capable of processing data, including text, video, images and audio.
GSA has also signed off in recent months on AI tools from Meta's competitors, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google, Anthropic and Open AI.
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