microsoft bing offers chat that can read images and use your PDF files. As far as free offerings go, MS is better
And the Bing chatbot runs GPT-4 under the hood, due to MS's sizeable investment into OpenAI
the amazing thing about Llamas is how simple the models are. The tech itself does not have a moat. We don't have yet the "wikimedia of AI" , but when we do there don't seem to be obstacles that will prevent it from competing with openAI. And openAi does not have a network effect lock-in
Self-hosting is difficult for average people, and it requires a GPU if you want decent inference speed.
How do I run Facebook's at scale? How do I scale that on-demand?
You’re joking right
Comparing llama with OpenAI is like comparing a pixel 7 to Apple: They're somewhat related but it's much more than that.
The model (iPhone) has some value, but the company itself and all its resource are worth more than the product they provide.