Code Llama: Meta’s Answer to Generative AI Code-Writing

Meta has introduced its latest large language model (LLM) project called Code Llama, which is designed to write code based on natural language prompts. This open-source model sets itself apart from other generative AI models with its permissive community license and positions itself as the foundation for a new wave of developer tools and coding assistants. Built upon Meta's Llama 2 model, Code Llama is trained on 500 billion tokens of code-heavy data and supports multiple programming languages. The model comes in various sizes and has capabilities such as code generation, code discussion, code completion and debugging, and support for multiple programming languages.