Capability gains

Meta releases frontier-scale Llama 3.1 open models

Meta released Llama 3.1 in 8B, 70B and 405B base and instruction tiers with 128K context, multilingual support, tool use, downloadable weights and day-one distribution through more than 25 partners.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM82confidence 99/100

Why it moved the index

The first openly downloadable 405B frontier-scale model and upgraded tool-using smaller tiers materially expanded high-end capability, replication and competitive diffusion.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 82 · confidence 99

    New July 2024 exact frontier-scale open model family release.

    12 Aug 2026