Meta's open-source Llama AI models hit 1.2B downloads

Meta's open-source AI models, known as Llama, have reached 1.2 billion downloads, up from one billion in mid-March. The Llama ecosystem is expanding rapidly, with thousands of developers creating tens of thousands of derivative models. Meta's AI assistant, powered by Llama, has around a billion users. Despite this growth, Meta faces strong competition in the AI industry, highlighted by Alibaba's recent launch of the highly competitive Qwen3 models.