Not super comprehensive (yet), but I think having up to date documentation like this should be quite helpful for those out of the loop. Things change all the time in local AI circles, and it can be dizzying to catch up from an outsider's perspective, especially if you are new to the more technical aspects of language models in general (and not just locally hosted LLMs).
- A language model series created by Meta. Llama 1 was originally leaked in February 2023; Llama 2 then officially released later that year with openly available model weights & a permissive license. Kicked off the initial wave of open source developments that have been made when it comes to open source language modeling. The Llama series comes in four distinct sizes: 7b, 13b, 34b (only Code Llama was released for Llama 2 34b), and 70b. As of writing, the hotly anticipated Llama 3 has yet to arrive.
- Mistral AI is a French company that also distributes open weight
