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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2025 / Takeaways Open source AI is transforming healthcare outcomes by enabling important innovations in medical technology and healthcare research. Researchers have used models like Llama to improve the accuracy of radiological diagnostic tools, match patients with clinical trials and more. With more equitable health outcomes estimated to lead to nearly $3 trillion in GDP growth, open source AI drives economic growth as well as healthcare...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 6, 2024 / At Meta, we work to design, build and operate some of the most innovative and sustainable data centers in the world. They provide the technology that billions of people use every day to connect and build community. Ensuring these world-class data centers are supported by clean and renewable energy is foundational to our approach. We recognize that adding new energy to the grid is important, not only because of our scale and scope as a company,...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 4, 2024 / Meta Meta is pledging to contract at least $35 million for carbon removal projects in the coming year as part of our goal to achieve net zero emissions across our value chain in 2030 . This is a direct response to the Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchasing Challenge presented by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which calls for companies to help catalyze carbon removal at gigaton scales in the coming decades. Our pledge matches DOE's own commitment...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / November 6, 2024 / Meta Takeaways Today, we're excited to announce the recipients of the 2023 Llama Impact Grants, who will be awarded $500,000 each to support their use of AI to address pressing social issues. Wadhwani AI, Digital Green and Dana-Farber will use Llama 3 to improve English language learning in public schools in India, provide agricultural advice to small-scale farmers and match cancer patients to clinical trials. Today, we're excited to announce the...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / October 29, 2024 / Meta Takeaways World leaders gathered for the 2024 United Nations General Assembly, where we showcased our commitment to helping accelerate the achievement of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals through open technology. In addition to announcing the recipients of the inaugural Llama Impact Grants and the Llama Impact Innovation Awards, we announced four collaborations over the course of this week that show how the global community is embracing...