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Foundations of LLMs and Llama development

Foundations of LLMs and Llama development

This course is part of Building Generative AI Apps with Llama Professional Certificate

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff

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Advanced level

Recommended experience

1 hour to complete

Flexible schedule

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Advanced level

Recommended experience

1 hour to complete

Flexible schedule

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What you'll learn

The foundational concepts of Large Language Models and the unique capabilities of Llama.
Prompting techniques and script-based workflows for generating text with the API.
The design and deployment of a conversational assistant with consistent personality.

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Frequently asked questions

Developers, entrepreneurs, and technical professionals with 1-2 years of Python knowledge who want to build AI-enabled assistants. Ideal for those looking to upskill in generative AI development or create practical business solutions using Llama models.

1-2 years of Python programming experience (for those who need to meet this prerequisite, start with the Meta Programming in Python course)

Familiarity with command-line interfaces

Understanding of basic software development concepts

Basic knowledge of REST APIs

In this program, you will be guided to access the Llama 4 Scout 17B and Llama 3.1 8B models via API in Courses 1 and 2. The course content includes examples using one of the API providers, but you are free to choose any provider that offers access to Llama models for your learning experience. Examples of such providers include Together AI, Groq, Hugging Face, and others.

In Course 3, you will be guided to use the Llama 3.1 8B model in a local environment. Llama models are available from multiple sources, with the best place to start being https://www.llama.com.

Models are also hosted and distributed by partners such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Watsonx, Oracle Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks, Dell, Hugging Face, Groq, Cerebras, SambaNova, and many others. See the Llama.com FAQ for more information.

In Courses 1 and 2, you will access Llama models through an API. No additional device requirements are needed, but you will need internet access and to select your own API provider.

In Course 3, you will learn to use Llama in a local environment. Hardware requirements vary based on the specific Llama model being used, latency, throughput and cost constraints. For the larger Llama models to achieve low latency, one would split the model across multiple inference chips (typically a GPU) with tensor parallelism. Llama models are known to execute in a performant manner on a wide variety of hardware including GPUs, CPUs (both x86 and ARM based), TPUs, NPUs and AI Accelerators. The smaller Llama models typically run on system-on-chip (SOC) platforms found on PC, Mobile and other Edge devices.

See the Llama.com FAQ for more information.

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