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Meta's Purple Llama initiative is a practical industry contribution to AI safety tooling, offering open benchmarks and classifiers relevant to deployment-time safety; useful for practitioners implementing safeguards in LLM-based products.

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Meta announces Purple Llama, an umbrella project releasing open-source trust and safety tools for generative AI developers. The initial release includes CyberSec Eval (cybersecurity safety benchmarks for LLMs) and Llama Guard (an input/output safety classifier), aiming to democratize access to safety infrastructure for responsible AI deployment.

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•Purple Llama is an open-source umbrella project providing trust and safety tools and evaluations for generative AI developers.
•CyberSec Eval provides benchmarks specifically for evaluating cybersecurity risks posed by large language models.
•Llama Guard is a safety classifier for filtering LLM inputs and outputs, optimized for ease of deployment.
•The project aims to level the playing field so developers of all sizes can implement responsible AI practices.
•Tools are released in alignment with Meta's Responsible Use Guide to support safe deployment of generative AI.

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# Announcing Purple Llama: Towards open trust and safety in the new world of generative AI

December 7, 2023•

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