July 23, 2024: Snowflake Brings Metas Llama 3.1 to Cortex AI - Snowflake integrates Metas Llama 3.1 collection into Cortex AI, offering enterprises efficient tools for AI applications. The Llama 3.1 405B model, optimized for real-time inference, supports 128K context windows and requires minimal GPU resources for fine-tuning. Snowflakes open-source inference system enhances memory efficiency and performance. Additionally, Snowflake Cortex Guard ensures AI safety and trust, providing comprehensive safeguards against harmful content.