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GSA Clears Meta’s Llama for Government‑Wide Use, Free Under OneGov

The open‑source design enables local hosting under federally vetted safeguards, preserving agency control of data.

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A Meta logo is pictured at a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
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A view outside of Meta headquarters on April 28, 2022, in Menlo Park, Calif. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Federal agencies can now deploy Llama at no cost with assurances it meets security, privacy, and legal standards verified by the government.
  • The OneGov arrangement streamlines access by treating the government as a single customer and removing the need for individual agency negotiations.
  • Llama is a multimodal model that processes text, images, audio, and video, and officials cited use cases such as speeding contract reviews and resolving IT issues.
  • AI vendors are competing for federal adoption, with OpenAI and Anthropic offering $1-per-agency trials, Google pricing access at $0.47 per agency for a year, and Microsoft providing broader discounts, while Meta has not specified how long its free access will last.
  • Meta is expanding national-security access to key allies including France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, NATO, and EU institutions, highlighting deployments from SOCOM’s Llama-powered SOFChat to Lockheed Martin training tools and edge use in the field.