Meta Launches Purple Llama Project to Improve AI Safety

The initiative includes tools for testing AI models and a 'purple teaming' approach to mitigate potential risks.

Meta has launched the Purple Llama project, an open-source initiative aimed at helping developers assess and improve trust and safety in their AI models before deployment.
The project includes tools to test models' capabilities and check for safety risks, with a focus on cybersecurity issues in software-generating models.
Purple Llama employs a 'purple teaming' approach, combining both offensive ('red team') and defensive ('blue team') strategies to evaluate and mitigate potential risks.
The first package released under the project includes a language model, Llama Guard, that classifies text that is inappropriate or discusses violent or illegal activities.
Meta is collaborating with other AI application developers, including AWS, Google Cloud, Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and Microsoft, on the Purple Llama project.