Meta Llama 3.3: 405B/Nova Pro performance at 70B price
Meta AI released Llama 3.3 70B, matching the performance of the 405B model with improved efficiency using *"a new alignment process and progress in online RL techniques"*. OpenAI announced Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) for building expert models with limited data, offering alpha access to researchers and enterprises. Google DeepMind's Gemini-Exp-1206 leads benchmarks, tying with GPT-4o in coding performance. LlamaCloud enhanced document processing with table extraction and analytics. Discussions on OpenAI's pricing plans continue in the community.