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Using Llama 2 70B Chat on Microsoft Foundry

Implementation guide · Llama 2 · AI at Meta

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Microsoft Foundry exposes Llama 2 70B Chat through model ID llama2-70b-chat. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Microsoft Foundry and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Microsoft Foundry SDK or REST API to call llama2-70b-chat — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $1.54/1M input, $1.77/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See Microsoft Foundry documentation for integration details.

Pricing on Microsoft Foundry

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$1.54
Output tokens$1.77

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Llama 2 70B Chat

Llama 2 70B Chat is a large-scale language model with 70 billion parameters, designed for conversational AI applications. Released on July 18, 2023, it's part of Meta's Llama 2 family, featuring advanced transformer architecture optimized through supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning with human feedback. The model excels in generating human-like responses, outperforming many open-source alternatives and rivaling closed-source models like ChatGPT. Trained on 2 trillion tokens from diverse public sources, it's suitable for commercial and research applications in English, particularly for assistant-like functionalities. The model is available on Hugging Face for further exploration and implementation .

Model Specs

Released2023-07-18
Parameters70B
Context4k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

Provider

Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States