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Hugo Touvron

Research scientist; lead author of LLaMA and Llama 2, Meta

  • Research scientist; lead author of LLaMA and Llama 2, Meta12

Meta AI researcher who was first author of the original LLaMA paper (2023) and Llama 2, the open-weight model families that catalyzed open LLM development.12

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Current role
Research scientist; lead author of LLaMA and Llama 2
Company
Meta
Sources cited
2
Profile reviewed

Accomplishments

  • Research scientist; lead author of LLaMA and Llama 2 at Meta.1

Career and contributions

Meta AI researcher who was first author of the original LLaMA paper (2023) and Llama 2, the open-weight model families that catalyzed open LLM development.12

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References

2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026

  1. https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13971Source · accessed Oct 24, 2026
  2. https://ai.meta.com/people/810001457639122/hugo-touvron/Source · accessed Oct 24, 2026