Sept 23 (Reuters) - Allies of the United States in

Europe and Asia will now have access to Meta Platforms' ( META )

artificial intelligence system Llama, the company said on

Tuesday, a day after the U.S. approved its use for government

agencies.

Llama is a large language model capable of processing data,

including text, video, images and audio.

The social media giant is now expanding access to a number

of U.S. democratic allies in Europe and Asia: France, Germany,

Italy, Japan and South Korea, as well as NATO and European Union

institutions, it said in a blog post.

Meta will partner with companies such as Microsoft ( MSFT ),

Amazon's ( AMZN ) AWS, Oracle and Palantir ( PLTR ),

among others, to bring Llama-based solutions to the U.S. allies.

Meta releases its Llama models largely free of charge for

use by developers, a strategy CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously

stated will pay off in the form of innovative products, less

dependence on would-be competitors and greater engagement on the

company's core social networks.

The U.S. government's purchasing arm, the General Services

Administration, will add Llama to its list of approved AI tools

for federal agencies, procurement lead Josh Gruenbaum said on

Monday.