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Llama-Guard-3-8B

Llama 3.1-based safety classifier for moderating prompts and model responses

Context
128K
Released
2y ago
Parameters
8B

Sources:models.dev

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Specifications

Developer
Meta
Model family
Llama
Type
Language model
Predecessor
—
Successor
—
Released
July 23, 2024
Model ID
meta/llama-guard-3-8b
Openness
Open weights
License
—
Parameters
8B
Input modalities
text
Output modalities
text
Modality
text->text
Max output tokens
4K
Knowledge cutoff
2023-12
Hugging Face
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Source freshness
Metadata synced Oct 8, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC
Additional source evidence
Source model
meta/llama-guard-3-8b
Source family
llama
Last updated
2024-07-23
Knowledge cutoff
2023-12
Model context
128K
Model output limit
4K
Open weights
Yes
File attachments
No
Reasoning
No
Tool calling
No
Temperature control
Yes

Downloadable weights

Complete source record (JSON)
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  "weights": [
    {
      "label": "Hugging Face",
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-Guard-3-8B"
    }
  ]
}

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