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It's not really. It was unfortunate timing. This used to be called GPT-Index, and then they changed names before Meta released their LLM. So their use predated

It's not really. It was unfortunate timing. This used to be called GPT-Index, and then they changed names before Meta released their LLM. So their use predated it. I feel sorry for the amazing team behind this great library. Changing names is hard.

ShamelessC 3y ago
Wow, that is some really bad luck.
homarp 3y ago
17 feb 2023, https://twitter.com/llama_index/status/1626387226639888385 https://twitter.com/llama_index/status/1626387226639888385 'Today, we’re kicking off a rebrand of @gpt_index to : LlamaIndex ' Meta announcing LLaMa 24 feb 2023 https://ai.facebook.com/blog/large-language-model-llama-meta-ai/ https://ai.facebook.com/blog/large-language-model-llama-meta...
- SebJansen 3y ago
  third time's a charm
gtirloni 3y ago
Was Llama a top-secret name at Meta? Could it have leaked?
- lolinder 3y ago
  It's a pretty easy pun to arrive at from the letters LLM, so I don't think we need a leak to explain the coincidence.
  - gtirloni 3y ago
    Oh, right. I always miss these puns.
peterisza 3y ago
Why is it hard? They should change it back. s/Llama/GPT-/g
- lolinder 3y ago
  OpenAI has started sending out threatening letters to people who use GPT in their project name. If they don't want to be the test case for that (pending) trademark, I don't blame them.
  - peterisza 3y ago
    Holy sh.t! I didn't know that.
    - lolinder 3y ago
      Discussed here a few months back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35973645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35973645
      - peterisza 3y ago
        Thanks
  - swader999 3y ago
    Imma gonna go and grab gippity.com asap.