Over the last few years, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has quietly solidified its position as a leader in the artificial intelligence (AI) realm through a combination of open-source models and integrating generative AI across its social media platforms. On one side of the equation, Meta is democratizing AI for developers and enterprises through its Llama model series. On the other side, the company is embedding machine learning into core advertising tools across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp -- enhanc ...