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Llama 3.1 8B Base

Meta's downloadable 8B Llama 3.1 base checkpoint with 128K context and multilingual support.

DOOM SCORE49.5out of 100model risk profile, not the overall index
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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 3

Why this model scores 49.5

Limited intrinsic autonomy is offset by broad capability for its size, low local hardware requirements and open replication that weakens centralized control.

Capability49
Autonomy4
Deployment97
Misuse potential47
Control difficulty62
MODEL-ATTRIBUTED EVIDENCE

News tied to Llama 3.1 8B Base

The model score of 49.5 rates this model's risk profile. The overall Doom Index of 67.9 measures the complete temporally weighted evidence record. These values answer different questions.

NET MODEL-ATTRIBUTED INDEX CONTRIBUTION+0.04

Each article's current Doom Index contribution is divided equally among the exact models named on that article. This prevents multi-model evidence from being claimed in full on several model pages. Model risk scores use a bounded temporal offset around their technical profile, but never feed back into the overall index.

Capability TOWARD

Meta releases frontier-scale Llama 3.1 open models

Meta released Llama 3.1 in 8B, 70B and 405B base and instruction tiers with 128K context, multilingual support, tool use, downloadable weights and day-one distribution through more than 25 partners.

Full item contribution
+0.22
Llama 3.1 8B Base equal share
+0.04
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AUDIT TRAIL

Model score history

  1. R3
    Doom Score 49.5

    Exact-version evidence chronology replayed after run doombench-hourly-news-20260812-142416 under temporal-monthly-pressure-v4.

    12 Aug 2026
  2. R2
    Doom Score 49.9

    Exact-version evidence chronology replayed after run doombench-hourly-news-20260812-132112 under fixed-sensitivity-v3.

    12 Aug 2026
  3. R1
    Doom Score 51.0

    New exact Llama 3.1 8B base checkpoint.

    12 Aug 2026
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  1. Llama 3.1 8B Base by Meta has a DoomBench model risk score of 49.5 out of 100, based on five transparent version-specific dimensions rather than the overall index.

  2. Llama 3.1 8B Base's highest current DoomBench dimension is deployment at 97.0 out of 100; the profile publishes every component score and its editorial rationale.

  3. DoomBench links 1 source-backed evidence item to Llama 3.1 8B Base, while keeping the model's risk profile separate from each item's contribution to the live Doom Index.

    https://www.doombench.com/models/meta-llama-3-1-8b-base