Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) has officially launched Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick, positioning them as its most advanced multimodal AI models to date. In a rapidly evolving AI race, these models are Meta’s response to OpenAI’s dominance with ChatGPT—and they’re not holding back.
Multimodal AI Capabilities:
Llama 4 Scout and Maverick can process and generate text, video, images, and audio, making them highly adaptable across creative, analytical, and enterprise use cases.
Open Source Advantage:
Both models will be open source, reflecting Meta’s commitment to community-driven AI development—contrasting sharply with OpenAI and Google’s closed ecosystems.
Preview of Llama 4 Behemoth:
Meta teased its most powerful model yet—Llama 4 Behemoth—designed to train future models and push the frontier of what’s possible in AI.
$65 Billion AI Investment Plan:
Meta plans to invest $65 billion in 2025 to boost its AI infrastructure, driven by investor demand for real ROI in the generative AI space.
Despite launching new models, internal reports revealed that Llama 4 had initially underperformed in key benchmarks like reasoning and math—areas where OpenAI’s GPT-4 still leads. Additionally, Meta acknowledged that Llama 4 was lagging in natural voice conversations, an increasingly critical feature in AI-human interaction.
However, Meta’s strategy is clear:
Infrastructure over hype: Meta is scaling aggressively with GPUs and data centers.
Community-led innovation: By making Llama open source, they’re leaning on global talent to iterate and improve.
Multimodality is the future: Text-only models are out. The future is fully integrated, sensory-capable AI.
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With the launch of Llama 4 Scout and Maverick, Meta has officially entered the next round of the AI arms race. The company is betting big—$65 billion big—on becoming a top-tier player in artificial general intelligence. While early benchmarks may have raised eyebrows, Meta’s open source strategy and massive infrastructure plans suggest it’s playing a long game.
