Meta Dropped Llama 4: What to Know About the Two New AI Models

Meta unveiled its latest family of generative AI model on Saturday. You can give the Llama 4 models a test drive now through Meta AI's website, and Llama 4 will soon power the many Meta AI features on the company's Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger services. The competition between Meta and other AI companies is becoming increasingly intense. Companies are working to build and release AI models capable of more complex tasks and advanced reasoning without requiring vast amounts of computing power and cash to run. It's a tricky sweet spot to hit, and Meta hopes its newest models will put it ahead of competitors like ChatGPT and Gemini. There are two models in the Llama 4 family available now: Scout and Maverick. They're open-weights models and multimodal, which means they can generate text, images and code. Open models like Meta's mean that developers can get some insight into how the models are built. The Llama 4 models are open-weights models, which means you can see how the model ma ... Read full article.