Meta announces new AI model Llama 4

Meta Platforms has announced the latest version of its large language model (LLM) Llama, called the Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. Llama is a multimodal AI system that is capable of processing and integrating various types of data including text, video, images and audio, and can convert content across these formats.

Meta Llama 4 features

In a statement, Meta said that the Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick are its "most advanced models yet”, built to support the broader Llama ecosystem. These models aim to help developers and businesses create more tailored and multimodal AI-driven experiences.

Both Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick are available for download via Meta’s official Llama website and Hugging Face. The company has also previewed Llama 4 Behemoth, a teacher model designed to train and guide other Llama 4 models.

Meta’s open-weight AI models

Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick are Meta’s first open-weight AI models that are natively multimodal and built on a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture. Open-weight AI models are those with publicly available trained weights, allowing users to run them locally without relying on cloud APIs. While accessible, they may still have licensing restrictions on changes or commercial use.

Llama 4 Behemoth 

The Behemoth model acts as a teacher model and is the most powerful variant within the Llama 4 family. This multimodal MoE model features 288 billion active parameters, uses 16 experts, and has nearly two trillion total parameters. According to Meta, it delivers leading performance in maths, multilingual processing, and image-related tasks among non-reasoning models, making it ideal for training its smaller counterparts.

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