Meta launched the Llama 4 AI models. Meta is trying to make bigger AI as a multipurpose solution. At the same time, Llama AI models are there to help developers test and create many applications.
Meta released an announcement on 5th April 2025, about the launch of 4 AI models.
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| Meta launched The Llama 4 herd Natively Multimodal AI |
The Llama 4 herd AI models:
Llama 4 models are the set of 4 AI models launched to serve different purposes.
With these, developers can build personalized multi-modal applications. These models include billions of active parameter models and experts.
The Llama 4 models are built on Meta’s AI parameters. These parameters perform reasoning and coding based on prompts.
Earlier Llama models used 8 billion parameters. But in the Llama 4 herd AI models, Meta has used 17 billion parameters.
Download the Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick models from Hugging Face and the Llama website.
The Latest Llama 4 AI models:
Llama 4 Scout:
Llama 4 Scout is an AI model with 16 experts and 17 billion parameters. It is available on the NVIDIA H100 GPU.
According to the Meta document, it is performing better than Mistral 3.1 AI, Gemini 2.0, and Gemma 3.
Llama 4 Maverick:
Llama 4 Maverick is an AI model with 128 experts and 17 billion parameters. It is a multi-modal AI. Its benchmarks are better than Gemini 2.0 and GPT-4o.
It is also competing with Chinese DeepSeek v3. Meta has tested its coding and reasoning capabilities.
Llama 4 Behemoth:
Llama 4 Behemoth is an AI model with 288 billion parameters and 16 experts.
It is the most powerful AI model from Meta. Its benchmark score is significantly better than Gemini 2.0, Claude Sonnet 3.7, and GPT 4.5.
Apps built on Llama AI are:
- Messenger
- Instagram Direct
- On the Web
Future of Llama AI Models:
Meta is building AI chips to make Llama models better. Right now, it is using 350,000 NVIDIA H100 chips. Meta is developing twice as many AI chips as its competitors.
OpenAI, Apple, and Google are also heading in a similar direction.
You can expect better-performing Llama AI models. But it also fuels competition and the rise of other AI models from its competitors.
Conclusion:
Meta’s Llama 4 herd is a set of multiple AI models. Each model serves different purposes. Meta also uses Llama, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp apps.
You can use Llama 4 to create images, get better answers, and improve social media ad performance.
