Meta Adds ‘Multimodal' Models to Its Llama AI Stable

Group 1 - Meta has launched its latest Llama AI models, including Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick, which are described as the first open-weight natively multimodal models capable of processing various media types beyond text [1] - The company plans to invest up to $65 billion in AI by 2025 to enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities [2] - Meta is exploring premium subscription trials for its AI assistant, Meta AI, aimed at functionalities like booking reservations and video creation [3] Group 2 - OpenAI is planning to release an open-source version of its LLM, the first since GPT-2 in 2019, and is seeking feedback from developers and the public [4] - OpenAI's shift to proprietary models followed a$1 billion investment from Microsoft, which has invested over $13 billion in total [5] - Open-source models, including Meta's Llama, are gaining traction, with Llama reportedly downloaded 1 billion times since its launch in 2023 [6]