- Meta has released three new lama 4 llms
- Download Llama 4 Scout and Maverick from llama.com or embraced face today
- You can try Llama 4 right now in WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram Direct
Meta has released what it calls a new “crew” of Llama 4 models. There are three variants of the new Llama 4, called Scout, Maverick and Behemoth, and two are available right now for you to try in your Meta apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Llama 4 is the latest flagship version of Meta’s Open Source Llama AI, and the new release comes almost exactly one year after the release of Llama 3 in 2024.
Inspired by the educational progress made by Deepseek, the new Llama 4 has been trained using the more effective ‘mix of experts’ methodology.
As the names suggest, Scout is the most easy model with 109 billion parameters, while Maverick has 400 billion parameters. Both of these models are available right now for developers to download and are also used in the popular Meta Consumer apps.
Education heavy
Llama 4 Behemoth is a teacher-focused model that Meta claims performs GPT-4.5, Claude, Sonnet 3.7 and Gemini 2.0 Pro on stem-focused benchmarks such as Math-500 and GPQA Diamond. Currently, there is no access to Llama 4 Behemoth as Meta says it is still “in training”.
Meta’s new models keep it at the forefront of competitive open source LLMs. While benchmarks are impressive, the current consumer experience is lagging up using Meta AI still far behind using Chatgpt or Gemini.
For example, while both of the two available Llama 4 AIS are multimodal, there is still no way to upload an image via Meta.ai or in one of the many meta apps. You can ask Meta AI to look at the URL for an image and analyze what sees but direct upload is not supported.
Likewise, Meta AI is missing other Chatbot extram material, which we have come to think of by default these days, such as AI search and deep reasoning, and its image generation features are lagging behind the latest chatgpt update.
Problems with copyright remain
The new Llama 4 models are available to developers who can download the Open Source models to be used for competitive token prices on llama.com and embrace Face.
Alternatively, the new Llama 4 LLMs are available right now for use at Meta.ai or in Meta apps such as Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram Direct.
It is worth noting that the new Llama 4 LLMs remain part of an ongoing copyright -off -twist between Meta and several famous authors after court documents claimed that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had approved the use of the Libgen data set, including shadow libraries, in training of its Llama LLM.
The Atlantic Ocean recently published a searchable database of titles contained in the Libgen, which allowed many authors to see if Meta could have trained its AI on their work without permission.
