Meta’s Llama drama and how Trump’s tariffs could hit moonshot projects

Meta dropped three new AI fashions over the weekend: Scout, Maverick, and the still-training Behemoth, billed as the subsequent evolution of “open-ish” AI. However as a substitute of pleasure, the response was largely shrugs. Critics known as the discharge underwhelming, saying it lacked the sting anticipated in at present’s breakneck AI race. Meta’s clear try to claw again some consideration shortly turned messy. Accusations started circulating on X and Reddit round benchmark tampering, a thriller ex-employee, and enormous gaps between the fashions’ private and non-private efficiency. 

Right now, on Trendster’s Fairness podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha are unpacking Meta’s rocky rollout, the AI business’s obsession with wanting good on paper, and why, as Kirsten put it, “creating one thing to do nicely on a check doesn’t at all times translate to good enterprise.”

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