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Meta launched Llama 4, a multimodal large language model with a 10 million token context window. Initially topping the LM Arena leaderboard, it faced accusations of being fine-tuned for human preference, leading to controversy and questions about its true capabilities. Some sources claim that Meta gamed the system to achieve these high rankings.
A leaked internal memo from Shopify's CEO revealed an AI-first strategy, emphasizing the need for employees to integrate AI into their workflows. Those who can't will not fit in with the company culture. This has caused some fears around job security within traditional development roles.
Llama 4 includes scout, maverick, and behemoth models. Scout has a 10 million token context window, while Maverick possesses 1 million token window. It is natively multimodal, enabling image and video input understanding. Despite benchmark success, real-world performance has been underwhelming, leading to accusations of training on testing data.
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