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AI models are being launched left, right, and center.

Scout and Maverick are already available onLlamas websiteor viaHugging Face, the popular AI hosting platform.

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Each model is designed with a different aim, rebalancing their understanding and memory

While Behemoth has been announced, it is still in training with no clear date announced yet.

Because of EU regulations, Meta is currently unable to use or distribute the models in this region.

So what does each model do and what sets them apart?

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Llama 4 Scout

Scout is a multimodal model.

It can process and deal with multiple data types like text, image, and audio.

It is designed for tasks like document summarization and reasoning across big databases.

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It can take in images alongside millions of words and process it.

This is especially useful for dealing with large documents.

For example, reading through research papers and picking out key information, or summarizing interviews and meetings.

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Meta has claimed that Scout can deal with texts longer than five million words.

LikeChatGPT, this is designed to handle image and text understanding.

Meta describes it as its workhorse model for general assistant and chat use cases.

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However, while it’s more knowledgeable than Scout, its memory isnt as good.

Llama 4 Behemoth

The yet-to-be-released Behemouth is, as the name suggests, Metas largest model.

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