Meta Is Delaying the Rollout of Its Flagship AI Model

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Source: WSJ

Meta is delaying the rollout of a flagship AI model, prompting internal concerns about the direction of its multibillion-dollar AI investments, people familiar with the matter said.

Company engineers are struggling to significantly improve the capabilities of its “Behemoth” large-language model, leading to staff questions about whether improvements over prior versions are significant enough to justify public release, the people said.

Early in its development, Behemoth was internally slated for an April release to coincide with Meta’s inaugural AI conference for developers. Meta put out two smaller models in its Llama AI model family ahead of the event, but later pushed an internal target for the larger Behemoth’s release to June. Now, it’s been delayed to fall or later.

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Meta’s recent challenges mirror stumbles or delays at other top AI companies that are trying to release their next big state-of-the-art models. Some researchers see the pattern as evidence that future advances in AI models could come at a far slower pace than in the past, and at tremendous cost.

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Another sign that AI companies are getting diminishing returns on investment. Most of Meta's $72 billion in capital expenditures this year will be on AI.

Generative AI IS a bubble, which an unbelievable amount of money has been wasted on. February thread:

Ed Zitron: There Is No AI Revolution (DAMNING analysis of a house of cards built by con men & venture capitalists)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220066913