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Meta Platforms' new Superintelligence lab is reportedly reconsidering the release of its open-source AI model Llama 4 Behemoth, weighing a shift toward closed-source development. This marks a potential pivot away from Meta's previous open-source strategy amid concerns over performance and competitive pressures.

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Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about abandoning Meta’s most powerful open source A.I. model in favor of developing a closed one.

Meta has faced criticism for its privacy practices, recently addressing a significant bug in its AI chatbot that allowed users to view others' prompts and AI-generated content. Security expert Sandeep Hodkasia reported this issue back in December 2024.

Jason Wei, who worked on OpenAI’s o3 and deep research models, will be joining Meta’s superintelligence lab. His colleague Hyung Won Chung is also joining Meta, a source tells WIRED.

Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model. This would mark a major philosophical shift for Meta.