Overview

• Meta has delayed the release of its flagship Behemoth AI model to fall or later, citing struggles to achieve significant performance improvements over previous iterations.
• The model's launch was initially planned for April, then shifted to June, and now faces further postponements, raising questions about its readiness for public release.
• Senior Meta executives are reportedly frustrated with the delays and are considering leadership changes within the AI product development team
• Meta has publicly claimed Behemoth outperforms rival models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic on certain benchmarks, but internal concerns persist about its real-world performance.
• The company continues to invest heavily in AI, with plans to spend up to $72 billion on infrastructure this year, while relying on smaller Llama 4 Scout and Maverick models to maintain progress.