ZUCKERBERG’S AI: SHAGGY HAIR, GOLD CHAINS, AND SCORCHED EARTH

A judo-jacked Mark Zuckerberg pitched his LLaMA open-source AI model to tech bros with his new shaggy-top hairdo and a big gold chain over his black t-shirt.

He yearned to be cool and loved after the failure of his Metaverse project.

The robust models, powered by the most extensive NVIDIA chip collection in the world, would be given to one and all for free with limited restrictions, allowing for almost unlimited modification — classic price dumping to wipe out competitors.

Did it work?

It’s too early to say, but this week, Meta announced it might not launch its most advanced LLaMA AI model in Europe. Meta did not ask for or receive permission to use the data that trained its models. So far, it has been unable to manage content created to be within EU legal norms regarding misinformation and harmful content. Thus, LLaMA models may be illegal, at least in the EU.

Zuckerberg’s quest to own the AI ecosystem has not yet succeeded. Other AI developers, including those from China, have taken models Meta freely provided and improved on them, surpassing Meta on AI leaderboards.

Meanwhile, established players like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google continue to innovate and lock in paying customers in both retail and corporate segments.

Will Zuckerberg’s “scorched earth” AI strategy succeed?

This question remains one of the most intriguing in the AI world.

Stay tuned.