What is Meta even doing right now?

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 4/9/2026

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Key Points

  • The post questions what Meta has been working on recently, noting that the community previously focused heavily on Meta’s Llama-related distillation discussions.
  • It references earlier milestones and model waves (e.g., Llama 2 distillation, Llama 3.2, Phi 3) and asks why that momentum seems to have faded.
  • The author’s last remembered update is a reported “Llama 4 scout” effort that did not outperform a rival model (“Gemma”), after which the conversation appears to have stopped.
  • Overall, the post is a community-driven signal seeking clarity on Meta’s current direction and whether newer releases are absent or simply less visible in this forum.

Three years ago this sub was full of llama2 distillation discussions

then llama3.2, phi3

What happened to them?

Last thing I remember about llama was llama4 scout or something that didn't beat gemma, then I saw it no more :(

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