Engadget Podcast: Meta’s first LlamaCon was type of a bust

This week Meta held its first-ever AI dev convention, LlamaCon, centered on the event of its Llama generative AI mannequin. However whereas there was loads of hype, not a lot occurred, apart from the launch of the Meta AI app and a brand new Llama API. On this episode, Engadget Senior Reporter Karissa Bell joins us to speak about her ideas on LlamaCon after attending in particular person. After simply saying its newest Llama fashions a couple of weeks in the past, it was as if Meta didn't have a lot else to say.

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Subjects

  • Meta’s Muted LlamaCon: who was the AI dev convention actually for? – 1:31

  • Courtroom orders Apple to cease gathering app charges outdoors of the iTunes retailer – 21:44

  • Microsoft broadcasts Xbox sequence X and S costs are going up – 25:22

  • NPR report: DOGE workers might have entry to U.S. nuclear secrets and techniques – 26:44

  • New EV startup Slate to supply a barebones pickup for $20k (after tax breaks) – 30:47

  • Swiss teachers use AI to affect public opinion on Reddit – 35:08

  • Duolingo to interchange contract employees with AI – 40:19

  • Engaged on – 47:50

  • Popular culture picks – 50:56

Credit

Hosts: Devindra Hardawar and Karissa Bell
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien

This text initially appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cell/smartphones/engadget-podcast-metas-first-llamacon-was-kind-of-a-bust-113008156.html?src=rss

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