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Meta redefines open-source multimodal intelligence with its Llama 4 models. Microsoft upgrades Copilot into your personal AI companion while also showcasing an experimental Quake II demo that simulates classic gameplay, albeit with quirks. Meanwhile, a new forecast from the AI Futures Project warns that superintelligent AI may be just two years away,

In today’s Generative AI Newsletter:

• • Meta’s Llama 4: Multimodal models with record context lengths and breakthrough efficiency are available now for developers.
  • Copilot’s Personalization: Microsoft transforms its AI assistant with memory, vision, and action tools that adapt to your life.
  • Microsoft’s AI Quake II Demo: A browser-based, playable level that offers a glimpse into AI-simulated gaming with clear limitations.
  • AI 2027 Countdown: A scenario-based forecast outlines a rapid path to AGI, raising urgent questions about safety and control.

🦙 Meta Releases Llama 4 for Multimodal AI

Meta has introduced its new Llama 4 family featuring cutting-edge multimodal capabilities and industry-leading context lengths. This launch includes two open-weight models Scout and Maverick and a preview of the colossal Behemoth model that is still in training.

What’s New in Llama 4:

• Scout (109B): Offers a 10M token context and runs on a single H100 GPU while outperforming competitors such as Gemma 3 and Mistral 3.
• Maverick (400B): Delivers a 1M token context and surpasses GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash on key benchmarks while providing superior cost efficiency.
• Behemoth (2T): A teacher model in training that reportedly outperforms GPT-4.5, Claude 3.7, and Gemini 2.0 Pro on STEM tasks.
• MoE Architecture: Uses a mixture-of-experts design for lower inference costs and seamless integration of text, image, and video data.
• Immediate Availability: Scout and Maverick are now available for download on llama.com and Hugging Face and are integrated into Meta AI across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram.

Llama 4 is not merely an upgrade but a transformative leap in open-source AI that could redefine the future of multimodal intelligence. With unprecedented context lengths and advanced architecture, Meta is setting a new standard that challenges competitors to innovate or risk falling behind.

🤖 Copilot Gets Personal with Major AI Upgrades

Microsoft just dropped a massive Copilot update focused on deep personalization, smarter web interaction, and real-world awareness, transforming it from a helpful assistant into a truly adaptive AI companion.

What’s New in Copilot:

• Memory: Remembers names, habits, and personal details to build a unique profile tailored to your life.
• Actions: Books tickets, sends gifts, and completes web tasks with simple prompts through major service integrations.
• Vision: Uses your phone’s camera or PC screen to analyze the real world in real time and offer insights.
• Pages: Organizes your research and ideas into editable, dynamic workspaces.
• Podcasts: Auto-generates personalized audio content to help you learn or stay updated.
• Shopping: Acts as a price-savvy research assistant with alerts and buying help.
• Deep Research: Combines and analyzes data across documents and the web to answer complex questions.
• Copilot App: A native Windows app brings it systemwide, accessible with a single keystroke.

Microsoft is betting big on personal AI. This is a shift in how we interact with machines. Copilot now adapts to your needs, learns from your world, and acts on your behalf. It’s not just an assistant anymore. It’s your AI.

🎮 Microsoft's AI Plays Quake II, Kind Of

Microsoft just released a browser based demo of Quake II, powered by its Copilot AI, and it’s a wild experiment. Instead of running the original game code, the AI model tries to recreate the experience from scratch. You can move, shoot, and explore but the cracks show fast. It’s not a faithful remaster. It’s an attempt to simulate gameplay with all the unpredictability that comes with AI generated environments.

Key Details:

• Playable in browser: Users can move, shoot, and interact with the AI simulated world for a short timed session
• Trained model: Powered by the Muse family, trained on a single Quake II level Microsoft owns via ZeniMax
• Gameplay quirks: Objects disappear if not seen for 0.9 seconds, enemies blink in and out, and damage tracking is inaccurate
• Research framing: Microsoft says it’s “playing the model,” not the original game
• Critics react: Game designer Austin Walker called the demo “a misunderstanding of how games work,” criticizing claims that AI can preserve classics without their underlying code and logic

Microsoft’s demo is a signal of where things might be headed. If this is the future of game preservation, it risks losing the soul of what made games great. The design, bugs, edge cases, and hand tuned chaos. Replacing code with simulation may look impressive, but it is not the same as preserving play.

🔮 AI 2027: The Two-Year Countdown to Superintelligence

The AI Futures Project just released AI 2027, a scenario-based forecast suggesting that superhuman AI could emerge within two years, potentially igniting a runaway intelligence explosion with existential consequences.

Key Insights:

• Timeline to AGI: Human-level agents by 2025, superhuman coders by 2026, and full AGI by 2027
• Two scenarios: One accelerates recklessly, the other slows to buy time for alignment and safety
• Intelligence explosion: Superintelligence could drive decades of tech progress in weeks, dominating the global economy by 2029
• Geopolitical risk: Military use, regulatory failures, and internal black-box behavior flagged as critical threats
• Whistleblower roots: Author Daniel Kokotajlo left OpenAI over safety concerns and led the 2024 ‘Right to Warn’ campaign

This isn’t speculative hype. It’s a quantitative roadmap, backed by insider experience, expert feedback, and testable predictions. Whether or not the forecast comes true, it shows how narrow our window might be to steer AI’s trajectory and what’s at stake if we fail.

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