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Hugging Face Hits 1.2 Million Models + Llama 4 Maverick & EU AI Transparency Rules

Published 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Hugging Face announces it has now surpassed 1.2 million uploaded AI models, with monthly downloads crossing 500 million for the first time.

We also cover:

• Meta releasing Llama 4 Maverick, a powerful new 405B open-weight model already topping several community leaderboards

• The European Union proposing mandatory transparency reports for all AI systems above a certain capability threshold

• Perplexity AI raising $500 million at a $9 billion valuation to expand its AI-powered search into enterprise knowledge management