Meta’s push to develop its next frontier model, codenamed avocado, under new ai leadership is creating internal friction as it races rivals openai and google. Meta pivots from its open llama models to a delayed new avocado ai system that may launch as a closed flagship in 2026 amid rising pressure. Meta is building strong momentum in the ai race with a new model named avocado The project is built within the meta superintelligence labs with alexandr wang leading the unit Mark zuckerberg created the lab to push meta into the next stage of advanced ai to speed up progress after previous llama models failed to meet his expectations. A large portion of that investment followed meta’s $14.3 billion deal to bring in scale ai founder alexandr wang, now meta’s chief ai officer
Analysts at keybanc capital markets noted in a november report that meta, unlike alphabet, entered the year facing growing scrutiny over ai investment levels and return on investment.
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