By Rich Duprey
Publication Date: 2026-03-13 15:30:00
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Meta Platforms (META) delayed its Avocado AI model from Q1 to May or June after internal tests showed it lagging behind Google’s Gemini 3.0 and Anthropic‘s Claude in reasoning, coding, and writing, while the company is shifting from open-source Llama models to a proprietary, closed-source system that enables higher profit margins and stronger competitive moats.
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Meta is caught in an AI arms race where competitors iterate rapidly, forcing the company to balance the risk of releasing a subpar model against losing momentum to faster-moving rivals like Google and Anthropic.
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In December, media reports first surfaced that Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) was quietly developing a next-generation AI model code-named Avocado, positioned as the successor to its popular Llama series of large language models. The model had been internally targeted for a first-quarter launch, meaning this…