By Marc Vartabedian
Publication Date: 2026-03-13 20:17:00
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is reportedly delaying the release of its next artificial intelligence model at least about two months after internal tests showed the tech falling short of rival models from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic.
The leaders of Meta’s AI division are considering temporarily licensing Google’s Gemini to power its products in the wake of the lackluster results, the New York Times reported this week.
Internal Meta testing showed lackluster performance for its new “Avocado” AI model even after techies worked on it for months, anonymous sources told the Times.
Instead of rolling out this month, Avocado is reportedly expected to launch around May after it failed to measure up in terms of reasoning, coding and writing.
The setbacks come after Zuckerberg, 41, threw the kitchen sink at developing AI. Meta has spent billions hiring top AI…
