Overview
- Meta postponed the planned March rollout to May or later, as first reported by the New York Times and confirmed in subsequent Reuters coverage.
- Internal evaluations found Avocado trailing leading models from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic on reasoning, coding, and writing tasks.
- A person familiar with the matter told Reuters the model’s performance currently sits between Google’s Gemini 2.5 and Gemini 3.
- Company leaders have discussed temporarily licensing Google’s Gemini to power Meta’s AI products, though no decision has been made.
- A Meta spokesperson said the next model will show strong progress and that the company will keep releasing updates, alongside heavy investment in AI infrastructure and in-house chips.