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Meta Turns to Rival AI Tools Internally as It Pursues an AI-First Overhaul

The company is making day-to-day work AI-driven after Llama 4 setbacks, reflecting a pivot toward tighter control with new proprietary efforts.

Overview

  • Meta now gives employees access to Google's Gemini 3 Pro and OpenAI's GPT-5, with a Meta spokesperson confirming the expanded internal toolset.
  • The company migrated its productivity suite to Google Workspace to unlock AI-driven features and is rolling out agentic coding options including Gemini 3 Pro and integrations under evaluation with OpenAI and Google CLIs.
  • Internal adoption is being gamified through a 'Level Up' program, and managers will factor 'AI-driven impact' into performance reviews beginning in 2026.
  • Meta continues to run its own models through the Metamate assistant while also using Anthropic's Claude for an internal coding tool and making Midjourney available for design and prototyping.
  • Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said his company will not match Meta's reported $100 million-plus signing bonuses, underscoring diverging hiring philosophies as Meta reorganizes under Superintelligence Labs, brings in Alexandr Wang in a reported $14.3 billion move, and reportedly develops a proprietary model codenamed 'Avocado.'