Meta Considering Charged Access for New AI Model 'Avocado'
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Summary
Meta is reportedly developing a new AI model code-named Avocado that may represent a strategic shift from its previous open-source approach. The company might charge for access to this model, marking a departure from its earlier Llama models that were released as open source. This potential change comes after Meta's Llama 4 model had a disappointing release with issues including benchmark gaming and delays to a planned 'Behemoth' version.
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· 4 pulledMeta's next AI model could mark a change in its 'open source' AI strategy that Mark Zuckerberg had called 'the path forward.'
Currently, the company is working on a new AI model, code-named Avocado, that it might charge for access to, Bloomberg reports.
Last year, Meta launched its open source (depending on who you ask, since the Open Source Initiative disagrees) Llama 4 AI model, but it had a disappointing release.
But Zuckerberg scrapped that 'in pursuit of something new,' Bloomberg says.
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