Meta's AI strategy pivots as Avocado model threatens open source commitment and sparks internal tension
Meta is developing a proprietary AI model code-named Avocado, marking a potential departure from Mark Zuckerberg's open source philosophy. The shift comes amid disappointing Llama 4 performance, a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI's Alexandr Wang, and growing internal conflicts between new AI talent and longtime executives over priorities and resources.