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Meta Delays Avocado, Abandons Open-Source for Frontier.

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Meta pushed its frontier model from March to May amid performance failures. Open-source abandoned for Avocado after Llama 4's disappointing reception. Internal tensions: Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang losing autonomy, pay disparities, compute bottlenecks. Meta reportedly considering licensing Google Gemini temporarily. NYT via Reuters

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