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Meta's Watermelon AI Model Has Caught up to GPT
Business Insider • • general
Key Points:
- Meta's upcoming AI model, codenamed Watermelon, has reportedly caught up with OpenAI's GPT-5.5 based on internal benchmarks, marking significant progress in the AI model race, according to Meta's superintelligence chief Alexandr Wang.
- Watermelon, currently in training, uses significantly more computing power than Meta's previous model Avocado (Muse Spark), indicating a major advancement in Meta's AI capabilities.
- Wang hinted at an imminent update to Muse Spark with improved coding and agentic abilities, aiming to compete closely with rival models like Anthropic's Claude Opus.
- Despite previous struggles to position its AI models at the industry forefront, Meta's increased investment in talent, infrastructure, and research under Zuckerberg's leadership appears to be yielding results.
- Meta is ramping up spending on chips, data centers, and infrastructure to between $125 billion and $145 billion this year, reflecting its commitment to advancing AI development and competing with leaders like OpenAI and Google.
