An internal Meta memo dated January 20 identifies the next-generation AI model 'Avocado' as the company's most capable pre-trained base model to date. The model has completed its initial pre-training phase and currently outperforms leading open-source alternatives. Even without final optimizations, Avocado remains competitive with top existing models in knowledge, visual perception, and multilingual tasks.
Developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs, Avocado represents a significant evolution beyond the Llama series. The model features enhanced reasoning and multimodal understanding across text, images, and video.
Reports indicate Meta may shift its strategy by keeping advanced models like Avocado proprietary. This move would mark a departure from the open-source Llama releases as the company seeks to compete with rivals OpenAI and Google.