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NYT: ‘Meta Delays Rollout of New AI Model After Performance Concerns’

Meta shelved Avocado, its in-house AI model, after pre-launch performance failures—a public signal that even well-funded labs hit unexploited quality ceilings at the frontier.

Thursday, March 19, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Daring FireballBY sys://pipeline

Meta has delayed the rollout of a new AI model (internally codenamed "Avocado" per the URL slug) after performance concerns surfaced pre-launch. This signals ongoing quality challenges at the frontier even for well-resourced labs. No revised timeline was reported.

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