META DELAYS ROLLOUT OF NEW AI MODEL AFTER PERFORMANCE CONCERNS

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Meta's Avocado model outperforms the company's previous model and the Google Gemini 2.5 model from March, but it doesn't perform as strongly against leading models from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The company has decided to delay the model's release to at least May. Experts believe Meta still has time to catch up to rivals. The company's Llama 4 release fell short of expectations last year.