"It's all hands on deck at Meta, as the company develops new AI models under its superintelligence lab led by Scale AI co-founder, Alexandr Wang. The company is now working on an image and video model codenamed "Mango" along with a new text-based model internally known as "Avocado," The Wall Street Journal reported. The tech giant plans to release the new models in the first half of 2026,"
"Meta has more recently fallen behind its rivals, like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, in the AI race. The company's AI division saw significant restructurings this year, which included leadership changes and the poaching of researchers from other top companies. However, several of the researchers who joined Meta SuperIntelligence Labs (MSL) have already left the company. Last month, the company's chief AI scientist, Yann Lecun, also announced that he's leaving to create his own startup."
Meta is building new AI models within its SuperIntelligence Lab, including an image and video model codenamed Mango and a text-based model called Avocado. The company plans to release the new models in the first half of 2026. Leadership includes Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang and chief product officer Chris Cox. The text model aims to improve coding capabilities while research explores world models that understand visual information and can reason, plan, and act without exhaustive training. The AI division has faced restructurings, leadership changes, and researcher turnover, and Meta currently lacks a market-leading AI product.
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