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Alexandr Wang says Meta's coming AI has caught up with OpenAI's flagship model
Meta's AI chief Alexandr Wang stated that the company's upcoming Watermelon AI model matches OpenAI's GPT-5.5 in performance. Meta is intensifying its AI investments to close the gap with competitors like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, with Watermelon using significantly more computational resources than its predecessor, Avocado (Muse Spark).
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