{"id":195586,"date":"2026-03-13T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/metas-new-ai-model-is-reportedly-delayed-again-is-avocado-toast\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:20:22","slug":"metas-new-ai-model-is-reportedly-delayed-again-is-avocado-toast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/metas-new-ai-model-is-reportedly-delayed-again-is-avocado-toast\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta&#8217;s New AI Model Is Reportedly Delayed Again. Is &#8216;Avocado&#8217; Toast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/meta-ai-model-delay-avocado-news\/\">Meta&#8217;s New AI Model Is Reportedly Delayed Again. Is &#8216;Avocado&#8217; Toast?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/meta-ai-model-delay-avocado-news\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/meta-ai-model-delay-avocado-news\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-13 13:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a succinct summary of the article utilizing an unordered list:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Meta has delayed its next-generation foundational AI model release to May due to underperforming on internal tests compared to rivals like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.<br \/>\n&#8211; Despite spending billions on AI, Meta has struggled to match competitors, who recently launched advanced AI models like Google&#8217;s Gemini 3 and Anthropic&#8217;s Claude Code and Cowork.<br \/>\n&#8211; Meta plans to incrementally increase its spending, from $72 billion last year to an expected $115-135 billion, focusing on AI development.<br \/>\n&#8211; The company anticipates demonstrating its progress through a series of future model releases.<br \/>\n&#8211; Meta&#8217;s acquisition of Motopia, an AI-centric social media platform, highlights its strategic initiatives.<br \/>\n&#8211; Privacy concerns surround Meta\u2019s smart glasses, with allegations of unauthorized recording, leading to a lawsuit.<br \/>\n&#8211; Meta\u2019s social media platforms, including Instagram and Facebook, are under scrutiny for their impact on teens\u2019 mental health, with ongoing trials addressing potential risks.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta&#8217;s New AI Model Is Reportedly Delayed Again. Is &#8216;Avocado&#8217; Toast? https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/meta-ai-model-delay-avocado-news\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-13&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/75cafac80f045b6f3e2544cdc06a2cf73c1f6fe0\/hub\/2026\/03\/13\/a2930fc1-4bcd-414c-80b1-3bcef159e563\/meta-ai-logo-gettyimages-2257784061.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195588,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195586\/revisions\/195588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}