Meta has postponed the launch of its new AI model, codenamed "Avocado," originally scheduled for this month, to at least May. According to sources, the model has not yet achieved the performance levels of leading competitors like Google's Gemini 3.0, despite surpassing Meta's previous AI models. Internal tests have shown that "Avocado" lags in reasoning, programming, and writing capabilities compared to models from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. This delay marks a setback for Meta, which had aimed to release the model within a year, as stated by CEO Zuckerberg last July.