Meta Developing New AI Image and Video Model Code-Named ‘Mango’
Alexandr Wang, the company’s AI chief, said the new model will debut soon, along with a large language model dubbed Avocado
Meta Platforms META 2.30%increase; green up pointing triangle is developing a new image and video-focused AI model code-named Mango alongside the company’s next text-based large language model.
Meta’s META 2.30%increase; green up pointing triangle chief AI officer Alexandr Wang talked about the artificial intelligence models in an internal company Q&A on Thursday with Chris Cox, Meta’s chief product officer, according to people who heard the remarks. The models are expected to be released in the first half of 2026.
Wang also said one of the focuses for the new text model, code-named Avocado, is making it better at coding, and that the company is in the early stages of exploring developing so-called world models, AI that learns about its environment by taking in visual information.