Meta’s New AI ‘Avocado’ Set to Challenge ChatGPT and Google Gemini in 2026

Meta is preparing to introduce a new AI model, codenamed Avocado, which is expected to become a direct competition for Google’s AI initiatives and ChatGPT by OpenAI. So the whole situation reveals that technology giants are going for AI Heavens race.

The launch of Avocado is in the hands of Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), a division that has recently become, through talent acquisitions, very strong. Company CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the future Llama models, including the new Avocado, will be aimed at the AI capacity and accessibility to the entire world.

Although there is no official release date for Meta, rumors say the AI model might be globally launched in the first quarter of 2026. The reports also claim Avocado is being trained and tested very hard to be ready at the time of the launch. A Meta spokesperson said, “No major changes to the timelines have occurred and our model training is going as planned.”

Market experts think that the coming of Avocado may cause difficulties to the current AI platforms like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, thus making the competition sharper. The development of AI has quickened the pace to the extent that the situation has been termed as a “Code Red” for ChatGPT, which means that the company would have to be innovative and quick in improving its product.

The race for who will be the king of the generative AI during the AI era has opened up and the activity in the AI business is unprecedented. Google still has the largest share, OpenAI is working on ChatGPT to make it better and Meta’s upcoming model is likely to affect the market in early 2026.