Zuckerberg says Meta is 'very close' to substantially stronger AI models
In an interview, Meta's founder offered no release date or independent evaluations as the company pushes 2026 capital spending toward $145 billion.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: sources.news
Why it matters
Zuckerberg is defining the policy framework Meta needs for its AI comeback: more compute, open-model distribution, permissive distillation and minimal release delays.
"We are very close to having substantially stronger models," Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd) told Alex Heath in an interview published by sources.news.
The Meta founder did not identify the models, give a release schedule or provide independent evaluations. But his claim puts a near-term marker on Meta's effort to close the model gap with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google after committing extraordinary sums to AI infrastructure.…
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