Meta's next-gen AI model, 'Watermelon,' achieves GPT-5.5-level performance on internal benchmarks, utilizing 10 times more computational power than previous models.
Meta's Watermelon model matches GPT-5.5 benchmarks internally, using more compute than prior Muse Spark. Benchmark parity doesn't guarantee market edge—Zuckerberg's caution on delayed agent acceleration reveals raw compute alone may not overcome OpenAI's product leadership.
'Watermelon' AI model is still in training
Jul 03, 2026
09:44 am
What's the storyMeta's upcoming flagship artificial intelligence (AI) model, codenamed Watermelon, has achieved performance levels on par with OpenAI's GPT-5.5 in internal benchmark tests.
The announcement was made by Alexandr Wang, the head of Meta Superintelligence Labs, during a company-wide town hall meeting.
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