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Meta drops fruit codenames for AI models, ending run with 'Watermelon'

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Meta has decided to stop using fruit names for its AI model codenames, judging them unsuited to its AI ambitions; its latest model carried the codename "Watermelon".

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  1. 2026-11-05 04:35 · Techmeme
    Source: Meta has decided to stop using fruit for its AI model codenames, as they didn't suit its lofty AI ambitions; its latest model was named "Watermelon"

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