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title: "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\" (Charles Rollet/Business Insider)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/source-meta-has-decided-to-stop-using-fruit-for-its-ai-model-codenames-7aca70c6
published: 2026-11-05T04:35:00.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# 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" (Charles Rollet/Business Insider)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-05 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/source-meta-has-decided-to-stop-using-fruit-for-its-ai-model-codenames-7aca70c6

Charles Rollet / Business Insider : 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" — Meta is done with fruits. — The social media giant has internally decided to stop naming its AI models after fruit, a person familiar with the matter said.

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## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261104/p66#a261104p66)

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