Reports indicate that Meta AI is likely not delivering the best results, this could limit its progress on AI agents
While it’s hard to make an accurate assessment on the trajectory of Meta AI since DeepSeek disrupted the industry and the Llama 4 is yet to be released, current reports suggests that not everything is going on well with it. For instance, there are reports that Meta business AI agents are not delivering as expected and the company is even considering using DeepSeek’s model. The report that Meta’s internal coding agent is using GPT also signals underperformance of Meta’s Llama model. There were also reports that the upcoming model is likely to underperform DeepSeek and Meta’s engineering team was scrambling to resolve this situation. Similarly, during a call with Morgan Stanley, Meta’s chief of product Chris Cox failed to confirm when the Llama 4 will be released despite Mark Zuckerberg having promised that it will be released in early 2025. He only confirmed that they have started using “distillation” process to reduce training costs. However, distillation process will only lead to great results if the parent model is great. While Meta’s relationship with around 200 million small businesses will give it an hedge when it comes to monetizing the AI agents, these agents will need a great model to work efficiently.