# Meta

- [Meta Avocado Is Closed-Source. The Llama Era Might Be Over.](https://sdd.sh/2026/05/meta-avocado-is-closed-source.-the-llama-era-might-be-over..md): Meta's next flagship model has been delayed twice, benchmarks below GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7, and unlike Llama — it won't be open-sourced. Meta is reportedly considering licensing Google Gemini as a stopgap. The open-source AI story Meta spent two years building is quietly unraveling.
- [Meta's Muse Spark Is Closed Source. Open-Source AI Just Lost Its Last Major Patron.](https://sdd.sh/2026/04/metas-muse-spark-is-closed-source.-open-source-ai-just-lost-its-last-major-patron..md): Meta Superintelligence Labs shipped Muse Spark — and made it closed-source. The company that framed open AI as a moral imperative just locked the door. Here's what that means for developers who built their stack on Llama.