Meta claims in-training model Watermelon caught up with OpenAI's GPT-5.5

Meta superintelligence chief Alexandr Wang told staff that Watermelon, still in training, has matched OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on closely watched benchmarks. The claim landed the same week Mark Zuckerberg said Meta's AI bets "haven't come to fruition yet."

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