"It may sound like a trip through the produce aisle, but leading AI companies have something much more important on their lists. Meta, OpenAI, and Google have all relied on food-related names for their sometimes secretive plans for future AI models. Thinking with your stomach is nothing new for Silicon Valley, just look at the assortment of desserts Android assembled over the years before Google had its fill."
"Meta has codenamed its future AI frontier model " avocado," per a CNBC report. Guac usually costs extra, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's AI pivot has not come cheap. Meta plans to spend more than $70 billion this year on AI infrastructure, which is on top of $14 billion investment Meta made in Scale AI and to poach its founder, Alexandr Wang."
"OpenAI has hit a rough patch, feeling the heat from Google's advances and stumbling with a series of missteps. So perhaps it was time to spice things up. The ChatGPT maker has codenamed its new large language model " garlic," according to The Information. Garlic is separate from another LLM OpenAI is developing, codenamed "Shallotpeat.""
Major AI companies adopt food-themed codenames for upcoming models and projects. Meta has codenamed a future AI frontier model avocado and is investing heavily in AI infrastructure and acquisitions, including a $14 billion investment in Scale AI and reported plans to spend over $70 billion this year. OpenAI uses garlic and Shallotpeat as codenames while navigating competitive pressure and developmental challenges. Google named an image generator Nano Banana Pro and previously used nano-banana internally. Food-based naming continues a Silicon Valley tradition of whimsical project names and appears across multiple firms’ secretive or pre-release development efforts.
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