Meta quietly leans on rival GPT-4 despite Zuckerberg’s bold Llama claims

This hybrid approach allows Meta to leverage the strengths of multiple AI models, but it also raises questions about how far the company has come in realizing its ambition to lead the generative AI market. As Meta continues to innovate with Llama, its quiet dependence on GPT-4 reveals the complexities of staying competitive in an industry defined by rapid technological advancements.

“The smartest product managers and founders will be those who keep egos aside to leverage the best of each model,” said Vaibhav Bansal, Vice President at Everest Group. “While both these LLMs have been found to be very good for coding assistance, each has varying strengths and weaknesses in terms of accuracy, resource utilization, reasoning, creativity, and multi-lingual support; which is probably what Meta is cognizant of and is trying to optimize for Metamate.”

Meta’s hybrid approach and use of OpenAI’s technology isn’t confined to internal operations. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization led by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, is developing an AI tool for education, built on OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This effort includes customizations for its specific needs, known in the industry as a “wrapper” around the core AI, The Fortune report added.