Meta Delays "Avocado" AI, ByteDance's Chip Loophole & Nvidia's $26B Bet

On this episode of AI RADAR: **Meta** reportedly delays its "Avocado" model release after benchmarks showed it failing to beat Google's **Gemini 3.0**, raising questions about Zuckerberg's $135B compute strategy. Meanwhile, a WSJ investigation reveals **ByteDance** is bypassing U.S. sanctions to access 36,000 **Nvidia Blackwell GPUs** via a "cloud loophole" in Malaysia.Also, **Nvidia** challenges its own customers with a strategic $26 billion pivot into **open-weight models**, and **OpenAI** releases new safety protocols to stop prompt injections.Sources:• The Business Times: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/meta-delays-rollout-new-ai-model-after-performance-concerns• Investing.com: https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/chinas-bytedance-gets-access-to-nvidia-blackwell-chips-wsj-3929481• Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-open-weight-models-investment/• CTV News: https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/nvidia-to-invest-us-2-billion-in-neocloud-nebius-amid-ai-data-center-push-1.7228834• OpenAI: https://openai.com/index/improving-instruction-hierarchy/