Meta is turning to AI models from rivals like Anthropic to help its engineers code better

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg waves before speaking at LlamaCon 2025.

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• Meta rolled out Devmate, a coding assistant using models from rivals including Anthropic's Claude.
• Despite investing heavily in AI, Meta opts for competitor models for better performance.
• A Meta spokesperson said the company is "experimenting with various models" for coding efficiency.

Meta has rolled out a new internal AI assistant for coding that is powered by multiple AI models...