Meta Drops Fruit Codenames for AI Models, Watermelon Was Last

The fruit codenames were an internal quirk, but dropping them is a small signal that Meta wants its AI lineup read as a serious platform rather than a lab experiment — branding following the claim that Wonder Full is its first frontier-level model. This matters most for how Meta positions itself against other frontier labs and for enterprise buyers weighing whether its models belong in that tier. The open question is whether the frontier label holds up under outside scrutiny, since the naming change does nothing on its own to substantiate it.