{"slug": "meta-doesn-t-need-the-best-ai-model-it-has-something-better-you-while-openai-and", "title": "Meta doesn't need the best AI model — it has something better: you.", "summary": "Meta is positioning its new AI agent around its user data rather than raw model performance, as OpenAI and Anthropic compete on model capability, according to an episode of the YouTube show In The Loop. The episode argues Meta's data advantage lets it anticipate purchases and act on them directly, cutting out middlemen and making Meta the marketplace itself. The episode asks viewers whether they would use an AI agent that knows them that well.", "body_md": "# Meta doesn't need the best AI model — it has something better: you. While OpenAI and Anthropic compete on raw model performance, Meta's new agent wins on data. They know what you want to buy before you do, and now they can finally act on it, cutting out the middlemen and becoming the marketplace itself. Would you actually use an AI agent that knows you this well? Watch the full episode, In The Loop, on Youtube.\n\nMeta doesn't need the best AI model — it has something better: you.While OpenAI and Anthropic compete on raw model performance, Meta's new agent wins on data. They know what you want to buy before you do, and now they can finally act on it, cutting out the middlemen and becoming the marketplace itself.Would you actually use an AI agent that knows you this well?Watch the full episode, In The Loop, on Youtube.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-doesn-t-need-the-best-ai-model-it-has-something-better-you-while-openai-and", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/meta-doesnt-best-ai-model-230704784.html", "published_at": "2026-09-22 23:07:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 23:53:59.457986+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Meta", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "In The Loop", "YouTube"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-doesn-t-need-the-best-ai-model-it-has-something-better-you-while-openai-and", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-doesn-t-need-the-best-ai-model-it-has-something-better-you-while-openai-and.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-doesn-t-need-the-best-ai-model-it-has-something-better-you-while-openai-and.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-doesn-t-need-the-best-ai-model-it-has-something-better-you-while-openai-and.jsonld"}}