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Perplexity AI releases dual-size multimodal embedding models

Perplexity AI has launched pplx-embed-v2-late, a set of two ColBERT-style multimodal embedding models. The models are available in a 0.6B parameter version designed for edge devices and a larger 9B parameter version optimized for quality. Both models can process text, images, and rendered PDFs, sharing a unified embedding space, and are released under an MIT license for self-hosting. AI

IMPACT Enables efficient multimodal search and retrieval, particularly for documents and on edge devices.

RANK_REASON Model release from Perplexity AI, a notable AI company, with details on model sizes and performance.

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Perplexity AI releases dual-size multimodal embedding models

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  1. MarkTechPost TIER_1 English(EN) · Asif Razzaq ·

    Perplexity AI Releases pplx-embed-v2-late: A 0.6B Edge Model and a 9B Model Scoring 92.4% on MADQA

    <p>Perplexity's pplx-embed-v2-late comes in 2 sizes: a 0.6B model built to run on edge devices, and a 9B model for building high-quality indexes. Its best score is 92.4% on MADQA, and its weakest is 61.2% on ViDoRe v3 Markdown. Both are MIT-licensed and ready to self-host.</p> <p…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Polski(PL) · aisight ·

    Perplexity released pplx-embed-v2-late models in 0.6B and 9B sizes. With a shared embedding space, a lightweight query encoder can search the index

    Perplexity udostępniło modele pplx-embed-v2-late o rozmiarach 0,6B i 9B. Dzięki wspólnej przestrzeni osadzeń lekki enkoder zapytań może przeszukiwać indeks przygotowany przez znacznie większy model. # si # ai # sztucznainteligencja # wiadomości # informacje # technologia https://…

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Perplexity AI has released pplx-embed-v2-late, a pair of ColBERT-style multimodal embedding models. The 0.6B edge model runs on devices while the 9B model score

    Perplexity AI has released pplx-embed-v2-late, a pair of ColBERT-style multimodal embedding models. The 0.6B edge model runs on devices while the 9B model scores 92.4% on MADQA for high-quality indexes. Both are MIT-licensed and ready to self-host. https://www. marktechpost.com/2…