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New method corrects mean bias in text embeddings

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Researchers have identified a consistent bias in current text embedding models, where each embedding can be decomposed into a sentence-specific component and a near-identical mean component across all sentences. They propose two training-free correction methods, R1 and R2, with R2 showing superior performance by projecting embeddings off the mean direction. Across 38 models on the Massive Multilingual Text Embedding Benchmark (MMTEB), R2 consistently improved classification accuracy, with the norm of the mean embedding correlating with model benefit. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Xingyu Ren, Youran Sun, Haoyu Liang ·

    Correcting Mean Bias in Text Embeddings: A Refined Renormalization with Training-Free Improvements on MMTEB

    arXiv:2511.11041v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We find that current sentence-embedding models produce outputs with a consistent bias: every embedding $e$ decomposes as $\tilde e + \mu$, where the mean $\mu$ is near-identical across all sentences. We study two training-…

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