EmbeddingGemma 2: Unified and Efficient Multimodal Representations research paper by Google, 2026
Google · Inference and efficiency · Oct 27, 2026 · 34 upvotes · unverified
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EmbeddingGemma 2 is an open multimodal embedding model that unifies text, images, audio, and video representations with efficient resource-flexible design and state-of-the-art benchmark performance.
By Henrique Schechter Vera, Sahil Dua, Jovan Andonov and 70 more · arXiv 2610.37364 · PDF
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