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#53 of 238 in Embeddings.
On MTEB English v2 · Pair Classification · English, Bge Large En scores 86.1 vs 86.1 — about the same.
Released 2023-08-05. It is the current version in its line.
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Bge Large En is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from BAAI, released Aug 2023.
Bge En Icl (better), QZhou Embedding (open weights).