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#121 of 200 in Embeddings.
On BEIR · Mean over task types · English, GIST All MiniLM L6 v2 scores 45.1 vs 45.1 — about the same.
Released 2024-02-03. 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.
GIST All MiniLM L6 v2 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from avsolatorio, released Feb 2024.
Bge Base En v1.5 (better), NV Embed v2 (open weights).