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#89 of 200 in Embeddings.
On MTEB English v2 · Retrieval · English, GIST Small Embedding v0 scores 52 vs 52.1 — 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 Small Embedding v0 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from avsolatorio, released Feb 2024.
EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Yuan Embedding 2.0 En (open weights).