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#68 of 200 in Embeddings.
On MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean, KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 scores 52.7 vs 53 — about the same.
Released 2024-08-27. 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.
KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from HIT-TMG, released Aug 2024.
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), PwC Embedding Expr (open weights).