Embeddings & Vector SearchNiklas Muennighoff et al. (Hugging Face, Cohere)Hugging FaceCohere

Hugging Face and Cohere release MTEB

Released MTEB — 8 tasks, 58 datasets, 112 languages

Why it matters

The common yardstick for the embedding model race. Its key conclusion: no embedding method dominates every task

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Paperarxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2210.07316

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