Google makes Gemini Embedding 2 generally available (GA)

Gemini Embedding 2 generally available (GA) — a natively multimodal embedding that supports search across text, images, video and audio

Why it matters

The commercial embedding lineage officially moved past the text-only generation into a natively multimodal one

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialblog.googlehttps://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-embedding-2-generally-available/

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