Apple open-sources LensVLM-9B, a VLM that reads compressed text images and selectively expands relevant pages
jacek2023 · reddit · 2026-09-24
Apple released LensVLM-9B, a 9B vision-language model that scans compressed images of text and uses learned tools to selectively expand only the relevant pages to their uncompressed form, saving context. Paper (arXiv:2605.07019) and code (ml-lensvlm) are public, with a GGUF quantization already on Hugging Face. Weights, including Apple's Qwen modifications, ship under the Apple ML Research Model License; source code uses the Apple Sample Code License.
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