Google open-sources EmbeddingGemma 2, a best-in-class natively multimodal embedding model
minchoi · x · 2026-10-07
Google has released EmbeddingGemma 2, an open-source embedding model with native multimodal support, which the company bills as best-in-class for multimodal embeddings.
- Announced on the official Google blog
- Goes beyond text to handle multimodal embedding tasks, targeting open, self-hosted use cases
- Weights are available on Hugging Face
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