LightOnOCR-2: 0.8B Apache-2.0 OCR model punches above its weight
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-09
A viral retweet praises LightOnOCR-2: an Apache 2.0 open-weight OCR model at just 0.8B parameters that reportedly beats larger models, seen as the efficiency play open-weight AI needs.
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