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How an 8B Open Model Sets New Standards for Safe and Efficient Vision-Language AI

15 Jun 2025

Idefics2, an efficient 8B vision-language model, sets new multimodal AI benchmarks—while its release, dataset, and red-teaming highlight progress and risks.

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The Small AI Model Making Big Waves in Vision-Language Intelligence

15 Jun 2025

Idefics2, an 8B vision-language AI, uses top-notch pre-training, robust filtering, and dynamic fine-tuning to beat rivals—even those four times bigger.

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The Artistry Behind Efficient AI Conversations

15 Jun 2025

Autoregressive VLMs, efficient token pooling, and smart image splitting boost AI performance, offering flexible, cost-effective multimodal solutions.

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Why The Right AI Backbones Trump Raw Size Every Time

15 Jun 2025

Design choices in Vision-Language Models (VLMs)—especially backbone selection—greatly impact performance, with better models outperforming larger ones.

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Can Smaller AI Outperform the Giants?

15 Jun 2025

Efficient vision-language models, design insights, and Idefics2: a state-of-the-art, open-source VLM rivaling models 4x its size—ideal for AI researchers.

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AI Learns Common Sense from Touch, Not Just Vision

13 Jun 2025

Robots learn to "feel" like humans by combining touch, vision, and language—boosting their ability to understand objects and act in the real world.

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Your Next Robot Might Think with Its Fingers

13 Jun 2025

Robots learn to "feel" like humans by combining touch, vision, and language—boosting their ability to understand objects and act in the real world.

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This AI Knows What It’s Touching—Because Scientists Tuned Its Senses

13 Jun 2025

Robots learn to "feel" like humans by combining touch, vision, and language—boosting their ability to understand objects and act in the real world.

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This AI Learns to Handle the Unknown—By Touch Alone

13 Jun 2025

Robots learn to "feel" like humans by combining touch, vision, and language—boosting their ability to understand objects and act in the real world.