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Perplexity releases final contextual image and text embedding models in two sizes
Perplexity announced final 9B and smaller 0.6B pplx-embed-v2-context models as open-weight downloads. They embed text, images and visual document chunks with surrounding document context; Perplexity says the 0.6B model can query a 9B index through a shared 1,024-dimensional space. This follows its earlier 9B preview. The 9B card lists an MIT license; the 0.6B card does not state a license, so its reuse terms need review.
Primary source · Perplexity · November 6, 2026
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