Ai2’s new Molmo open source AI models beat GPT-4o, Claude on some benchmarks
The models are not only high-performing but also entirely open, allowing researchers and developers to access and build upon ...
AI2's Molmo shows open source can meet, and beat, closed multimodal models
The common wisdom is that companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, with bottomless cash reserves and hundreds of ...
Introducing Molmo: A Family of State-of-the-Art Open Multimodal Models
Today, the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) announced the launch of Molmo, a family of state-of-the-art multimodal models. This ...
The Most Capable Open Source AI Model Yet Could Supercharge AI Agents
A compact and fully open source visual AI model will make it easier for AI to take control of your computer—hopefully in a ...
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Ai2’s Molmo shows open source can meet, and beat, closed multimodal models
But as one among them famously noted, they “have no moat” — and Ai2 showed that today with the release of Molmo, a multimodal AI model that matches their best while also being small ...
An AI mentor, robots, and a model that can 'brainstorm': This week in new AI launches
Each week, Quartz rounds up product launches, updates, and funding news from artificial intelligence-focused startups and ...
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A tiny new open-source AI model performs as well as powerful big ones
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), a research nonprofit, is releasing a family of open-source multimodal ...
Allen Institute for AI debuts new Molmo series of open-source multimodal models
The Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, is a Seattle-based nonprofit focused on machine learning research. Its new Molmo model series comprises four neural networks. The most advanced model features 72 ...