Contrastive image-text model
Maps images and text into the same space, so a sentence can find matching pictures and vice versa.
AI Model Types
Every major kind of AI model in plain English: what it does, how it works, when to use it, and open-source repos to try.
3 model types in Search & retrieval · Show all
Embedding model
Turns text into a list of numbers that captures its meaning, so similar ideas can be found by math.
Reranker
Rescores a shortlist of search results by reading the query and each result together, for better ordering.
Each page explains what the model type does, how it works, what it is good and bad at, and links to open-source GitHub repositories you can try. For single terms, see the AI Glossary.