Latest Vision, Image and Language Models: Pangea, Ferret, OmniParser, Granite, Pixtral, Aya, SD 3.5

Recently, an influx of new model releases from all angles has felt like the floodgates of innovation bursting open.

Staying up-to-date might seem overwhelming — like drinking from a firehose — but rest assured, you’re in the right place.

I’ll guide you through the most groundbreaking developments you won’t want to miss:

• Pangea from CMU
• PUMA
• Ferret-UI from Apple
• OmniParser from Microsoft
• Pixtral 12B Base from Mistral
• Stable Diffusion 3.5 from StabilityAI
• Mochi from GenmoAI
• Granite 3.0 from IBM
• Llama 3.2 1B & 3B from Meta
• Aya Expanse from Cohere

Let’s GO!

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Pangea

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