Bi-encoders can support multimodal decisions across small and massive choice sets

MetaEncoder uses one natural-language interface to score options in closed sets and retrieve items from collections containing millions of candidates.

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Jianpeng Cheng · Guangyu Sun · Aashu Singh · Benyu Zhang · Haixing Dai · Hossein Mansour · +8 more

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Cheng et al.

MetaEncoder represents a request and each candidate separately, then compares their vectors using a similarity score.

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MetaEncoder turns a 30B multimodal decoder into a scalable bi-encoder that beats state-of-the-art multimodal embedders on decision tasks but remains weak on reasoning.

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