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SMART Framework Unlocks Hidden Multi-Vector Capabilities in Embedding Models

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Omar Khattab#160@LATEINTERACTIONOPHarris ZhangHarris Zhang@HYPERSTORM9682

🚨 Your Embedding Model is SMARTer Than You Think! Single-vector models actually hide powerful multi-vector capabilities in their frozen hidden states. We introduce SMART, a framework that unlocks this ability for SoTA multimodal retrieval. 🧵👇 🔗 https://huggingface.co/papers/2605.24938

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QUOTE POSTOmar Khattab#160Omar Khattab@LATEINTERACTION

your single-vector retriever silently wants to be a late-interaction model?

Harris ZhangHarris Zhang@HyperStorm9682

🚨 Your Embedding Model is SMARTer Than You Think! Single-vector models actually hide powerful multi-vector capabilities in their frozen hidden states. We introduce SMART, a framework that unlocks this ability for SoTA multimodal retrieval. 🧵👇 🔗 https://huggingface.co/papers/2605.24938

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