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ColBERTv2 Hits Record 20M Monthly Downloads on Hugging Face

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OPOmar Khattab#160Omar Khattab@LATEINTERACTION

20M downloads / month is a new record for colbertv2 but people should probably migrate from this ancient October 2021 model to the LateOn colbert model from @raphaelsrty @antoine_chaffin et al (@LightOnIO)

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REPLYOmar Khattab#160Omar Khattab@LATEINTERACTION

migrate if only to appreciate the fantastic puns in LateOn (lighton, late interaction, and maybe a call to [late?] action somehow?)

Omar KhattabOmar Khattab@lateinteraction

20M downloads / month is a new record for colbertv2 but people should probably migrate from this ancient October 2021 model to the LateOn colbert model from @raphaelsrty @antoine_chaffin et al (@LightOnIO)

9:08 PM · May 30, 2026 · 4.4K Views
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