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Published: 2026-11-02T22:34:06.725521+00:00
Updated: 2026-11-02T22:34:06.725521+00:00

Perplexity’s open-weight pplx-embed-v2-context models (9B/0.6B) embed each document chunk with its surrounding context, helping search retain supporting evidence. They also handle images; the research paper dates to Oct 28.

Source: Perplexity Developers — original announcement — https://x.com/perplexitydevs/status/2117373903287050675
Source date: 2026-11-02T21:50:52.105000+00:00