Image Segmentation in AI

Meta’s software could be a significant boon to computer vision researchers.

The vast dataset lets SAM generalize new types of objects and images beyond what it was trained on.

SAM has a head start in recognizing objects and has already learned a general idea of what things are.

A portrait of a person with image segmentation overlaying half the facial features.

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Meta researchers said SAM is general enough for many uses.

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SAM is one of a growing number of improvements to how computers see things.

But observers said that SAM is unique as an open-source model.

Meta SAM Image Tool

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