Researchers working for Apple and from Columbia University quietly pushed an open-source multimodal LLM in October, a research release called "Ferret" that can use regions of images for queries.A ferret in the wild [Pixabay/Michael Sehlmeyer]The introduction in October to...

Researchers working for Apple and from Columbia University quietly pushed an open-source multimodal LLM in October, a research release called "Ferret" that can use regions of images for queries.


The introduction in October to Github largely flew under the radar, with no announcement or fanfare for its introduction. The code for Ferret was released alongside Ferret-Bench on October 30, with checkpoint releases introduced on December 14.

While it didn't receive much attention at first, the release became more of a big deal to AI researchers on Saturday, reports VentureBeat. Bart De Witte, operator of an AI-in-medicine non-profit, posted to X about the "missed" release, calling it a "testament to Apple's commitment to impactful AI research."


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