{"slug": "perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-92-4", "title": "Perplexity AI Releases pplx-embed-v2-late: A 0.6B Edge Model and a 9B Model Scoring 92.4% on MADQA", "summary": "Perplexity released pplx-embed-v2-late in two sizes: a 0.6B model built to run on edge devices and a 9B model for building high-quality indexes, both MIT-licensed and ready to self-host. The models score a best of 92.4% on MADQA and a weakest of 61.2% on ViDoRe v3 Markdown.", "body_md": "Perplexity's pplx-embed-v2-late comes in 2 sizes: a 0.6B model built to run on edge devices, and a 9B model for building high-quality indexes. Its best score is 92.4% on MADQA, and its weakest is 61.2% on ViDoRe v3 Markdown. Both are MIT-licensed and ready to self-host.\n\nThe post [Perplexity AI Releases pplx-embed-v2-late: A 0.6B Edge Model and a 9B Model Scoring 92.4% on MADQA](https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/07/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-scoring-92-4-on-madqa/) appeared first on [MarkTechPost](https://www.marktechpost.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-92-4", "canonical_source": "https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/07/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-scoring-92-4-on-madqa/", "published_at": "2026-10-08 05:39:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-08 05:48:28.878927+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Perplexity", "pplx-embed-v2-late", "MADQA", "ViDoRe v3 Markdown", "MarkTechPost"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-92-4", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-92-4.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-92-4.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-92-4.jsonld"}}