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title: "Perplexity AI Releases pplx-embed-v2-late: A 0.6B Edge Model and a 9B Model Scoring 92.4% on MADQA"
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summary: "Perplexity AI has released pplx-embed-v2-late, which includes a 0.6B model for edge devices and a 9B model for building indexes. Both MIT-licensed models scored 92.4% on MADQA and 61.2% on ViDoRe v3 Markdown."
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# Perplexity AI Releases pplx\-embed\-v2\-late: A 0\.6B Edge Model and a 9B Model Scoring 92\.4% on MADQA

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**Published:** 2026-10-08T05:39:09.000Z
**Category:** Data
**Topics:** llm, data\-engineering, microsoft, open\-source

## Summary

Perplexity AI has released pplx\-embed\-v2\-late, which includes a 0\.6B model for edge devices and a 9B model for building indexes\. Both MIT\-licensed models scored 92\.4% on MADQA and 61\.2% on ViDoRe v3 Markdown\.

## Sources

- [Story 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/>)
- [Story source](<https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/09/microsoft-ai-releases-microsoft-decision-1-a-qwen3-5-9b-decision-scoring-model/>)
- [Story source](<https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/09/nace-ai-open-sources-drex-1-5-a-9b-decision-model-that-scores-options-not-text/>)

