Meta's SAM AI model identifies and isolates objects in photos.

Facebook parent company Meta has released an A.I. model called SAM that can identify objects within images and videos, even if it has not encountered them before. SAM is promptable, meaning it can transfer zero-shot to new image distributions and tasks. Meta already uses similar technology for tagging photos, moderating prohibited content, and recommending posts to users. The SAM model and dataset will be available for download under a non-commercial license for research purposes.