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Q: What is this model?

NbAiLab/nb-sbert-base is an embedding model for sentence similarity and retrieval published by NbAiLab, added to Hugging Bay Jun 29, 2026. Model from Hugging Face for sentence similarity: NbAiLab/nb-sbert-base · sentence transformers

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It is released under the apache-2.0 license. Commercial use is allowed. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted.

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Hosted here: at least 8 listed files; full count and size unknown. Full repo upstream: 1.43 GB. The recommended download, model.safetensors, is 711.4 MB.

Q: What can I download here?

Hosted here: at least 8 listed files; full count and size unknown. Full repo upstream: 1.43 GB. The original release is at https://huggingface.co/NbAiLab/nb-sbert-base.

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sentence similarity and retrievalLicense: apache-2.0SHA-256 recorded for 14 of 15 filessafetensors · BIN

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The catalog lists this model for checking whether two sentences mean similar things. Catalog sources: license, cardMetadata.license, task, cardMetadata.pipelineTag.

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