Segment Anything

Point at anything, get a clean mask back in milliseconds — segmentation as a foundation model.

Kirillov et al. · ICCV 2023 · Foundations. Read the paper ↗

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What is Segment Anything?

Point at anything, get a clean mask back in milliseconds — segmentation as a foundation model.

Who published Segment Anything, and where?

Kirillov et al. — ICCV 2023 (arXiv:2304.02643).

Where can I find a visual explainer of Segment Anything?

Right here — a free, interactive, animated walkthrough of the whole paper, with exhibits computed from the real formulas and verbatim quotes from the source.

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