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FAISS introduced in: Johnson, Douze, Jégou 2017 — Facebook AI Similarity Search.
Last verified 2026-05-16 · Methodology veritas-v0.1 · 7ee9546a5a7d851e
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- FAISS
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- Johnson, Douze, Jégou 2017 — Facebook AI Similarity Search
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- faiss · facebook-ai · meta-ai · similarity-search · vector-search · 2017 · introduced_in
Sources (2)
[1] preprint · arXiv (Johnson, Douze, Jégou / Facebook AI Research) · 2017-02-28
Billion-scale similarity search with GPUs“Similarity search finds application in specialized database systems handling complex data such as images or videos, which are typically represented by high-dimensional features and require specific indexing structures. This paper tackles the problem of better utilizing GPUs for this task.”
[2] github release · Meta AI / Facebook AI Research · 2017-02-28
FAISS — official GitHub repository
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