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 ==Introduction==
+===Model Introduction===
+'''Segment Anything Model (SAM)''' is an [[artificial intelligence model]] developed by [[Meta AI]]. This model allows users to effortlessly "cut out" any object within an image using a single click. It is a [[prompt]]able [[segmentation system]] that can generalize to unfamiliar objects and images without additional training.
+===Project Introduction===
 '''Segment Anything''' is a project aimed at democratizing [[image segmentation]] by providing a [[foundation model]] and [[dataset]] for the [[task]]. Image segmentation involves identifying which pixels in an image belong to a specific object and is a core component of [[computer vision]]. This technology has a wide range of applications, from analyzing [[scientific imagery]] to [[editing photos]]. However, creating accurate [[segmentation models]] for specific tasks often necessitates specialized work by technical experts, access to AI training infrastructure, and large amounts of carefully annotated data.
-===Segment Anything Model (SAM) and SA-1B Dataset===
+====Segment Anything Model (SAM) and SA-1B Dataset====
 On April 5, 2023, the Segment Anything project introduced the [[Segment Anything Model]] ([[SAM]]) and the [[Segment Anything 1-Billion mask dataset]] ([[SA-1B]]), as detailed in a research paper. The SA-1B dataset is the largest-ever segmentation dataset, and its release aims to enable various applications and further research into foundation models for [[computer vision]]. The [[SA-1B dataset]] is available for research purposes, and the Segment Anything Model is released under an open license (Apache 2.0).
 SAM is designed to reduce the need for task-specific modeling expertise, training compute, and custom data annotation in image segmentation. Its goal is to create a foundation model for image segmentation that can be trained on diverse data and adapt to specific tasks, similar to the prompting used in natural language processing models. However, segmentation data required for training such a model is not readily available, unlike images, videos, and text. Consequently, the Segment Anything project set out to develop a general, promptable segmentation model and simultaneously create a segmentation dataset on an unprecedented scale.
-==SAM: A Generalized Approach to Segmentation==
+==Segmentation Anything Model (SAM) Overview==
-Historically, there have been two main approaches to segmentation problems: [[interactive segmentation]] and [[automatic segmentation]]. Interactive segmentation enables the segmentation of any object class but requires human guidance, while automatic segmentation is specific to predetermined object categories and requires substantial amounts of manually annotated data, compute resources, and technical expertise. SAM is a generalization of these two approaches, capable of performing both interactive and automatic segmentation.
+===Input Prompts===
+SAM utilizes a variety of [[input prompt]]s to determine which object to segment in an image. These prompts enable the model to execute a wide range of segmentation tasks without further training. SAM can be prompted using interactive points and boxes, automatically segment all objects within an image, or generate multiple valid masks when given ambiguous prompts.
+===Integration with Other Systems===
+The promptable design of SAM allows for seamless integration with other systems. In the future, SAM could take input prompts from systems like [[AR]]/[[VR]] headsets to select objects based on a user's gaze. Additionally, bounding box prompts from object detectors can enable text-to-object segmentation.
+===Extensible Outputs===
+Output masks generated by SAM can be used as inputs to other AI systems. These masks can be employed for various purposes such as tracking objects in videos, facilitating image editing applications, lifting objects to 3D, or enabling creative tasks like collaging.
-===Promptable Segmentation===
+===Zero-shot Generalization===
-SAM is designed to return a valid segmentation mask for any [[prompt]], whether it be foreground/background points, a rough box or mask, freeform text, or any other information indicating what to segment in an image. This model has been trained on the SA-1B dataset, which consists of over 1 billion masks, allowing it to generalize to new objects and images beyond its [[training data]]. As a result, practitioners no longer need to collect their own segmentation data and [[fine-tune]] a model for their use case.
+SAM possesses a general understanding of what objects are, allowing it to achieve zero-shot generalization to unfamiliar objects and images without the need for supplementary training.
-==Segmenting 1 Billion Masks: Building SA-1B==
+==Segmenting 1 Billion Masks: Building SA-1B Dataset==
 To train SAM, a massive and diverse dataset was needed. The SA-1B dataset was collected using the model itself; annotators used SAM to annotate images interactively, and the newly annotated data was then used to update SAM. This process was repeated multiple times to iteratively improve both the model and the [[dataset]].