--- title: SAM 3 just dropped, and it's a big deal | daily.dev description: Meta released SAM 3, an open-source computer vision model that enables text-based object segmentation in images and videos. The model supports multiple input... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wnyt6tnbl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SAM 3 just dropped, and it's a big deal | daily.dev og:description: Meta released SAM 3, an open-source computer vision model that enables text-based object segmentation in images and videos. The model supports multiple input... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wnyt6tnbl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WnYT6TNBl.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SAM 3 just dropped, and it's a big deal **[Jobs](https://daily.dev/sources/jobs)** · [@dash15tonon](https://daily.dev/dash15tonon) · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta released SAM 3, an open-source computer vision model that enables text-based object segmentation in images and videos. The model supports multiple input methods including text prompts, clicks, and bounding boxes, and can track objects across video frames. Trained on over 4 million unique concepts, it reportedly delivers double the accuracy of competing systems on open-vocabulary segmentation tasks. The model is available on GitHub with weights and starter notebooks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#computer-vision](https://daily.dev/tags/computer-vision) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/wnyt6tnbl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/wnyt6tnbl","headline":"SAM 3 just dropped, and it's a big deal","text":"Shared: SAM 3 just dropped, and it's a big deal","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/wnyt6tnbl","datePublished":"2026-01-15T10:57:47.827Z","dateModified":"2026-01-15T10:57:47.830Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"David15tonon","url":"https://daily.dev/dash15tonon","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ODg7gW3B--/f_auto/v1779805078/avatars/avatar_I7Oy0mpyXs8dOSJPf3bPC?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","description":" ∞ \nAI Engineer\n#Son of GOD #Jesus","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":3740}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/pFSqjs5hn"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/jobs","name":"Jobs"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jobs","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/jobs"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SAM 3 just dropped, and it's a big deal"}]} ```