# Meta's Open Vision Models Cut Scientific Image Annotation From a Month to 15 Minutes

Berkeley Lab's segmentation pipeline for X-ray and neutron experiments under the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission runs on Segment Anything Model 3 and DINOv3.

- Published: 2026-09-30T06:34:52.927Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-09-30/meta-s-open-vision-models-cut-scientific-image-annotation-fr
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- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/genesis-mission-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-segment-anything-dino/), [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/)

The segmentation pipeline at the center of a multi-laboratory imaging project now runs on two open-weight Meta models. Segment Anything Model 3 and DINOv3 sit inside SYNAPS-I, a project led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with Argo…

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