# Fine-tuned SAM 3 and DINOv3 cut a Berkeley Lab micro-CT segmentation step from a month of expert work to about 15 minutes

Meta's open vision models also run a University of Pittsburgh assistive wheelchair-and-arm platform funded with up to $41.5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).

- Published: 2026-10-13T06:13:53.502Z
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- Sources: [Meta AI (Genesis Mission)](https://ai.meta.com/blog/genesis-mission-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-segment-anything-dino/), [Meta AI (Pittsburgh)](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/), [AI Weekly](https://aiweekly.co/alerts/metas-sam-3-and-dinov3-power-doe-genesis-mission-pipeline), [Open Source For You](https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/07/meta-open-weight-ai-cuts-science-analysis-to-15-minutes/), [Nerova](https://nerova.ai/news/meta-ai-assistive-robotics-rammp)

Meta published two case studies of its open-weight vision models in scientific and clinical use. The first describes SYNAPS-I, a multi-laboratory project led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with Argonne, Brookhaven, Oak Ridge and S…

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