# Berkeley Lab uses Meta's SAM 3 and DINOv3 to cut 3D labeling of X-ray and neutron data from a month to about 15 minutes

The pipeline belongs to SYNAPS-I, a five-laboratory project under the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission, in which Berkeley Lab leads 13 new AI projects.

- Published: 2026-10-19T06:14:35.233Z
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- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/genesis-mission-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-segment-anything-dino/), [Newswise](https://www.newswise.com/doescience/berkeley-lab-to-lead-13-new-genesis-mission-ai-projects), [RuntimeWire](https://runtimewire.com/article/berkeley-lab-meta-models-doe-genesis-mission)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is using two of Meta's open vision models, Segment Anything Model 3 (SAM 3) and DINOv3, to automate image segmentation for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Genesis Mission, Meta said. The work sits insi…

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