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SAM 3
SAM 3 is an AI model made by Meta. Meta released it on 19 November 2025. It is generally available. Its weights are open. Its licence is SAM License.
- Released
- 19 November 2025 — ai.meta.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Generally available — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Text, Image, Video — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: image, video and image
- Open weights
- Yes — ai.meta.com, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- SAM License — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Context window
- Not confirmed: The reviewed model card and documentation do not print a context-window value for SAM 3.
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The reviewed model card and documentation do not print a standard maximum-output-token limit for SAM 3.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The reviewed Meta pages do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for SAM 3.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The reviewed Meta pages provide no standard API input price for SAM 3; no price is stated to transcribe.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The reviewed Meta pages provide no standard API output price for SAM 3; no price is stated to transcribe.
- Where
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: weights, app and weights, api
- Parameters
- 848,000,000 — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Model card
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: https://huggingface.co/facebook/sam3 and https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/sam-3-segment-anything-with-concepts/
Questions
When was SAM 3 released?
Meta released SAM 3 on 19 November 2025.
Is SAM 3 still available?
Yes: it is generally available, as Meta states it.
Are the weights of SAM 3 open?
Yes: Meta publishes the weights of SAM 3 for download.
What is the licence of SAM 3?
The licence of SAM 3 is SAM License, as Meta names it.
How many parameters does SAM 3 have?
SAM 3 has 848,000,000 parameters, as Meta publishes it.
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Sources
- SAM 3: Segment Anything with Concepts (read 16 October 2026)
- SAM 3.1: Faster and More Accessible Real-Time Video Detection and Tracking With Multiplexing and Global Reasoning (read 16 October 2026)
- GitHub - facebookresearch/sam3 (read 16 October 2026)
- SAM License (read 16 October 2026)
- facebook/sam3 (read 16 October 2026)