YouCook2 retrieval
Models retrieve cooking videos from text queries in the YouCook2 collection.
- Made by
- University of Illinois and collaborators
- Released
- September 2018
- Kind
- Video understanding
- Level
- University
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Open-ended
- Tasks
- All public
- Last in a launch post
- March 2026, dropped before it saturated
- Last model added
- May 2026
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Model scored in lab cards
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Launch post lists it, from 1 lab
1
System card reports it, from 1 lab
Gemini Embedding 2 leads with 52.5
Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.
Source: Labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 52.5 | Mar 2026 | Lab model card |
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Reported by the lab in its model card
Source: Labs’ model cards
Labs headline it less often now, last in March 2026
Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.
| Date | Launch post | Score | As the post writes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | 52.5 | Gemini Embedding 2, text to video YouCook2 nDCG@10 |
One system card reports it
Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | | 52.5 | Gemini Embedding 2, text to video YouCook2 nDCG@10 | Other |
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