ETH Zurich's Apertus 1.5 Adds Image and Audio to Its Open Model Family

Switzerland's fully open Apertus family grows eyes and ears, with a 262K context window, optional thinking mode, and Apache 2.0 weights for everything.

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Oct 11, 2026, 11:34 AM

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Switzerland's fully open Apertus family grows eyes and ears, with a 262K context window, optional thinking mode, and Apache 2.0 weights for everything.

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