The Joys of Sharing Models on OpenCV's Modelplace

OpenCV's Modelplace is a newly launched marketplace designed to facilitate the sharing and utilization of AI models within the computer vision community. It aims to address the inefficiencies of repeatedly building models for similar tasks by allowing creators to publish their models for free, which consumers can then test and deploy using Modelplace's web interface. The marketplace supports multiple deployment options, including a web hosted API and on-device solutions, catering to various user needs. Modelplace enables model creators to monetize their work and supports frameworks like onnxruntime, openvino, pytorch, and tensorflow. Additionally, Roboflow, a participant in the inaugural release, emphasizes the importance of active learning for improving models by retraining them with new data from specific failure scenarios.