iNaturalist Releases Subset of Machine Learning Models for Public Use

Summary

iNaturalist is making a subset of its machine learning models publicly available, specifically "small" models trained on approximately 500 taxa, including taxonomy files and a geographic model. These models are suitable for on-device testing and other applications. The organization keeps full species classification models private due to intellectual property considerations and organizational policy. Additionally, researchers have independently developed and released open-source models based on iNaturalist data.