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| Method | Training regime | Retrieval metric | |--------|-----------------|------------------| | CLIP (global) | Zero‑shot (no fine‑tune) | 24.3% (avg) | | CLIP + linear probe (image+text) | Zero‑shot | 28.1% | | ALIGN‑ZS (global) | Zero‑shot | 25.6% | | ZC‑SOFTAIM (ours) | Zero‑shot | 34.7% | | ZC‑SOFTAIM + fine‑tune (10 k pairs) | Semi‑supervised | 41.2% | | ViLT‑ZS (global) | Zero‑shot | 22.9% |

However, the implementation of soft aims also presents several challenges: Zc-softaim

, though these are frequently removed for violating platform policies. | Method | Training regime | Retrieval metric