# OpenAI Authors - What Are Embeddings (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://platform.openai.com/curl.png) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/24934491) **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[OpenAI Authors]] **Full Title**:: What Are Embeddings **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [platform.openai.com](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings/what-are-embeddings) **Host**:: [[platform.openai.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-03-03]] **Created**:: [[2023-03-04]] ## Highlights - An embedding is a vector (list) of floating point numbers. The [distance](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings/which-distance-function-should-i-use) between two vectors measures their relatedness. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gtkx8bzv9cnxrh96dptmd91w)) ^485470724