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Multimodal AI
Models that understand or generate more than one kind of input or output, such as text, images, audio, and video.
Definition
Multimodal models accept combinations of text, images, audio, and video and can produce several of them. This enables describing images, reading charts, transcribing audio, and generating visuals within one assistant. Quality varies by modality, so a model strong at text may be weaker at video understanding.
Why it matters when choosing a tool
When a tool claims multimodality, check which modalities are inputs, which are outputs, and how well each one performs on your real material.
Where you will meet it
AI Assistants, AI Image & Design, AI Video Generation
Related terms
Large language model (LLM) · Text-to-image · Speech-to-text (transcription)
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