multimodal
adjective
mul·ti·mod·al
ˌməl-tē-ˈmō-dᵊl 
-ˌtī-
: having or involving several modes, modalities, or maxima
multimodal distributions
multimodal therapy
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The announcements came a day after OpenAI revealed its newest multimodal AI chatbot, ChatGPT-4o.
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Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 17 May 2024
Companies can upskill their data engineers, for example, to learn multimodal processing and vector database management, while data scientists can develop prompt engineering and bias detection skills.
—Byrodney Zemmel, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Outside of Gemini’s new multimodal capabilities, the most interesting part of the keynote for creators and artists involved the introduction of Veo, Google DeepMind’s generative video model.
—Damien Scott, Billboard, 15 May 2024
The DeepMind team is still researching how best to bring multimodal models together and how to balance ultra-huge general models with smaller and more focused ones.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 14 May 2024
OpenAI has reportedly created a new multimodal AI model that is capable of recognizing objects and picking up on your mood.
—Emily Price, PCMAG, 11 May 2024
Lastly, Meta rolled out an early access program for its multimodal AI back in December.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 23 Apr. 2024
Autonomous Agents In Generative AI The landscape of generative AI is undergoing a profound transformation driven by autonomous agents incorporating multimodal AI and advanced algorithms.
—Sunny Pokala, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Unlike earlier versions, Claude 3 is also multimodal, able to understand text and photo inputs.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 17 May 2024
Companies can upskill their data engineers, for example, to learn multimodal processing and vector database management, while data scientists can develop prompt engineering and bias detection skills.
—Byrodney Zemmel, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Outside of Gemini’s new multimodal capabilities, the most interesting part of the keynote for creators and artists involved the introduction of Veo, Google DeepMind’s generative video model.
—Damien Scott, Billboard, 15 May 2024
The DeepMind team is still researching how best to bring multimodal models together and how to balance ultra-huge general models with smaller and more focused ones.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 14 May 2024
OpenAI has reportedly created a new multimodal AI model that is capable of recognizing objects and picking up on your mood.
—Emily Price, PCMAG, 11 May 2024
Lastly, Meta rolled out an early access program for its multimodal AI back in December.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 23 Apr. 2024
Autonomous Agents In Generative AI The landscape of generative AI is undergoing a profound transformation driven by autonomous agents incorporating multimodal AI and advanced algorithms.
—Sunny Pokala, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Unlike earlier versions, Claude 3 is also multimodal, able to understand text and photo inputs.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
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multimodal
adjective
mul·ti·mo·dal
ˌməl-ti-ˈmōd-ᵊl
: relating to, having, or utilizing more than one mode or modality (as of stimulation or treatment)
multimodal cancer therapy involving surgery, immunotherapy, and radiation
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