AI glossary

What is multimodal?

Short answer

Able to work with more than one kind of data, such as text, images and audio.

For example

Taking a photo of a broken bike part and asking a chatbot what it is and how to fix it uses a multimodal model: image in, text out.

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Questions

What is multimodal in simple terms?

Able to work with more than one kind of data, such as text, images and audio.

What is an example of multimodal?

Taking a photo of a broken bike part and asking a chatbot what it is and how to fix it uses a multimodal model: image in, text out.

Where can I learn about multimodal for free?

AI in Bed explains it in the free lesson "Seeing and hearing: multimodal models" (Intermediate level, 6 minutes), with no sign-up.