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Multimodal model — Glossary

A model that accepts or generates more than one data type, such as text and images.

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Multimodal systems connect encoders for different media into a shared or coordinated representation space. Examples include vision-language chat models and text-to-image generators.

Evaluate each modality’s errors: visual hallucinations, OCR mistakes, and audio noise can hide behind fluent text answers. Show users the evidence used whenever possible.

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Multimodal Models — Multimodal models accept or produce more than one data type—such as text, images, audio, or video—within a unified or coordinated architecture.

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