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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This approach ostensibly puts Llama 4 in direct competition with existing multimodal models from OpenAI (such as GPT-4o) and Google (Gemini 2.5).
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ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
Banani Mohapatra, the head of Walmart’s Subscription Product’s Analytics Fraud and Payment vertical, employs multimodal fusion techniques to combine insights gleaned from LLMs with transaction logs and metadata to identify suspicious behavior patterns in real-time.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
And given the compute needs and size of the training data required to create a truly visually comprehensive multimodal model, the output quality of the images isn't necessarily as good as diffusion models just yet.
—Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
The models are both built on Google Gemini, a multimodal foundation model that can process text, voice, and image data to answer questions, give advice, and generally help out.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
Banani Mohapatra, the head of Walmart’s Subscription Product’s Analytics Fraud and Payment vertical, employs multimodal fusion techniques to combine insights gleaned from LLMs with transaction logs and metadata to identify suspicious behavior patterns in real-time.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
And given the compute needs and size of the training data required to create a truly visually comprehensive multimodal model, the output quality of the images isn't necessarily as good as diffusion models just yet.
—Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
The models are both built on Google Gemini, a multimodal foundation model that can process text, voice, and image data to answer questions, give advice, and generally help out.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Multimodal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multimodal. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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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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