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Multimodal model

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Definition

A model that accepts, relates, or generates more than one modality, such as text, images, audio, video, or structured data.

Distinguish it from nearby terms

Multimodal means multiple data forms, not multiple models or multiple agents.

Check your understanding

A text-only model connected to an image-captioning tool is a multimodal system but not necessarily a multimodal model.