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May 10, 2025 • 11 mins

Imagine a regular computer brain, or AI, that can only understand words, like reading a book.


That's useful, but humans understand the world in lots of ways – we see pictures, hear sounds, and feel things too. Multimodal AI is like an AI that can use many senses at once. This AI can read text, look at pictures, listen to audio, and even watch videos, all at the same time.


Why is this cool?


Because by putting different types of information together, the AI can understand things much, much better, similar to how you understand a situation better if you see, hear, and read about it. This helps it figure out the "context" or the overall meaning. For example, if you're talking to an AI assistant, a multimodal one might not just hear your words, but also listen to the tone of your voice or even look at your face (if you use video) to understand how you're feeling.


In a store app, it could suggest clothes based on pictures you like and your past shopping list.


Or, in healthcare, it could help doctors by looking at medical scans and patient notes together for a more complete picture. Because it can understand more like a human does, it can give more accurate and helpful responses. This technology is a big deal right now, growing really fast, and lots of companies are starting to use it

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