Multimodal AI
AI systems that can process and understand information from multiple types of data, such as text, images, audio, and video, simultaneously.
While many AIs specialize in one type of data (like text-only LLMs), Multimodal AI is designed to understand and work with several 'modes' of information at once, just like humans do. It can see an image, hear sounds, and read text, then connect all those pieces of information together.
For small businesses, multimodal AI opens up new possibilities for richer analysis and content creation. You could analyze customer feedback that includes both written comments and uploaded photos, or generate marketing content that seamlessly integrates text with custom-designed visuals. It allows for a more holistic understanding of data and more complex, creative outputs.
A real estate agency uses multimodal AI to analyze property listings, combining text descriptions with photos and virtual tour videos to generate more accurate valuations or compelling marketing descriptions.