Learning path

Multimodal Progress: How AI Learned to See, Hear, and Read at Once

Multimodal AI — models that handle images, text, audio, and more in a single system — has moved from a research curiosity to the backbone of today's flagship products. This path traces that arc: from the core concept of vision-language models, through the labs and model families that pushed the frontier, to the infrastructure and open-source ecosystem that made it broadly accessible.

Designed for readers who know the basics of AI and want to understand how multimodality actually developed and who drove it. Take the steps in order; each one adds a new layer to the picture.