Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Google's DeepMind have developed a novel approach for training visual-language models (VLMs) called In-Context Abstraction Learning (ICAL). Unlike traditional methods, ICAL guides VLMs to build multimodal abstractions in new domains, allowing machines to better understand and learn from their experiences.
This is achieved by focusing on four cognitive abstractions,…
Multimodal large language models (MLLMs), which integrate sensory inputs like vision and language, play a key role in AI applications, such as autonomous vehicles, healthcare and interactive AI assistants. However, efficient integration and processing of visual data with textual details remain a stumbling block. The traditionally used visual representations, that rely on benchmarks such as…
Multimodal large language models (MLLMs), which integrate sensory inputs like vision and language to create comprehensive systems, have become an important focus in AI research. Their applications include areas such as autonomous vehicles, healthcare, and AI assistants, which require an understanding and processing of data from various sources. However, integrating and processing visual data effectively…
Computer vision, a significant branch of artificial intelligence, focuses on allowing machines to understand and interpret visual data. This field includes image recognition, object detection, and scene understanding, and researchers are continually working to improve the accuracy and efficiency of neural networks that handle these tasks. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are an advanced architecture that…
Materials science is a field of study that focuses on understanding the properties and performance of various materials, with an emphasis on innovation and the creation of new material for a range of applications. Particular challenges in this field involve integrating large amounts of visual and textual data from scientific literature to enhance material analysis…
Materials science focuses on the study of materials to develop new technologies and improve existing ones. Most researchers in this realm use scientific principles such as physics, chemistry, and understanding of engineering. One major challenge in materials science is collating visual and textual data for analysis to improve material inventions. Traditional methods rarely combine both…
Machine learning has made significant strides, especially in the field of generative models such as diffusion models. These models are tailored to handle complex, high-dimensional data like images and audio which have versatile uses in various sectors such as art creation and medical imaging. Nevertheless, perfect alignment with human preferences remains a challenge, which can…
Autoregressive image generation models have traditionally been built using vector-quantized representations. However, these models have exhibited drawbacks, particularly related to their limited flexibility and computational intensity that often result in suboptimal image reconstruction. The vector quantization process involves the conversion of continuous image data into discrete tokens, which can also give rise to loss of…
Microsoft research team has made significant strides in introducing Florence-2, a sophisticated computer vision model. The adoption of pretrained and adaptable systems in artificial general intelligence (AGI) is increasingly becoming popular. These systems, characterized by their task-agnostic capabilities, are used in diverse applications.
Natural language processing (NLP), with its ability to learn new tasks and…
Open-source pre-training datasets play a critical role in investigating data engineering and fostering transparent and accessible modeling. Recently, there has been a move from frontier labs towards the creation of large multimodal models (LMMs) requiring sizable datasets composed of both visual and textual data. The rate at which these models advance often exceeds the availability…
Researchers from New York University, Genentech, and CIFAR are pioneering a new approach to multi-modal learning in an attempt to improve its efficacy. Multi-modal learning involves using data from various sources to inform a target label, placing boundaries between the sources to allow for differentiation. This type of learning is commonly used in fields like…
