What it means
Multimodal AI isn't limited to just reading text. It can process information from various 'modes' - seeing images, hearing audio, and reading documents simultaneously - to understand the world more like a human does.
Why it matters
This enables much richer interactions. You can show an AI a picture of a broken shelf and ask it how to fix it, or have a fluid voice conversation that feels natural because the AI 'hears' your tone.