Nvidia has released NVLM 1.0, a powerful open-source AI model that rivals GPT-4 and Google’s systems, marking a major breakthrough in multimodal language models for vision and text tasks.

NVLM 1.0 introduces a new architectural approach, blending various multimodal processing techniques. This hybrid method could influence future AI research and development. Nvidia’s decision to release such a model openly challenges the conventional business models of tech companies that keep their most advanced systems closed.

Nvidia, which builds some of the most highly sought-after GPUs in the AI industry, has announced that it has released an open-source large language model that reportedly performs on par with leading proprietary models from OpenAI,