The short answer
Multimodal models expand the input surface of software, enabling workflows built around documents, screens, voices, and physical environments.
Multimodal capability is not just a feature checklist. It changes what a product can know at the start of a task.
A model can inspect a diagram, listen to a call, or understand the structure of a document. That makes previously manual observation part of the workflow.
New inputs require new review surfaces. Products need ways to show what the model noticed, not only what it generated.
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