Microsoft unveils AI model that understands image content, solves visual puzzles

Microsoft researchers have developed a multimodal AI model, Kosmos-1, which can analyze images, solve visual puzzles, recognize text, and understand natural language instructions.

Key takeaways:

1. Multimodal AI is a key step to building artificial general intelligence (AGI).
2. Kosmos-1 can analyze images, solve visual puzzles, recognize text, and understand natural language instructions.
3. Kosmos-1 outperformed current state-of-the-art models in several tests.

Counter arguments:

1. Kosmos-1 only achieved 22-26% accuracy on a visual IQ test.
2. Errors in the methodology could have affected the results.