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In a steering meeting a director says the company should evaluate only LLMs, because LLM and foundation model mean the same thing. The planned product must also interpret product photos and call audio.
Which statement correctly describes the relationship?
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Answer: LLMs are one type of foundation model; others cover images and audio
Google describes this as a parent-child relationship: all LLMs are foundation models, but not all foundation models are LLMs. LLMs are the ones trained specifically on text and code, while the broader category also includes models trained on images, audio, video, or a combination - which is what a product handling photos and call audio needs. Calling foundation models a subset of LLMs inverts the containment. Saying the category covers only text and code generalises from the text models most executives have used to the whole family. And multimodal models are not a separate category at all: they are one of the types of foundation model, listed alongside LLMs.
Official Source: https://cloud.google.com/discover/what-are-foundation-models ↗