LLaVA-NeXT Unveiled
The latest breakthrough in multimodal AI has arrived with the unveiling of LLaVA-NeXT. Developed as an evolution of its predecessor, LLaVA-1.5, this pioneering model marks a significant leap forward in the realms of reasoning, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and integration of world knowledge. Lead researchers including Haotian Liu, Chunyuan Li, Yuheng Li, Bo Li, Yuanhan Zhang, Sheng Shen, and Yong Jae Lee have been instrumental in its development. Since the release of LLaVA-1.5 in October 2023, which garnered acclaim for its simple yet efficient design and impressive performance across a benchmark suite of 12 datasets, the groundwork has been laid for comprehensive studies on data, model capabilities, and the potential of large multimodal models (LMM). LLaVA-NeXT not only builds upon this foundation but also promises to enable a myriad of new applications, setting a new standard for the field of multimodal AI.