Visual programming has emerged strongly in computer vision and AI, especially regarding image reasoning. Visual programming enables computers to create executable code that interacts with visual content to offer correct responses. These systems form the backbone of object detection, image captioning, and VQA applications. Its effectiveness stems from the ability to modularize multiple reasoning tasks,…
What if you want to write the whole object detection training pipeline from scratch, so you can understand each step and be able to customize it? That’s what I set out to do. I examined several well-known object detection pipelines and designed one that best suits my needs and tasks. Thanks to Ultralytics, YOLOx, DAMO-YOLO,…
With the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Vision-Language Models (VLMs), many believe OCR has become obsolete. If LLMs can "see" and "read" documents, why not use them directly for text extraction? The answer lies in reliability. Can you always be a 100% sure of the veracity of text output that LLMs…
Smart technology is no longer a luxury for businesses but a critical driver of efficiency, growth, and innovation. As technology advances, companies are continually seeking ways to stay ahead in a highly competitive landscape, and the integration of smart solutions plays a pivotal role in shaping their future. By leveraging emerging technologies, businesses can streamline…
With researchers aiming to unify visual generation and understanding into a single framework, multimodal artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly. Traditionally, these two domains have been treated separately due to their distinct requirements. Generative models focus on producing fine-grained image details while understanding models prioritize high-level semantics. The challenge lies in integrating both capabilities effectively without…
Designing imitation learning (IL) policies involves many choices, such as selecting features, architecture, and policy representation. The field is advancing quickly, introducing many new techniques and increasing complexity, making it difficult to explore all possible designs and understand their impact. IL enables agents to learn through demonstrations rather than reward-based approaches. The increasing number of…
1. Introduction
Ever since the introduction of the self-attention mechanism, Transformers have been the top choice when it comes to Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks. Self-attention-based models are highly parallelizable and require substantially fewer parameters, making them much more computationally efficient, less prone to overfitting, and easier to fine-tune for domain-specific tasks [1]. Furthermore, the…
Modern vision-language models have transformed how we process visual data, yet they often fall short when it comes to fine-grained localization and dense feature extraction. Many traditional models focus on high-level semantic understanding and zero-shot classification but struggle with detailed spatial reasoning. These limitations can impact applications that require precise localization, such as document analysis…
Since the launch of the Gemini 2.0 Flash model family, developers are discovering new use cases for this highly efficient family of models. Gemini 2.0 Flash offers stronger performance over 1.5 Flash and 1.5 Pro, plus simplified pricing that makes our 1 million token context window more affordable. Today, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is now generally…
Imagine you’re building your dream home. Just about everything is ready. All that’s left to do is pick out a front door. Since the neighborhood has a low crime rate, you decide you want a door with a standard lock — nothing too fancy, but probably enough to deter 99.9% of would-be burglars.
Unfortunately, the local homeowners’…