A general AI model pretrained on huge data and adapted for many tasks.
A Foundation Model is like a giant box of LEGO. You can build a spaceship or a dog, but someone still needs a plan.
It sits under many AI apps. Teams tune it, add tools, or make it handle images and sound.
Pretraining
A Foundation Model gains broad skills from Pretraining.
Fine-tuning
Fine-tuning adapts a Foundation Model for a specific job.
LLM
An LLM is a common Foundation Model for language work.
Multimodal AI
Multimodal expands a Foundation Model beyond text.