Beyond ChatGPT: 8 AI Model Types That Are Shaping 2025 🚀
Last Updated on September 29, 2025 by Editorial Team
Author(s): MahendraMedapati
Originally published on Towards AI.
Beyond ChatGPT: 8 AI Model Types That Are Shaping 2025 🚀
Picture this: You want to build an AI that sees images, reads text within them, segments specific objects, answers questions about what it sees, and then triggers actions like sending emails or updating databases. You fire up ChatGPT and… realize you’re trying to use a hammer for brain surgery. 🔨

The article discusses the evolution of AI towards specialization, emphasizing the shift from general-purpose models like LLMs (Large Language Models) to more specialized AI models designed for specific tasks, such as vision-language models (VLMs) and segmentation models (SAMs). It highlights the importance of understanding various AI model types to leverage their unique strengths for optimal performance in different applications, suggesting that the future of AI will be defined by a combination of these specialized models working together effectively.
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