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Evolution and Prospects of Foundation Models: From Large Language Models to Large Multimodal Models

Zheyi Chen^1,, Liuchang Xu^1,, Hongting Zheng¹, Luyao Chen¹, Amr Tolba^2,3, Liang Zhao⁴, Keping Yu^5,*, Hailin Feng^1,*

1 College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
2 Computer Science Department, Community College, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11437, Saudi Arabia
3 Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, Menofia University, Shebin El Kom, Menoufia Governorate, 32511, Egypt
4 School of Computer Science, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, 110136, China
5 Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Hosei University, Tokyo, 184-8584, Japan

* Corresponding Authors: Keping Yu. Email: ; Hailin Feng. Email: