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Turning Text into Pictures: How AI Gets Faster and Smarter

Ever wondered how a computer could read a whole book in the time it takes to glance at a photo? Researchers have discovered a clever trick: they turn long passages of text into images and let a vision‑language model do the heavy lifting. Imagine compressing a novel into a single comic‑strip page—still recognizable, but far smaller to handle. This ā€œvisual‑text compressionā€ cuts the amount of data the AI needs by three to four times, yet it keeps the meaning almost intact. The breakthrough means the AI can answer questions, analyze code, or summarize documents up to a million words long without choking on memory or speed limits. In real life, it’s like swapping a bulky suitcase for a compact backpack that still holds…

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