COMPARING LOCAL LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS FOR ALT-TEXT GENERATION

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12 AI models, including 10 local and 2 cloud-based, were tested to generate alt-text for 10,000 images on this developer's blog, where 9,000 lack descriptions. Cloud models like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 performed best, while local models such as LLaVA and MiniCPM-V showed okay but less accurate results.