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Four Inputs In, One Modality Out: Testing Whether Omnimodal Models Actually Arbitrate Evidence

TL;DR for operators A model can receive a camera feed, spoken report, reference image, and text record without meaningfully reasoning across all four. In C$^3$PO1, 86–95% of observed failures across ten models in the paper’s failure analysis were classified as dominance-driven: one modality or prior drove the answer while other evidence was effectively ignored. ...

September 13, 2026 · 7 min · Zelina