Jan 17–23, 2026: The Rise of the Action LayerHow multimodal AI is shifting from passive perception to active controlThe current landscape of research reflects a shift toward Multimodal Agentic Intelligence, where multimodal capabilities are no longer treated as simple perception but as actionable interfaces for control and interaction. This trend involves the integration of visual representations into next-token prediction frameworks, the adaptation of diffusion models for robotic control, and a focus on active uncertainty signals to improve agent reliability.
