Audio-Language Models — Qwen2.5-Omni, Audio Flamingo, GPT-4o Audio

2026 audio-language models reason over speech + environmental sound + music. Qwen2.5-Omni-7B matches GPT-4o Audio on MMAU-Pro. Audio Flamingo Next beats Gemini 2.5 Pro on LongAudioBench. The gap between open and closed is essentially close...