When Data Comes in Pictures

You're continuing your research on the German EV market for your US-based client.

You've noticed that one of the research sources you're working with is an infographic.jpg stored as an image (Original Source). Yesterday, a colleague mentioned that when we ask a model to process visual content, we are using not only its natural language capabilities but also its visual capabilities.

This makes you wonder whether which method is more reliable: uploading an image file or using a link to the image.