{
  "id": 680994,
  "title": "Question about using LLMs in this competition",
  "url": "/competitions/accident/discussion/680994",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-03-12T09:24:45.610992400Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hello,</p>\n<p>I would like to ask whether using a Large Language Model (LLM) is allowed in this competition.</p>\n<p>Specifically, I am considering using an LLM to analyze video frames and help infer accident-related information such as the accident timestamp, location, or type. The model would be used only for inference and reasoning, and the final predictions would still follow the required submission format.</p>\n<p>Could you please clarify if the use of LLMs (e.g., open-source VLM/LLM models) is permitted under the competition rules?</p>\n<p>Thank you.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3420012",
      "postDate": "03/12/2026 09:24:45",
      "content": "<p>Hello,</p>\n<p>I would like to ask whether using a Large Language Model (LLM) is allowed in this competition.</p>\n<p>Specifically, I am considering using an LLM to analyze video frames and help infer accident-related information such as the accident timestamp, location, or type. The model would be used only for inference and reasoning, and the final predictions would still follow the required submission format.</p>\n<p>Could you please clarify if the use of LLMs (e.g., open-source VLM/LLM models) is permitted under the competition rules?</p>\n<p>Thank you.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello,\n\nI would like to ask whether using a Large Language Model (LLM) is allowed in this competition.\n\nSpecifically, I am considering using an LLM to analyze video frames and help infer accident-related information such as the accident timestamp, location, or type. The model would be used only for inference and reasoning, and the final predictions would still follow the required submission format.\n\nCould you please clarify if the use of LLMs (e.g., open-source VLM/LLM models) is permitted under the competition rules?\n\nThank you.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3420130",
      "postDate": "03/12/2026 14:11:13",
      "content": "<p>Hey <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/tjrhyun\" target=\"_blank\">@tjrhyun</a> ,</p>\n<p>No problem. You can use any VLM / LLM the way you describe it.</p>\n<p>Best,\nLukas</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hey @tjrhyun ,\n\nNo problem. You can use any VLM / LLM the way you describe it.\n\nBest,\nLukas",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3430078",
      "postDate": "03/27/2026 19:35:30",
      "content": "<p>Which VLM/LLM are you using? some open sourced one or any local model made by you?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Which VLM/LLM are you using? some open sourced one or any local model made by you?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3431271",
      "postDate": "03/29/2026 20:00:04",
      "content": "<p>I used open-source VLM models</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I used open-source VLM models",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3420130,
      "author_name": "picekl",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/12/2026 14:11:13",
      "content": "<p>Hey <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/tjrhyun\" target=\"_blank\">@tjrhyun</a> ,</p>\n<p>No problem. You can use any VLM / LLM the way you describe it.</p>\n<p>Best,\nLukas</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3430078,
      "author_name": "icebearogo",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/27/2026 19:35:30",
      "content": "<p>Which VLM/LLM are you using? some open sourced one or any local model made by you?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3431271,
      "author_name": "tjrhyun",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/29/2026 20:00:04",
      "content": "<p>I used open-source VLM models</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3420012": "Hello,\n\nI would like to ask whether using a Large Language Model (LLM) is allowed in this competition.\n\nSpecifically, I am considering using an LLM to analyze video frames and help infer accident-related information such as the accident timestamp, location, or type. The model would be used only for inference and reasoning, and the final predictions would still follow the required submission format.\n\nCould you please clarify if the use of LLMs (e.g., open-source VLM/LLM models) is permitted under the competition rules?\n\nThank you.",
    "3420130": "Hey @tjrhyun ,\n\nNo problem. You can use any VLM / LLM the way you describe it.\n\nBest,\nLukas",
    "3430078": "Which VLM/LLM are you using? some open sourced one or any local model made by you?",
    "3431271": "I used open-source VLM models"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}