AI’s New Frontiers: Scaling, Disinformation, and Creative Rights

Explore the groundbreaking advancements and challenges in AI with OpenAI's o3 model setting new performance benchmarks, the rise of AI-generated election disinformation threatening democratic processes, and the UK arts sector's battle against AI's use of copyrighted material. Plus, discover the Qwen Team's QvQ model revolutionizing multimodal reasoning. Join us as we delve into the technological, ethical, and societal implications of these AI developments.

Sources:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/23/openais-o3-suggests-ai-models-are-scaling-in-new-ways-but-so-are-the-costs/
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-elections-disinformation-chatgpt-bc283e7426402f0b4baa7df280a4c3fd
https://www.marktechpost.com/2024/12/24/qwen-team-releases-qvq-an-open-weight-model-for-multimodal-reasoning/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/19/uk-arts-and-media-reject-plan-to-let-ai-firms-use-copyrighted-material

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:41) OpenAI’s o3 suggests AI models are scaling in new ways — but so are the costs
(00:04:44) AI-created election disinformation is deceiving the world
(00:07:52) Qwen Team Releases QvQ: An Open-Weight Model for Multimodal Reasoning
(00:11:06) UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material