Episode 17

News in AI for the Humanities 12/15/24

In this episode of AI News for the Humanities, Dr. Meghan McInnis-Domínguez explores groundbreaking AI developments reshaping humanities scholarship in late 2024. The episode examines major innovations from leading tech companies, including OpenAI's o1 Reasoning Model and Sora text-to-video generator, Meta's Llama 3.3 70B, and Google's Gemini 2.0. These tools promise to revolutionize how scholars analyze texts, visualize historical data, and collaborate on research. While highlighting the transformative potential of AI in humanities scholarship, the episode emphasizes the importance of maintaining humanistic values and critical thinking, addressing both the opportunities and ethical considerations of these emerging technologies.