AI Suspicion Kills $2M Deal, Uncensored Qwen, AI Destroys Books | EP114

A book good enough for a $2 million deal was pulled because nobody could prove how much AI touched it. Frank sees a nasty mess of trust, copyright and false accusations. Justin’s answer is simpler: if people love the book, who cares? Plus: Qwen brings near-frontier AI onto a normal-ish laptop, then someone strips off the guardrails. Moderna’s personalised cancer vaccine gives Justin his latest case for AI optimism. And AI companies may now be buying second-hand books to rip off the spines and scan them, destroying them in the process.  00:36 Can Moderna make cancer history with AI? 01:55 Is AI one breakthrough from winning us over? 04:50 Can Qwen put frontier AI on your laptop? 06:17 Is uncensored Qwen the point of no return? 10:30 Did AI just kill a $2 million book deal? 13:39 Can humans actually spot AI writing? 17:37 When does AI editing become AI writing? 23:24 How do you prove you wrote a book? 29:44 Who cares if AI helped write the book? 34:15 Is AI literally destroying books now? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED - Moderna, Merck vaccine cuts recurrence and spread of melanoma, raising new treatment hope - AIDO Cell: A General-Purpose Simulator for Cell Biology - Free Qwen3.8-27B AI model lands, grabs over 3 million downloads in one weekend - $2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use - Secondhand booksellers in UK and Ireland suspect AI firms behind ‘strange’ bulk orders - Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI ► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/