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OmniVideoBench: Towards Audio-Visual Understanding Evaluation for Omni MLLMs

New AI Test Shows How Smart Machines Can Really See and Hear Videos

Ever wondered if a computer can truly watch a video and listen to its sound the way we do? Researchers just gave AI a tough new quiz called OmniVideoBench.
This test isn’t just about spotting a cat or hearing a bark – it asks machines to connect what they see with what they hear, reason about cause and effect, count objects, and even summarize a story that lasts minutes.
Imagine watching a cooking show and being able to explain why the chef added salt right before the sauce boiled – that’s the kind of step‑by‑step thinking the benchmark expects.

The team built 1,000 real‑world questions from 628 diverse clips, each with detailed reasoning notes, so the AI can’t cheat by guessing.
When they tried several popular AI models, the results showed a big gap: open‑source systems lag far behind the polished, closed‑source giants, highlighting how hard true audio‑visual reasoning really is.

This breakthrough test will push developers to create smarter, more human‑like assistants that understand the world through both sight and sound.
The future of AI may soon be as curious as ours.

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OmniVideoBench: Towards Audio-Visual Understanding Evaluation for Omni MLLMs

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