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Trends over time

Jul 13–Oct 4, 2026 · 12 published weeks

In the latest report, the remaining 1% of attention can include unpublished topics and podcasts with no qualifying discussion.

2 topics highlighted · Sep 28–Oct 4, 2026

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Topic attention across published weeksEach colored line uses the same attention scale. Only topics with published measurements are shown; their shares do not necessarily total 100%. Breaks mean missing measurements, not zero. Dated dots open that topic and week below.0%11.3%22.5%33.8%45%Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27Aug 3Aug 10Aug 17Aug 24Aug 31Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28Adoption Use Cases: About the same in the latest reportAdoption Use Cases33.4%Research: Gaining attention in the latest reportResearch22.7%Agents: About the same in the latest reportAgents14.5%Safety & governance: Losing attention in the latest reportSafety & governance8.6%Hardware: Gaining attention in the latest reportHardware7.9%Regulation: About the same in the latest reportRegulation3.9%Open Models: About the same in the latest reportOpen Models3.1%Economics: Losing attention in the latest reportEconomics2.5%Infrastructure: About the same in the latest reportInfrastructure1.2%Jobs: About the same in the latest reportJobs1.2%Other: Below threshold in the latest reportOtherNo measurement

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Agents · 13% · Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026 · About the same in the latest report

Agents

AI systems that can plan, use tools, and carry out multi-step tasks.

Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026

13%About the sameUp 0.6 percentage points from last week

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Agents, week by weekDated controls show each week's attention share. Gaps mean no qualifying measurement, not zero. Select a week to read its discussion below.0%11.3%22.5%33.8%45%
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Agents · Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026

A closer read

What changed
Its share rose from 12.4% to 13%, with evidence across 11 podcasts.
Where it showed up
It appeared in episodes including “How to Build an AI-Native Company Today” and “AI:AM Highlights: Welcome to the AGI Era”.
How to read it
6 cited episodes from 5 podcasts are shown below. The topic appeared across 11 podcasts in the full analysis.

Podcast moments from the week

11 quoted moments · 6 episodes · 5 podcasts

The Cognitive Revolution

AI:AM Highlights: Welcome to the AGI Era

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  1. F
    “I would suspect that it's going to be like agent-to-agent communication, you know, in the future.”
    Open episode and seek to 1:17:08

    ConceptAgents

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  2. B
    “My agent calls, you know, the landscaper's agent and then they have a conversation and They execute in legalese that we can't read and then uh eventually make a deal and the rest of us just have to live with it.”
    Open episode and seek to 1:17:47

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The AI Daily Brief

Agentic Loops for Knowledge Workers

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  1. B
    “even though these tools are amazing and we are able to get very good results out of them”
    Open episode and seek to 09:28

    ConceptAgents

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  2. B
    “the quality of the results and the scale will only be unlocked if you go all the way to building entire teams of agents and orchestrating them”
    Open episode and seek to 31:10

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  3. B
    “these tools are much less prone to get confused or get tired than humans are”
    Open episode and seek to 51:56

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The Artificial Intelligence Show

#236: AI Answers - No Time for AI, AI Budgets, Vendor Terms & Data Risk, AI Disclosure & Vanishing Entry Level Roles

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  1. A
    “you should know when an agent would be taking an action, and you should be the one giving it permission to do that.”
    Play from 26:07

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AI Inside

What Happens When Nvidia Owns Hugging Face

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  1. C
    “Thus it then tried this or tried that, and it succeeded or it failed. And, and, and I think especially get to this idea that, oh my God, it hacked something. No, No, it was told to do a task, and given the tools that it had, it used them in some sequence of, of trial and error...”
    Play from 53:38

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The AI Native Dev

850 PRs a Week: How Tessl Runs a Software Factory

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  1. A
    “It's just that skills is the most popular term. It's what everybody thinks of as the unit for agents. So we sort of use that uh interchangeably.”
    Play from 05:28

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  2. A
    “Eastern European spirit. It will clean your house at night. I'm quoting Maria, so thank you, Maria, for, for letting me know this. Uh, it cleans your house at night, But only if you're good. If you are making a mess, if you are being disrespectful, it makes things worse, which...”
    Play from 03:37

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  3. A
    “you've now got agents reviewing your PRs, you're finding bugs, you're maybe merging faster, or you're at least catching more issues. Uh, uh and it feels great.”
    Play from 16:41

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