The AI conversation, week by week
18 AI-focused podcasts currently tracked18 AI podcasts

Currently tracking18 AI-focused podcasts

  • AI For Humans
  • AI Inside
  • AI Today Podcast
  • Eye on AI
  • Gradient Dissent
  • Interconnects
  • Last Week in AI
  • Latent Space
  • Machine Learning Street Talk
  • Me, Myself, and AI
  • No Priors
  • Practical AI
  • The AI Daily Brief
  • The AI Native Dev
  • The Artificial Intelligence Show
  • The Cognitive Revolution
  • The TWIML AI Podcast
  • Training Data

VAIBE tracks conversations across AI-focused podcasts to show what people are talking about now, and tracks how those conversations change week by week.

This week in AI conversations

Safety & governance attention fell sharply while infrastructure gained ground

Across 21 episodes from 12 contributing podcasts, safety & governance fell 13.9 points to 2.6% while infrastructure rose 6.1 points to 8.3%.

The TL;DR

What changed
Adoption Use Cases fell 2.3 points and Research rose 3.1 points.
Where it showed up
Adoption Use Cases, Research, and Agents accounted for 63% of the relevant conversation across 21 episodes.
How to read it
Recurrence across podcasts does not mean agreement. The cited moments show the language behind each summary.

What’s hot this week

The ideas that came up most often, what changed, and why they mattered. Open any topic to see the podcast moments behind it.

  1. Adoption Use CasesPractical ways people and organizations are putting AI to work.Discussion of adoption use cases stayed near its recent level. It made up 28% of the conversation across 12 podcasts this week.About the same28% of this week · 12 podcasts
  2. ResearchNew models, training methods, benchmarks, and discoveries from AI labs.Discussion of research grew compared with recent weeks. It made up 22% of the conversation across 10 podcasts this week.Gaining attention22% of this week · 10 podcasts
  3. AgentsAI systems that can plan, use tools, and carry out multi-step tasks.Discussion of agents grew compared with recent weeks. It made up 13% of the conversation across 9 podcasts this week.Gaining attention13% of this week · 9 podcasts
  4. InfrastructureThe software and systems needed to build, deploy, and monitor AI.Discussion of infrastructure grew compared with recent weeks. It made up 8% of the conversation across 7 podcasts this week.Gaining attention8% of this week · 7 podcasts
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  1. EconomicsThe cost of building and running AI, and how money moves through the market.Discussion of economics stayed near its recent level. It made up 8% of the conversation across 10 podcasts this week.About the same8% of this week · 10 podcasts
  2. RegulationLaws, rules, and government decisions about how AI may be built and used.Discussion of regulation stayed near its recent level. It made up 6% of the conversation across 4 podcasts this week.About the same6% of this week · 4 podcasts
  3. HardwareThe chips, data centers, energy, and devices that AI depends on.Discussion of hardware grew compared with recent weeks. It made up 6% of the conversation across 7 podcasts this week.Gaining attention6% of this week · 7 podcasts
  4. Open ModelsAI models whose weights or code are available for others to use and adapt.Discussion of open models eased compared with recent weeks. It made up 3% of the conversation across 7 podcasts this week.Losing attention3% of this week · 7 podcasts
  5. JobsHow AI is changing work, hiring, roles, and the skills people need.Discussion of jobs stayed near its recent level. It made up 3% of the conversation across 5 podcasts this week.About the same3% of this week · 5 podcasts
  6. Safety & governanceWays to reduce harm, set limits, test behavior, and govern how AI is used.Discussion of safety & governance eased compared with recent weeks. It made up 3% of the conversation across 6 podcasts this week.Losing attention3% of this week · 6 podcasts
  7. OtherAI discussion that does not fit another recurring topic.Discussion of other stayed near its recent level. It made up 1% of the conversation across 7 podcasts this week.About the same1% of this week · 7 podcasts

Signals to keep watching

Topics whose movement across recent reports may matter beyond this week.

Safety & governance

Losing attention

Safety & governance cooled

Its share fell from 16.5% last week to 2.6% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks16.5%This week2.6%

Came up less often than in recent weeks.

Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. Eye on AIBig Pharma Fails 50% of the Time in Phase Three. AI Can Fix That | Vin Singh, BullFrog AI
  2. The AI Daily BriefThe Big Ways AI Just Changed
  3. The AI Daily BriefAI Companies Are Hiring More
  4. Eye on AIAI Agents Are Failing and It's Almost Never the Model's Fault | Alberto Pan, Denodo
  5. Eye on AIAI Agents Are Failing and It's Almost Never the Model's Fault | Alberto Pan, Denodo

Infrastructure

Gaining attention

Infrastructure gained ground

Its share grew from 2.2% last week to 8.3% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks2.2%This week8.3%

Came up more often than in recent weeks.

Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  2. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  3. The AI Daily BriefThe Big Ways AI Just Changed
  4. The AI Daily BriefAI Companies Are Hiring More
  5. The AI Daily BriefAI Companies Are Hiring More

Agents

Gaining attention

Agents gained ground

Its share grew from 7.9% last week to 13.3% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks7.9%This week13.3%

Came up more often than in recent weeks.

Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The AI Daily BriefThe Job Positions of the AI Future
  2. The AI Daily BriefThe Job Positions of the AI Future
  3. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  4. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  5. The AI Daily BriefAI Companies Are Hiring More

Hardware

Gaining attention

Hardware gained ground

Its share grew from 2.4% last week to 6.2% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks2.4%This week6.2%

Came up more often than in recent weeks.

Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  2. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  3. The AI Daily BriefAI Companies Are Hiring More
  4. Practical AIImage Generation and Visual Intelligence with Black Forest Labs
  5. Latent Space🔬 The Coolest Diffusion Research Isn't in LLMs — Evan Feinberg & Sergey Edunov, Genesis Molecular AI

Research

Gaining attention

Research gained ground

Its share grew from 18.5% last week to 21.6% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks18.5%This week21.6%

Came up more often than in recent weeks.

Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. Eye on AIBig Pharma Fails 50% of the Time in Phase Three. AI Can Fix That | Vin Singh, BullFrog AI
  2. Eye on AIBig Pharma Fails 50% of the Time in Phase Three. AI Can Fix That | Vin Singh, BullFrog AI
  3. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  4. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  5. The AI Daily BriefThe Big Ways AI Just Changed

Adoption Use Cases

Losing attention

Adoption Use Cases cooled

Its share fell from 30.1% last week to 27.8% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks30.1%This week27.8%

Came up less often than in recent weeks.

Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. Eye on AIBig Pharma Fails 50% of the Time in Phase Three. AI Can Fix That | Vin Singh, BullFrog AI
  2. Eye on AIBig Pharma Fails 50% of the Time in Phase Three. AI Can Fix That | Vin Singh, BullFrog AI
  3. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  4. The Cognitive RevolutionIntelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
  5. The AI Daily BriefThe Big Ways AI Just Changed

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