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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

This week across AI podcasts

Research attention reversed last week's rise

Across 23 episodes from 14 contributing podcasts, research fell 8.5 points to 13.1%, reversing the previous week's rise.

23 Episodes analyzed14 Podcasts contributed this week3 Weeks compared

All 23 public episodes released by tracked podcasts that week were analyzed. Podcasts without a release are not counted as weekly contributors.

The TL;DR

What changed
Adoption Use Cases rose 4.4 points and Agents rose 4.1 points.
Where it showed up
Adoption Use Cases, Agents, and Research accounted for 63% of the relevant conversation across 23 episodes.
How to read it
Recurrence across podcasts does not mean agreement. The cited moments show the language behind each summary.

Inside this report

Leading conversations this week

Percentages show how much of the relevant podcast conversation each topic occupied—not whether hosts agreed with it. Open a topic for its moments and sources.

  1. Adoption Use CasesPractical ways people and organizations are putting AI to work.14 podcasts · 362 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, The AI Daily Brief, and Eye on AI +11 more32%of this week's conversation
  2. AgentsAI systems that can plan, use tools, and carry out multi-step tasks.10 podcasts · 197 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, The AI Daily Brief, and Eye on AI +7 more17%of this week's conversation
  3. ResearchNew models, training methods, benchmarks, and discoveries from AI labs.11 podcasts · 248 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, The AI Daily Brief, and AI For Humans +8 more13%of this week's conversation
  4. Safety & governanceWays to reduce harm, set limits, test behavior, and govern how AI is used.10 podcasts · 203 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, The AI Daily Brief, and Eye on AI +7 more9%of this week's conversation
  5. InfrastructureThe software and systems needed to build, deploy, and monitor AI.7 podcasts · 101 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, The AI Daily Brief, and Practical AI +4 more6%of this week's conversation
  6. EconomicsThe cost of building and running AI, and how money moves through the market.10 podcasts · 76 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, The AI Daily Brief, and AI For Humans +7 more6%of this week's conversation
  7. RegulationLaws, rules, and government decisions about how AI may be built and used.6 podcasts · 90 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, Last Week in AI, and AI Inside +3 more5%of this week's conversation
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  1. JobsHow AI is changing work, hiring, roles, and the skills people need.8 podcasts · 44 relevant passagesThe AI Daily Brief, The Cognitive Revolution, and No Priors +5 more5%of this week's conversation
  2. HardwareThe chips, data centers, energy, and devices that AI depends on.8 podcasts · 69 relevant passagesThe AI Daily Brief, AI For Humans, and The Cognitive Revolution +5 more4%of this week's conversation
  3. Open ModelsAI models whose weights or code are available for others to use and adapt.8 podcasts · 31 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, The AI Daily Brief, and Practical AI +5 more2%of this week's conversation
  4. OtherAI discussion that does not fit another recurring topic.5 podcasts · 14 relevant passagesThe Cognitive Revolution, AI Inside, and AI For Humans +2 more1%of this week's conversation
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From Jul 6–12, 2026

About this Concept

Open Models

AI models whose weights or code are available for others to use and adapt.

Trend this week

3 of 3 weeks tracked had mentions across multiple podcasts.

A closer read

What changed
Its share fell from 2.8% to 1.7%, with evidence across 8 podcasts.
Where it showed up
It appeared in episodes including “Alignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His ...” and “ChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent”.
How to read it
6 cited episodes from 4 podcasts are shown below. The topic appeared across 8 podcasts in the full analysis.

Podcast moments from the week

Moments are grouped by episode so repeated excerpts from one conversation do not look like separate sources.

11 quoted moments · 6 episodes · 4 podcasts

The Cognitive Revolution

Alignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%

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  1. C
    “So how much does open source versus closed matter in this analysis?”

    ConceptOpen Models

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  2. D
    “I still think on net, it's probably bad, at least right now, for more and more capable open source models to actually be available to everyone without safeguards”

    ConceptOpen Models

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The AI Daily Brief

ChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent

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  1. A
    “Frontier Labs will optimize for both intelligence and efficiency, offer models at multiple performance and price points, and train their best models to know how and when to use their cheaper models to maximize impact for cost.”

    ConceptOpen Models

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The Cognitive Revolution

AI:AM Highlights: Exploring the J-Space, AI Superforecasters, SambaNova's Chips, & LTX Video Gen

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  1. F
    “I don't think like the open source is going to be that behind”

    ConceptOpen Models

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  2. F
    “the model can do a simulation fairly quickly”

    ConceptOpen Models

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The AI Daily Brief

How the 4 New AI Models Change How You Work

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  1. A
    “Now, this comes at an extremely important moment. Remember, yesterday's entire episode was about what happens and the unique market opportunities that arise if China decides to back off allowing their companies to continue to push state-of-the-art open weight models. For some ...”

    ConceptOpen Models

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Practical AI

Building Durable AI Agents

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  1. C
    “here are things where I'm very optimistic. We have amazing open efforts with open source models.”

    ConceptOpen Models

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  2. C
    “I'm extremely encouraged by the recent progresses around that.”

    ConceptOpen Models

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Last Week in AI

#251 - Mythos Back, Sonnet 5, Etched, LongCat

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  1. A
    “with DeepSeek, it may keep getting better”

    ConceptOpen Models

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  2. A
    “The models just keep coming out.”

    ConceptOpen Models

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  3. B
    “you might put it up with, with the DeepSeek R1 almost in terms of the depth of like infrastructure advancement that's involved here.”

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Changes across weeks

Patterns worth following

The changes that stood out compared with recent weeks. A Pattern must show up across multiple podcasts and weeks.

Research

↶ Down 8.5 points

Research reversed course

Its share fell from 21.6% last week to 13.1% this week, reversing the previous week's rise.

13.1%this week20.1%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  2. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  3. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
  4. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
  5. AI For HumansOpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Is Here. And It's Really Freaking Good.

Safety & governance

↶ Up 6.6 points

Safety & governance rebounded

Its share rose from 2.6% last week to 9.2% this week, reversing the previous week's drop.

9.2%this week9.6%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  2. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  3. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
  4. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
  5. Eye on AIWhat Industrial AI Actually Looks Like | Kriti Sharma, Nexus Black

Adoption Use Cases

↶ Up 4.4 points

Adoption Use Cases rebounded

Its share rose from 27.8% last week to 32.2% this week, reversing the previous week's drop.

32.2%this week29.0%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  2. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  3. The AI Daily BriefHow to Help People Thrive with AI
  4. The AI Daily BriefHow to Help People Thrive with AI
  5. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent

Hardware

↶ Down 2.2 points

Hardware reversed course

Its share fell from 6.2% last week to 4% this week, reversing the previous week's rise.

4.0%this week4.3%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
  2. AI For HumansOpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Is Here. And It's Really Freaking Good.
  3. The Cognitive RevolutionAI:AM Highlights: Exploring the J-Space, AI Superforecasters, SambaNova's Chips, & LTX Video Gen
  4. The Cognitive RevolutionAI:AM Highlights: Exploring the J-Space, AI Superforecasters, SambaNova's Chips, & LTX Video Gen
  5. Last Week in AI#251 - Mythos Back, Sonnet 5, Etched, LongCat

Infrastructure

↶ Down 2.1 points

Infrastructure reversed course

Its share fell from 8.3% last week to 6.2% this week, reversing the previous week's rise.

6.2%this week5.3%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  2. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
  3. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
  4. Practical AIBuilding Durable AI Agents
  5. Practical AIBuilding Durable AI Agents

Agents

↗ Up 4.1 points

Agents gained ground

Its share grew from 13.3% last week to 17.4% this week.

17.4%this week10.6%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  2. The Cognitive RevolutionAlignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
  3. The AI Daily BriefHow to Help People Thrive with AI
  4. The AI Daily BriefHow to Help People Thrive with AI
  5. The AI Daily BriefChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent

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