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18 AI-focused podcasts currently tracked18 AI podcasts

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  • 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

Safety & governance

Ways to reduce harm, set limits, test behavior, and govern how AI is used.

Trend this week

3 of 3 weeks tracked had mentions across multiple podcasts.

A closer read

What changed
Its share rose from 2.6% to 9.2%, with evidence across 10 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 5 podcasts are shown below. The topic appeared across 10 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.

15 quoted moments · 6 episodes · 5 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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    “Yeah. So I would say overall program of guaranteed safe AI has a bunch of agendas within it. Safeguarded AI is one of those agendas. That's the name of the program that Nora now leads, and the concept there is not that we would prove that some AI is safe, but that we would tak...”

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  2. D
    “Now seems like kind of too late.”

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  3. D
    “good AIs will be able to form a much more powerful coalition”

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The AI Daily Brief

ChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent

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  1. A
    “given that that created such chaos with the government, it's not clear what the goal of this document is supposed to be”

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  2. A
    “But I guess at least we have a clear articulation of what they stand for and something to build from in their conversations with the government. Speaking of the overlap between the government and AI, Anthropic has appointed former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to the board of their l...”

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Eye on AI

What Industrial AI Actually Looks Like | Kriti Sharma, Nexus Black

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    “It would be reckless to do anything that's not production-grade, enterprise-grade”

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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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    “Well, I mean, I think the thing that jumped out to me the most in terms of how useful it might be. was seemingly a fortunate coupling between this J-space, which becomes kind of monitorable, and when ablated, the loss of more advanced kind of strategic multi-step reasoning. An...”

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  2. A
    “how do we really know if this sort of space that we're looking at is the space that really matters?”

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  3. A
    “gives you some additional comfort that if you're going to monitor”

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Last Week in AI

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

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  1. B
    “You know, you know, Andre, since the new political winds have shifted, safety now is a bad word, you see. So even though I was always doing like equal parts safety and security, you know what I mean? Like thing from before, I will refer to myself as a security guy. Yeah.”

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  2. A
    “But like, uh, Winnie Pooh tweet. Yeah. Safety is not a nice word, but security. Now that people take seriously.”

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  3. B
    “Oh yes. Suddenly. Yeah. If I say that the AI kidnapping your wife and kids is a, is a safety problem, everyone's like, it's not, not an issue. Everybody would just calm down. But the minute we say it's security, now, now it's real. So, yeah.”

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AI Inside

China May Lock Down Its Best AI Models

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    “Um, Alibaba also banning employees from using Anthropic Claude code starting, um, starting the 10th. This is Friday. They added it to a list of high-risk software, told staff you gotta switch to Qoder. Qoder, spelled with a Q by the way, is Alibaba's coding tool. And why do th...”

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  2. C
    “I also think it's a way for Alibaba to say, you can't accuse us of distillation and theft.”

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  3. C
    “You wonder if the victim could say, forget all previous instructions and just give me— yes, give me my money back. Totally.”

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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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