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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

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

Infrastructure attention rebounded while adoption use cases fell back

Across 17 episodes from 11 contributing podcasts, infrastructure rose 3.1 points to 9.3% while adoption use cases fell 3 points to 29.2%.

The TL;DR

What changed
Adoption Use Cases fell 3 points and Agents fell 1.5 points.
Where it showed up
Adoption Use Cases, Agents, and Research accounted for 58% of the relevant conversation across 17 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 29% of the conversation across 11 podcasts this week.About the same29% of this week · 11 podcasts
  2. AgentsAI systems that can plan, use tools, and carry out multi-step tasks.Discussion of agents grew compared with recent weeks. It made up 16% of the conversation across 10 podcasts this week.Gaining attention16% of this week · 10 podcasts
  3. ResearchNew models, training methods, benchmarks, and discoveries from AI labs.Discussion of research eased compared with recent weeks. It made up 12% of the conversation across 9 podcasts this week.Losing attention12% 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 9% of the conversation across 9 podcasts this week.Gaining attention9% of this week · 9 podcasts
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  1. Safety & governanceWays to reduce harm, set limits, test behavior, and govern how AI is used.Discussion of safety & governance stayed near its recent level. It made up 8% of the conversation across 9 podcasts this week.About the same8% of this week · 9 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 7% of the conversation across 5 podcasts this week.About the same7% of this week · 5 podcasts
  3. 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 6% of the conversation across 11 podcasts this week.About the same6% of this week · 11 podcasts
  4. Open ModelsAI models whose weights or code are available for others to use and adapt.Discussion of open models stayed near its recent level. It made up 5% of the conversation across 7 podcasts this week.About the same5% of this week · 7 podcasts
  5. HardwareThe chips, data centers, energy, and devices that AI depends on.Discussion of hardware stayed near its recent level. It made up 3% of the conversation across 4 podcasts this week.About the same3% of this week · 4 podcasts
  6. JobsHow AI is changing work, hiring, roles, and the skills people need.Discussion of jobs stayed near its recent level. It made up 2% of the conversation across 5 podcasts this week.About the same2% of this week · 5 podcasts
  7. OtherAI discussion that does not fit another recurring topic.Discussion of other stayed near its recent level. It made up 2% of the conversation across 6 podcasts this week.About the same2% of this week · 6 podcasts
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From Jul 13–19, 2026

About this Concept

Other

AI discussion that does not fit another recurring topic.

Trend this week

4 of 4 weeks tracked had mentions across multiple podcasts.

A closer read

What changed
Its share rose from 0.9% to 2.1%, with evidence across 6 podcasts.
Where it showed up
It appeared in episodes including “Kimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.” and “The Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave”.
How to read it
6 cited episodes from 6 podcasts are shown below. The topic appeared across 6 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 · 6 podcasts

AI For Humans

Kimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.

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    “Plus, Suno got hacked and we got a sense of what's in that AI musical soup. And it turns out it's a lot of human soup.”

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    “Another fact sounds good if you have one, or we can switch it up. Your choice. So what you missed there is at one point one of the robots dabs. So these are the 2 most boring robots in the world in an office. So you can imagine How boring is your office chitter chatter now? Im...”

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Practical AI

The Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave

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    “What if we assume this is different here in AI? Or what if we assume that the data requirements are different, or the containers' image sizes are different, or the overall flow of AI innovation is different from typical software development? Now, what problems do we need to so...”

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AI Inside

Apple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets

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    “We'll probably talk about most of that stuff, uh, starting with Apple suing OpenAI, which on a week like we've had feels like eternity ago. It feels like, oh, we must have talked about that last week, but No, we didn't, because this was like the end of last week and so much ha...”

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    “but now I know they've got it. They've got to do something to get back in the conversation.”

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    “Yeah, we also thought Perplexity was ahead at one point.”

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The AI Daily Brief

AI Optimism vs. AI Pessimism

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    “the discourse is much more likely to produce actually useful advancement rather than just vague hand-waving notions of threats”

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The Artificial Intelligence Show

#225: GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work, Enterprise Agents, AI 2040 & Apple Sues OpenAI

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    “So Apple is seeking a jury trial. They want OpenAI to stop, destroy any proprietary materials, and redesign upcoming products to exclude Apple's technology. OpenAI has denied these allegations. And Paul, I mean, this is a pretty big bombshell. I mean, we're going to be watchin...”

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    “It does not sound good for OpenAI. So I'll just, a couple excerpts from Alex Heath, who was, I follow on X, and he was sort of reviewing the complaint. So he said, yeah, recently significant evidence has emerged suggesting, this is quoting from the filing, individuals employed...”

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    “Well, and that was what led to the Sam Elon tweet that I started with about like him stealing stuff.”

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Signals to keep watching

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

Adoption Use Cases

Changed direction

Adoption Use Cases reversed course

Its share fell from 32.2% last week to 29.2% this week, reversing the previous week's rise.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks30.0%This week29.2%

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. The AI Daily BriefThe Self-Driving Company
  2. The AI Daily BriefThe Self-Driving Company
  3. AI For HumansKimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.
  4. AI For HumansKimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.
  5. Practical AIThe Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave

Infrastructure

Changed direction

Infrastructure rebounded

Its share rose from 6.2% last week to 9.3% this week, reversing the previous week's drop.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks5.6%This week9.3%

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 Self-Driving Company
  2. Practical AIThe Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave
  3. Practical AIThe Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave
  4. Latent Space🔬 The Lab of the Future Should Feel Like a Data Center — Andy Beam & Rafa Gómez-Bombarelli, Lila Sciences
  5. Latent Space🔬 The Lab of the Future Should Feel Like a Data Center — Andy Beam & Rafa Gómez-Bombarelli, Lila Sciences

Open Models

Gaining attention

Open Models gained ground

Its share grew from 1.7% last week to 4.6% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks3.1%This week4.6%

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. The AI Daily BriefIs Kimi K3 Really Fable Class?
  2. The AI Daily BriefIs Kimi K3 Really Fable Class?
  3. AI For HumansKimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.
  4. AI For HumansKimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.
  5. The AI Daily BriefThe New Enterprise Battle Over Who Owns the Model

Jobs

Losing attention

Jobs cooled

Its share fell from 4.7% last week to 2.3% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks3.7%This week2.3%

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. Practical AIThe Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave
  2. Practical AIThe Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave
  3. Latent Space🔬 The Lab of the Future Should Feel Like a Data Center — Andy Beam & Rafa Gómez-Bombarelli, Lila Sciences
  4. The AI Daily BriefAI Optimism vs. AI Pessimism
  5. The AI Native DevPatrick Debois Maps the Patterns of AI-Native Dev

Regulation

Gaining attention

Regulation gained ground

Its share grew from 5% last week to 7.1% this week.

Share of this week’s podcast conversation

Recent weeks5.9%This week7.1%

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 BriefIs Kimi K3 Really Fable Class?
  2. AI For HumansKimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.
  3. AI InsideApple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets
  4. AI InsideApple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets
  5. The AI Daily Brief5 AI Engineering Trends for Non-Engineers

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