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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 surged while infrastructure fell back

Across 10 episodes from 6 contributing podcasts, research rose 12 points to 24.4% while infrastructure fell 7.1 points to 2.2%.

10 Episodes analyzed6 Podcasts contributed this week5 Weeks compared

All 10 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 4.7 points and Research rose 12 points.
Where it showed up
Adoption Use Cases, Research, and Agents accounted for 69% of the relevant conversation across 10 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.6 podcasts · 140 relevant passagesThe AI Daily Brief, No Priors, and Practical AI +3 more34%of this week's conversation
  2. ResearchNew models, training methods, benchmarks, and discoveries from AI labs.6 podcasts · 195 relevant passagesThe AI Daily Brief, No Priors, and Practical AI +3 more24%of this week's conversation
  3. AgentsAI systems that can plan, use tools, and carry out multi-step tasks.5 podcasts · 39 relevant passagesNo Priors, Practical AI, and Latent Space +2 more10%of this week's conversation
  4. Open ModelsAI models whose weights or code are available for others to use and adapt.4 podcasts · 31 relevant passagesPractical AI, Latent Space, and The AI Daily Brief +1 more9%of this week's conversation
  5. EconomicsThe cost of building and running AI, and how money moves through the market.5 podcasts · 37 relevant passagesThe AI Daily Brief, No Priors, and Practical AI +2 more9%of this week's conversation
  6. RegulationLaws, rules, and government decisions about how AI may be built and used.4 podcasts · 24 relevant passagesThe AI Daily Brief, Practical AI, and Latent Space +1 more4%of this week's conversation
  7. HardwareThe chips, data centers, energy, and devices that AI depends on.3 podcasts · 14 relevant passagesNo Priors, Latent Space, and AI For Humans3%of this week's conversation
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  1. JobsHow AI is changing work, hiring, roles, and the skills people need.3 podcasts · 6 relevant passagesNo Priors, Practical AI, and Latent Space2%of this week's conversation
  2. InfrastructureThe software and systems needed to build, deploy, and monitor AI.4 podcasts · 17 relevant passagesThe AI Daily Brief, No Priors, and Latent Space +1 more2%of this week's conversation
  3. Safety & governanceWays to reduce harm, set limits, test behavior, and govern how AI is used.2 podcasts · 20 relevant passagesLatent Space and The AI Daily Brief2%of this week's conversation
  4. OtherAI discussion that does not fit another recurring topic.2 podcasts · 3 relevant passagesPractical AI and AI For Humans1%of this week's conversation
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From Jul 20–26, 2026

About this Concept

Adoption Use Cases

Practical ways people and organizations are putting AI to work.

Trend this week

5 of 5 weeks tracked had mentions across multiple podcasts.

A closer read

What changed
Its share rose from 29.2% to 33.9%, with evidence across 6 podcasts.
Where it showed up
It appeared in episodes including “A Field Guide to AI Market Freakouts” and “Building an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy...”.
How to read it
6 cited episodes from 5 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.

16 quoted moments · 6 episodes · 5 podcasts

The AI Daily Brief

A Field Guide to AI Market Freakouts

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    “Commerce sees this as a way to avoid regulating anyone. Apparently, Lutnick has even met directly with leaders at unnamed American labs to discuss how best to accomplish this. Perhaps a rebirth of OpenAI OSS with federal funding? He should meet with Noose and Prime Intellect, ...”

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No Priors

Building an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang

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  1. C
    “That ended up not being the thing, but maybe it will in the future, but it just, that didn't really land. But the thing that was very interesting for us was just this natural conversational experience. And I think, you know, what we've seen is just like people being able to li...”

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  2. A
    “What are you seeing in terms of behavior change from the user side? Like, do I eat or buy differently?”

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    “Yeah. I would say on the restaurant side, we are seeing people, 50% of trajectories of people using Ask DoorDash for restaurants, uh, they're 50% of those trajectories are people ordering from places they've never ordered from before, which is huge because that's one of the ha...”

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Practical AI

Surviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World

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    “But we're going through the beginnings of a period of rapid change in the fundamentals of business, not just technology. It's really important that people catch that, but business itself that's using that technology. So I'll stop there for the moment. How would you react to that?”

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  2. C
    “It seems like those are conversations that are starting to happen again. And so I found that very interesting.”

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  3. C
    “And so if you're a business owner, get on top of what's here now and start thinking, how am I going to get ready for those agentic interfaces of the future? And that's how I would start addressing the problem from any given business perspective.”

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Latent Space

Inside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI

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    “It's more coding. I'm a big fan of Pi though, I have to say. I think it's a really, I forgot to mention Pi.”

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    “You sound closest to Pi in terms of pool and Pi in terms of like the minimal surface area.”

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    “started as an engineer building our agents is a legit reinforcement learning researcher now making real progress”

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The AI Daily Brief

Wait... Just How Good IS GPT-6?

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    “Alongside 3.6 Flash, Google released 3.5 Flash Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Flash Lite is the ultra-fast model designed for high-latency agentic tasks, And compared to 3.1 Flashlight, the model delivered a 23-point jump on TerminalBench 2.1 and almost doubled its score on GDPVal ...”

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    “Which has the speculation running rampant. Inference.net's Sam Hogan writes, if Thinking Machines Labs buys OpenRouter, we all live in a very different world in 90 days. Bad for Frontier Labs, good for everyone else. Still, now with all these different router opportunities, Hu...”

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    “Indeed, one recent critique of Substack is the sense among some that it has devolved into a repository of AI slop, giving them a pretty significant incentive to find a solution. Others think the introduction of AI detectors could have some unintended consequences. Justin Murph...”

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AI For Humans

Is Google Gemini In Trouble?

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  1. A
    “With, exactly. And I, and I have been, asked to watch so many short films and everything else from friends and acting reels. There are performances, and I'm using air quotes, there are performances in this piece that blow away some acting. And there's some bits that are better...”

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  2. A
    “There is a new Google Gemini model out today. It is cheaper, it is faster, and it's also not Gemini 3.5 Pro.”

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    “this might be the model that runs on a future Android-powered phone that you have”

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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.

Infrastructure

↶ Down 7.1 points

Infrastructure reversed course

Its share fell from 9.3% last week to 2.2% this week, reversing the previous week's rise.

2.2%this week7.9%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The AI Daily BriefA Field Guide to AI Market Freakouts
  2. No PriorsBuilding an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
  3. Latent SpaceInside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI
  4. Latent SpaceInside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI
  5. The AI Daily BriefWait... Just How Good IS GPT-6?

Adoption Use Cases

↶ Up 4.7 points

Adoption Use Cases rebounded

Its share rose from 29.2% last week to 33.9% this week, reversing the previous week's drop.

33.9%this week29.7%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The AI Daily BriefA Field Guide to AI Market Freakouts
  2. No PriorsBuilding an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
  3. No PriorsBuilding an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
  4. Practical AISurviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World
  5. Practical AISurviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World

Regulation

↶ Down 3.1 points

Regulation reversed course

Its share fell from 7.1% last week to 4% this week, reversing the previous week's rise.

4.0%this week6.1%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The AI Daily BriefA Field Guide to AI Market Freakouts
  2. The AI Daily BriefA Field Guide to AI Market Freakouts
  3. Practical AISurviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World
  4. Latent SpaceInside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI
  5. Latent SpaceInside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI

Research

↗ Up 12 points

Research gained ground

Its share grew from 12.4% last week to 24.4% this week.

24.4%this week15.7%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. The AI Daily BriefA Field Guide to AI Market Freakouts
  2. No PriorsBuilding an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
  3. No PriorsBuilding an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
  4. Practical AISurviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World
  5. Practical AISurviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World

Agents

↘ Down 5.5 points

Agents cooled

Its share fell from 15.9% last week to 10.4% this week.

10.4%this week15.5%recent average
Podcast moments5 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. No PriorsBuilding an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
  2. No PriorsBuilding an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang
  3. Practical AISurviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World
  4. Practical AISurviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World
  5. Latent SpaceInside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI

Safety & governance

↘ Down 5.4 points

Safety & governance cooled

Its share fell from 7.6% last week to 2.2% this week.

2.2%this week6.5%recent average
Podcast moments4 cited moments
Where it came up

Open an episode to hear the surrounding conversation.

  1. Latent SpaceInside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI
  2. Latent SpaceInside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI
  3. The AI Daily BriefWait... Just How Good IS GPT-6?
  4. The AI Daily BriefWait... Just How Good IS GPT-6?

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