AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends
Kevin Pereira & Gavin PurcellFast Company called AI For Humans 'the most entertaining way to learn about artificial intelligence.' Every Thursday, hosts Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell break down the biggest AI news, tools, and breakthroughs, so you can stay ahead without losing your mind. Whether you're AI-curious or deep in the game, this is your weekly reset on everything that matters in artificial intelligence.
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 185 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | TechnologyNewsTech News | |||
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AI news this week: Bigger AI is coming. GPT-6.2 Astra could land as soon as Friday, a rumored Fable 5.5 is turning heads with wild code-only animations, and AI data centers just lost nearly every local ballot measure in the US midterms.
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AI news this week: AI is coming faster and faster. Google dropped Gemini 4 Carbon, its second frontier model in TWO WEEKS, plus Genie 4, and OpenAI shipped GPT-6.1 Terra.
On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell dig into a week whe... more
AI news this week: It's the AI Cybersecurity apocalypse. Maybe. AI-found PHP flaws pushed governments to take websites offline, Railway got hacked and US banks are finding rogue AI agents inside customer accounts.
On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pe... more
AI news this week: Google's Gemini 4 Argon and Meta's Muse Wonder are finally here, plus Xbox Labs, Epic's big AI pivot and an AI agent vs. Delta customer service.
On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell dig into two new frontier ... more
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Why can’t data centers be place far away from communities and cities?
Build them in the middle of nowhere so they will not compete for electricity and water. Place them on unusable land.
Locate them where the noise and generator pollution will not affect communities. Can they be designed so they don’t pollute?
Clearly, we will need data centers more and more, so plan for solar, battery, and generator backup power on unusable land with air cooling in far-away locations.
Can the AI corpo... more
Apple Podcasts5BGDem
United Statesa month ago - Was Totally entertaining and informative
Since the switch to the new format, which is all happy and upbeat, I no longer listen to this podcast with such regularity and intent. I actually fast forward or ignore most of it now it was great when it was a mix of actual news and interesting tidbits. Now it is just happy and written for a different crowd of people. It no longer feels all that informative. Just way too focused on. Here’s how you can use AI to do wonderful things.
My previous review is below when I thought the podcast was uni... more
Apple Podcasts3astrosfUnited Statesa month ago - Best AI podcast… with one frustrating caveat
By far the most entertaining AI podcast I’ve found, and probably an easy five stars if you generally lean left politically. Even if you don’t, it’s still a great show and absolutely worth listening to.
My frustration is that they seem to view themselves as politically balanced and often make an effort to sound neutral, but left-leaning assumptions still slip into the commentary pretty regularly, along with the occasional disparaging take on the right. 👎
That said, I keep listening because the... more
Apple Podcasts3Newbete1United States2 months ago - Data center locations
Why can’t data centers be place far away from communities and cities?
Build them in the middle of nowhere so they will not compete for electricity and water. Place them on unusable land.
Locate them where the noise and generator pollution will not affect communities. Can they be designed so they don’t pollute?
Clearly, we will need data centers more and more, so plan for solar, battery, and generator backup power on unusable land with air cooling in far-away locations.
Apple Podcasts5BGDemUnited States2 months ago - A, I see what you did there
Updating review: don’t stop doing some of the big news, but also do shift format to have more use cases and helping train people. I think hybrid is the play
Solid podcast for relatively bite sized updates while you wait 3 weeks for the next Last Week in AI podcast (shots fired)
Good content. Keeps it engaging so it’s easy to listen to.
They do, however, do a little subliminal mind game stuff to increase engagement. Not too bad, and not as overt as most folks, but a little insulting to the... more
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Weekly conversations about artificial intelligence, its newest models and tools, and the ways it is changing creative work, software, games, cybersecurity and everyday life. Gavin Purcell and Kevin Pereira combine news analysis with hands-on tests and demonstrations, comparing what AI systems can do in practice with the claims made about them. Their discussion ranges from image and video generation to coding agents, robotics, privacy, security and the social consequences of rapid adoption.
The format is informal and energetic, with technical ideas explained in accessible language and balanced by humor, personal experiments and debate about risks as well as opportunities. Occasional guests bring specialist perspectives, particularly on AI v... more
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