Fast 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.
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AI is starting to take more human jobs while OpenAI and Sam Altman are thinking about GPT-6 and new science. Meanwhile, the rest of OpenAI is thinking about how they'll pay for GPT-6.
Plus, Google is sending AI chips into space, Gemini will power Apple Intelligence, Kimi K2 Thinking is a great open-source AI model and the backlash to Coke's new AI ad.
OpenAI's New 2028 Plan is Bonkers. Plus, Big Sora 2 Update & 1x Robot Controversy
Season 1 · Episode 136
Friday, October 31, 2025 • Duration 01:02:27
Sora 2's new Character Cameo update brings your pets to AI video while OpenAI settles the whole non-profit mess. Oh, and Sam Altman says in 2028 AI will make itself. WHAT?
Plus, 1x Robotics's new Neo robot is causing a big AI controversy. For now, it's all remote operated but WILL be autonomous. Are you ok with people watching you? Also: new AI video & audio tools from Cartesia & Odyssey and we get Cursor 2.0. And much more AI news.
Google's Nano Banana Brings Next Gen AI To The Mainstream
Season 1 · Episode 127
Friday, August 29, 2025 • Duration 53:33
Google's Nano Banana is the best AI image editor we've ever seen & it bodes well for the future of Gemini going forward. But even better, it's actually useful in everyday life.
In other AI News, OpenAI's new Realtime API improves its voice AI systems. It's also taking people back from Meta who is also doing a deal with Midjourney. YES, it's the CIRCLE OF AI….
Plus Unitree's robot carries heavy stuff, Krea's got a new real time AI video model, NVIDIA's cutting edge new algo that speeds up LLMS & yet another demo of our very own new start-up AndThen!
WE GO BANANAS. AGAIN AND AGAIN. YOU KNOW THE DEAL.
Move Over OpenAI… Google Looks Ready To Take The AI Lead
Season 1 · Episode 126
Friday, August 22, 2025 • Duration 53:56
AI NEWS: Google's been moving insanely fast & shipping as OpenAI & Sam Altman have been working out what went wrong with the GPT-5 launch. Will we have a new AI leader?
Google's Made By Google event introduced a new natural language photo editing software (that could be powered by Nano Banana - their secret unreleased model) and a live AI translator that feels the like future. Meanwhile, OpenAI is looking forward to GPT-6 already & Elon has Grok moving towards makin' babies.
All that and a new Robot Watch, updates from Runway and Eleven Labs & an alpha demo of our very own new AI audio start-up AndThen!
YEAH WE MADE A COMPANY. FOR REAL WE'RE ADULTS HERE.
SECRET PROJECT IN DISCORD: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f
Is this the AI slow down? OpenAI's GPT-5's first week was kind of rough but Sam Atlman is working on it. GPT-4o is back for those who missed it but AI might not get to the Singularity as fast as people think. GPT-5 *did* crush Pokemon & a new version got a gold medal in the International Programming Competition.
Plus, new Anthropic Claude updates, Sam & Elon are feuding again, Apple's new tabletop robot, Matrix Game 2's playable AI worlds, Meta's AI permissions fumble and maybe… most importantly…
OpenAI's GPT-5 Is Here. It's Very Good AI But Not AGI
Season 1 · Episode 124
Friday, August 8, 2025 • Duration 53:25
OpenAI's GPT-5 is out & it's the best AI model! For now. Overall, the benchmarks are good-not-great but the vibes are off-the-charts. We dive into the DEEP end.
Sam Altman brought the whole team out for a long demo of GPT-5. It's great at coding! It's better at writing! It has new AI personalities! It will not hallucinate nearly as much! Which is more than we can say for the OpenAI graphics department.
Then, Google Deepmind's Genie 3 shows us what the next generation of AI *might* look like with its new world model. Anthropic isn't left out with a 4.1 update to its Claude Opus model. Eleven Labs drops an new AI music model, also great. And finally xAI drops Imagine AI Image & Video generation which, lets just say, can get a little *too* spicy.
And, finally, Unitree's Hunter Stellar Hunter robot scares the hell out of us.
NEW MODELS FOR EVERYONE! SCARY ROBOTS AT THE END FOR JUST YOU!
Episode Zero: Uncensored AI ChatBots, GPT Cheating & Gash-Lighting
Season 1 · Episode 1
Thursday, April 13, 2023 • Duration 01:14:44
Kevin & Gavin chat about AI for the first time in recorded format.
What comes up? LOTS.
1) What to name the show
2) Meeting "Gash" - An uncensored, talking chatbot/virtual character that talks thanks to a combination of technologies they demo later in the episode.
3) Discuss news stories from the week that were interesting to them.
4) Decide how close we are to the end of the human race.
5) Demo and discuss the technology that makes "Gash" possible.
OpenAI's GPT-5 Leaks Show Us The Future (Of Next Week??)
Season 1 · Episode 123
Friday, August 1, 2025 • Duration 40:15
OpenAI's GPT-5 is coming soon and it is…good?. Mystery models have been testing on various platforms that may show us the future of OpenAI's newest AI & the future of the space.
Sam Altman's company has been ramping up the hype machine entering next week when most expect GPT-5's release (as well as a new possible Google model). Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg is talking up Meta's personal Super Intelligence plans. Also, Runway's Aleph & Ideogram's Character mode give us more AI video tools while new emergent behavior lets you prompt Google's VEO 3 in amazing ways.
And a very *spooky* new Robot Watch where we foreshadow our impending doom!
IT'S NOT SO BAD IF THE ROBOTS TAKE CARE OF US IS IT??
OpenAI Teases GPT-5 as America Goes Full 'AI Action' Mode
Season 1 · Episode 122
Friday, July 25, 2025 • Duration 01:04:05
OpenAI's Sam Altman dribbles out GPT-5 teases as the White House's AI Action plan lays out exactly how all-in America is on the future of AI. Plus, SO MUCH AI NEWS.
GPT-5 is (we hope?) around the corner and we're getting small snippets like the mysterious new model that's incredible at coding & the AI model that won gold at the International Math Olympics. Plus, Netflix & Disney are both using AI video in some of their new projects, Vine might be coming back as an AI video app & two great new AI audio models.
IT'S A NEW DAY. SAME AS THE OLD DAY. BUT THIS TIME…WITH ROBOTS!
OpenAI's New ChatGPT Agent Might've Just Stolen Your Job
Season 1 · Episode 121
Friday, July 18, 2025 • Duration 51:06
ChatGPT Agent is OpenAI's new combo of Deep Research and its Operator web-browser agents into one near-human level worker. Is your job on the chopping block?
Big week in AI News: Sam Altman and the OpenAI team have been cooking agents for a bit but this new one feels like the next big wave of AI in 2025. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg grabs a few more OpenAI researchers, Grok reveals a pair of risque new AI companions & Runway released Act-Two for better AI video.
Plus, Kimi K2 is China's VERY good new open source AI model, Higgsfield has some killer new VFX, a new 4.5+ update from Suno & Darth Vader raps.
JUST ANOTHER BIG WEEK IN AI. BUT WHEN WILL AGENTS RECORD THE PODCAST?
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