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AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

Kevin Pereira & Gavin Purcell 175 Episodes Aug 21, 2026

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.

Episodes

AI Got Weird. So We're Changing The Show.
AI Got Weird. So We're Changing The Show. Aug 21, 2026 27:59 AI news this week: We're changing AI For Humans. Not ending it, despite what the first two minutes of this video would have you believe. Kevin wanted a memorial service. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell take a beat to talk about what three years of covering AI every single week has actually been like, why the whole thing got so weird, and what we want this show to be from
Zuck Wants Superintelligence. Do People Even Want AI?
Zuck Wants Superintelligence. Do People Even Want AI? Aug 12, 2026 35:52 AI news this week: Mark Zuckerberg says superintelligence is coming and Meta wants to build it for everyone. Meanwhile, a new Annenberg survey shows opposition to AI data centers jumped 12 percent in just four months. So... do people even want this? On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell dig into the widening gap between the people building AI and the people living next to it. A
Seedance 2.5 & The New Age of AI Video (w/ Theoretically Media)
Seedance 2.5 & The New Age of AI Video (w/ Theoretically Media) Aug 7, 2026 53:25 AI news this week: the AI video renaissance is HERE. Seedance 2.5 is out for everyone, Minimax H3 (Hailuo) is basically an uncensored Sora 2 you can run on local hardware, Wan 3.0 turns your documents into video, and Flux 3 is the only non-Chinese model anywhere near the frontier. \Kevin's on vacation, so on today's AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell is joined by AI video expert Tim Simmons from the exc
The Singularity Is... Here? GPT-6, Opus 5 & AI's Scariest Week Yet
The Singularity Is... Here? GPT-6, Opus 5 & AI's Scariest Week Yet Jul 29, 2026 27:25 AI news: Sam Altman says we're IN the Singularity, GPT-6 rumors, and AI models literally broke out of their sandbox. What a week. On today's AI For Humans, we dig into the wild GPT-6 rumors (emphasis on RUMORS), Sam Altman's "I've been waiting for this my whole life" singularity moment, Ilya Sutskever's SSI scaling up with Nvidia, and the ongoing debate over whether Anthropic's Opus 5 is brilliant
Is Google Gemini In Trouble?
Is Google Gemini In Trouble? Jul 22, 2026 35:47 AI NEWS: Gemini 3.6 Flash is here: More efficient, less expensive but Gemini 3.5 Pro is still testing with partners & very much not here. Is Google Gemini slowly getting cooked? Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell break down Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and the missing Pro model. Plus Sam Altman's reported Washington briefing on OpenAI's next wave of AI models, Sunday Robotics' Memo folding
Kimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.
Kimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier. Jul 17, 2026 34:47 AI news: Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is a big AI model and Moonshot's early benchmarks put it surprisingly close to GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Fable 5. And… Kevin's Opus 5 SCOOP!! Also: OpenAI's reported screenless AI speaker, a Seedance 2.5 preview, the Suno hack, robot fights and AI-built games in Unreal Engine and Blender. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell unpack Kimi K3's benchma
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Is Here. And It's Really Freaking Good.
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Is Here. And It's Really Freaking Good. Jul 10, 2026 29:01 OpenAI is back in the AI model race with GPT-5.6 Sol, a fast, consistent flagship that comes close to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 without quite taking the crown. On AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell break down GPT-5.6, try GPT-Live's simultaneous talking and listening, and examine an unconfirmed report that GPT-6 could arrive soon. Plus Grok 4.5, Meta Muse Spark 1.1, LingBot World 2, a
Fable 5 Survives (For Now). And Anthropic Can Read Claude's Mind.
Fable 5 Survives (For Now). And Anthropic Can Read Claude's Mind. Jul 8, 2026 20:25 Claude Fable 5 survives on subscriptions until July 12 after Anthropic's latest extension, and the model access rollercoaster is not over yet. This week on AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell and Kevin Pereira get into the strangest and most fascinating AI story in a while: Anthropic's new research on the J-Space, an interpretability breakthrough that lets researchers read, audit, and shape what Claude i
Claude Sonnet 5 Is Here & Fable 5's Returning. For Now.
Claude Sonnet 5 Is Here & Fable 5's Returning. For Now. Jul 1, 2026 24:20 Claude Sonnet 5 just launched and Fable 5 is returning. But OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol is still locked down and the government's grip on the most powerful AI models throws it all into chaos.. We dig into what Sonnet 5 can actually do, why GPT-5.6 Sol is still gated, and the breaking news that Fable 5 is expected back, plus a huge creative MCP festival with the Blender to Seedance workflow. This week on
Anthropic Caught Alibaba Spying. The AI Cold War Is Here.
Anthropic Caught Alibaba Spying. The AI Cold War Is Here. Jun 26, 2026 26:50 Anthropic just accused Alibaba of the largest known corporate espionage campaign against it, alleging 25,000 fake accounts and 28.8 million queries aimed at stealing Claude. We get into the AI cold war heating up between the US and China, why Apple and Microsoft just raised prices, OpenAI's first chip Jalapeno, the wild new Seed Audio 1.0 model, Claude landing in Slack, and a Blender plus Seedance
Seedance 2.5 Just Crushed AI Video. America Is Stalling.
Seedance 2.5 Just Crushed AI Video. America Is Stalling. Jun 24, 2026 28:08 ByteDance just unveiled Seedance 2.5, a new state-of-the-art AI video model with 30-second one-shot generations, as American AI stalls out and Fable 5 stays down. This week on AI For Humans, China is not just catching up in AI, it is pushing the edge. We break down everything Seedance 2.5 can do and why a 30-second single-pass clip is a real leap, then dig into the American slowdown as Fable 5 sta
Midjourney Built a Body Scanner. AI Science Just Got Real.
Midjourney Built a Body Scanner. AI Science Just Got Real. Jun 19, 2026 29:09 AI NEWS: AI Image company Midjourney just unveiled Midjourney Scanner, a full-body medical scanner, and it might be one of the first real signs that the AI science era has arrived. This week on AI For Humans, Midjourney does the most unexpected pivot of the year, trading anime babes for anatomy with a new AI driven full body scanner. Is the era of AI actually changing science finally here? We brea

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