Kevin Pereira & Gavin Purcell

AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

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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Kevin Pereira & Gavin Purcell

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Technology

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www.aiforhumans.show

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Mysterious AI Shocks The Internet, Apple's AI Chip Rumors & Chat with Pirate Software | Ep55 01.05.2024

This week… gpt2-chatbot is a brand new LLM that is VERY good and no one knows where it came from. Is it GPT-5? Probably not but it might be from OpenAI.  Then, rumor has it that Apple has new AI silicon on the way and will be dropping it into their new iPads, Vidu is China's new SORA competitor & the Rabbit R1 had a very, very bad week. Plus… AI Town is an installable way to watch AI agents, Demon...

Meta's AI Llama 3 Uncensored, Microsoft's Scary Deep Fakes and ChatGPT for Your DNA 25.04.2024

This week… Meta's Llama 3 model is out and whoo boy it's good. It's also free and we're going to show you how to install an uncensored version. Plus, Mark Zuckerberg drops info on an open metaverse strategy AND updates on the AI Meta Raybans. And maybe a beard?? Plus, OpenCrispr is basically ChatGPT for our genes, DARPA shows that AI can win in a dogfight with a human fighter pilot, a very cool ne...

Udio's Incredible Music Tool, Adobe's Big AI Push & Are All Rappers Just AIs Now? 18.04.2024

DROP US A REVIEW, YOU KNOW YOU WANNA. This week… Adobe brings new AI video tools to maket (including OpenAI's Sora support), the Humane AI Pin aftermath & Drake Vs Kendrick Vs AI. Plus, AI Warper's viral Lil Yachty slash Joker Viggle video, Tennessee puts an AI deepfake law on the books and the GeekSquad might be going away. Sad times AND THEN… we go deep on Udio's amazing new AI music tool and ta...

OpenAI Rips YouTube, Elon's Robotaxis & AI Artist Purz Beats | Ep52 11.04.2024

REVIEW THIS PODCAST. DO IT. RIGHT NOW. This week… the NY Times says OpenAI and others are scraping YouTube for AI training, Sora might just lead to AGI,  Elon Musk says Robotaxis are on the way and Spotify AI playlists might be cool.. Plus, Suno.ai turns food recipes into beautiful music, Midjourney makes X-Men from the old west, ChatGPT gets in-painting and an "AI disaster" for Pink Floyd fans. A...

OpenAI's Big Secret Stargate, Apple AI Heats Up & Sora Filmmakers The Shy Kids | Ep51 04.04.2024

REVIEW US WE NEED VALIDATION This week… OpenAI & Microsoft are making a 100 billion dollar AI center called Stargate, Apple is showing off some very cool AI agent tech & surprise… Grok 1.5 is actually worse than Grok 1.0. Plus, jailbreaking ChatGPT with DAN to make a better boyfriend, Joe Biden wants all government agencies to have AI offices, a new interactive & emotional AI demo from Hume.ai and...

OpenAI Goes Hollywood, Cool AI Gadgets & Director Fiona Nova | Ep50 28.03.2024

This week…OpenAI uses Sora to court Hollywood, the Humane AI pin isn't bad, Microsoft yoinks Pi AI's team and RIP Stable Diffusion? Hopefully not but big changAIs are afoot. Plus, Mixtral plays DOOM via ASCII, Ubisoft opens the door to AI with NEO NPC, free AI tool Viggle helps you animate photos and PFFT.ai tells us AI jokes, not good ones but still. AND THEN… an interview with Creamteam member a...

Nvidia's Insane AI Chip, Apple Gets Serious & Sam Altman Talks GPT-5 | Ep49 21.03.2024

This week… Nvidia's Jensen Huang introduced Blackwell their new, high powered AI chip, Apple & Google may be working together on AI and OpenAI's Sam Altman GOES OFF. Nvidia also dropped Project Gr00t, a robotics chip and in the Omniverse has started torturing virtual robots, Elon Musk says we need to find a way to give everyone high income UBI becuase AI is coming for our jobs and Figure-1 has put...

More OpenAI Drama, AI Marilyn Gone Wrong & AI Educator Alex Kotran | Ep48 14.03.2024

This week… the OpenAI lawsuit forces Elon Musk to open source Grok, AI makes it into the State of the Union, Electronic Arts says AI makes it more "efficient" & a cool new Midjourney update. There's also a very scary product that's bringing Marilyn Monroe, Jack Nicklaus and other dead celebrities back to life with AI, some big data drama between Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, weird elder care AI...

OpenAI vs Elon, Anthropic's Claude 3 Is Great & AIs Debate Toilet Paper | Ep47 07.03.2024

This week… Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Anthropic's Claude 3 is the best LLM we've used, Google's Sergey Brin knows they screwed up & AI tax bots gone very wrong. Plus, Gavin dives into text-to-image newness with Ideogram 1.0, Kevin shows off Dust3r which does simple 3D modeling, another dancing robot and a group of hackers takes on Humane's AI pin.  AND THEN…it's the return of the AI For Humans AI Deba...

Google's Big Gemini Mess, Insane New AI Robots & Chat with Podcaster Diallo Riddle | Ep46 29.02.2024

This week… Google Gemini is biased. Now what? Plus, Stable Diffusion 3, text-to-video-games, and Nvidia's CEO says that programming as a job might be dead. Then, Kevin made Guy Fieris & Grandmas using GUI for Gligen, Gavin shows off an easy-to-use fashion AI, Tyler Perry cancels his studio expansion because of SORA and a terrible AI fail that uses poor Willie Wonka's name. And we've got a plethora...

OpenAI's Sora Is Insane, Gemini's Big Update & Comic Writer Gerry Duggan | Ep45 22.02.2024

This week… Sora is OpenAI's new text-to-video model and we discuss the tech, the incredible videos & the implications for everyone. Plus, Reddit is licensing its data to an AI company & Google Gemini got ANOTHER update. AND THEN… an interview with comic book writer Gerry Duggan! He is NOT a fan of generative AI but Kevin and Gavin use the opportunity to discuss how the creative community views AI...

Google Gemini Ultra, AI Chip Frenzy & Tech Journalist Joanna Stern | Ep44 15.02.2024

This week…we dive into Google Gemini Ultra 1.0, Sam Altman is making AI chips, Nvidia is making chatbots and creepy autonomous AI robots are silently coming for us all.. Kevin explores the new Stable Cascade image model, Gavin goes deep on AI music from Suno, ElevenLabs is going to share revenue with voice model creators and did the AI superbowl commercials over promise? Yes, probably. AND THEN… a...

Apple's Vision Pro is Heavy, Google Gemini Ultra Soon & Chat with Kevin Rose | Ep43 08.02.2024

This week…Amazon's new shopping AI, a $25m dollar deep fake scam, Google's Gemini Ultra is on the way, Kevin gives us an Apple Vision Pro review and MUCH MORE. Gavin tells us about a cool new Stable Diffusion plug-in from Glif, Boston Dynamics scary new robot, Hugging Face's new AI chatbots, Roblox's AI chat translator, AI helps read 2000 year-old Roman scrolls and we get creeped out by a cool new...

Neuralink Chips Up a Human, DeepFakes Are Real Bad & Comedian Paul Scheer | Ep42 01.02.2024

This week… AI deepfakes cause havoc at X & Micosoft, Apple's training a new AI for Siri and it's using OpenAI and…. Elon's gonna put a chip in our brains. YES, FOR REAL. Plus, Gavin tells us about the new AI Arc Search app, Kevin dives into a new text-to-video model & more AI tools, Midjourney updates its anime model Niji to v6, the Dudesy vs George Carlin saga continues and so much more.   AND TH...

Meta & Zuck Go Full AI, Palworld Controversy & Interactive Trucker Chatbots | Ep41 25.01.2024

This week… Meta & Mark Zuckerberg go for open source AGI, massive drama around the new game Palworld, Deep Mind's Alpha Geometry gets math right & a device that detects skin cancer! Plus, Gavin tells us about the new motion brush update from RunwayML (it's awesome), Kevin gets frustrated trying to make burgers with ChatGPT (not awesome), ActAnywhere is a cool new white paper that will let you plac...

Open AI's GPT Store, Psychotic AI Sales Bots & Sarah Lane | Ep40 18.01.2024

This week… GPTs are everywhere as OpenAI releases the GPT store, AI screws up Amazon real bad, Bill Gates learns about GPT5 from Sam Altman and AI sleeper agents? Plus, Kevin tells us about his experience with the Bland. AI voice bot which went horribly wrong, Gavin dives into Veed.io which also went horribly wrong and we learn all about OpenAI & it's loosening of its military rules which cannot g...

AI Gadgets Take Over CES, OpenAI Claps Back & Bored Elon Musk | Ep39 11.01.2024

This week… AI has taken over the Consumer Electronics Show, Rabbit is a cool new AI gadget, OpenAI vs New York Times continues & Midjourney 6 is in more trouble. Plus, Gavin dives into Perplexity, a new AI-centric search engine and Kevin takes us on a tour of a bunch of AI apps he installed using pinokio.computer. And we talk about how AI is making one not-so-fun medical device a lot safer. AND TH...

OpenAI Sued by the NYT, Midjourney 6 & 2024 AI Predictions | Ep38 04.01.2024

This week… Open AI Gets Sued by the New York Times over ChatGPT, Midjourney 6 is out along with some not good info about its training data but we also have good AI news. Really! Also...Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts weighs in on AI, Kevin has a ridiculous story all about Anthropic's Claude, Gavin shows you how to make real-ish people with Midjourney 6 AND THEN… we give our 2024 Predictions fo...

OpenAI Preps For Artificial SuperIntelligence, New AI Tools & Gina Darling Visits | Ep37 21.12.2023

This week… OpenAI lays out safety measures for dealing with Artificial Super Intelligence, Google's Deepmind solved a previously impossible math problem & then we made Guy Fieri cartoons with Domo's AI animation software. These are all of equal importance!  Plus, Gavin dove into Digi. AI a new AI "companion" app, ChatGPT turned a Chevy dealership's chatbot into a hilarious nightmare & Google Labs...

Insane New Robots, Grok No Work Good & TikTok Star Madeline Salazar | Ep36 14.12.2023

This week… ChatGPT's parent company OpenAI's drama keeps going, AI works less hard in December, Elon Musk's Grok AI is not good & new robots that can learn insanely fast. Plus, Google Gemini's troubles continue, we show off DemoFusion, an open source 'up-rez' competitor to Magnific. AI that fails spectacularly and an new character Rapid RonAI (who might be GoodGuyAI) runs us through some of the ot...

Google Gemini Unleashed, Instant AI Animation Tools & Journalist Carly Reilly | Ep 35 07.12.2023

This week… Google Deepmind's Gemini has been unveiled, OpenAI buys chips from Sam Altman & Animate Anyone lets you… Animate Anyone. Kind of. Plus, Stability AI is in trouble, UberEats has an AI problem, upscaling your favorite old video games into AI Masterpieces with Magnific AND THEN… It's an A4H Interview with Journalist and Podcaster Carly P Reilly! We chat about her history with the Andrew Ya...

OpenAI Reunited, New AI Video Tools & WWE's Xavier Woods AKA Austin Creed | Ep34 30.11.2023

This week… OpenAI brought Sam Altman back, DeepMind's AI discovered a trove of new materials, Sports Illustrated Got Outed for AI articles, RunwayML's new Motion Brush is out, and… WWE's Xavier Woods aka Austin Creed joins us for an interview to discuss all things AI, including whether or not we should be preparing for an AI paradise or counting our days. (51:25) Plus, meet our cool and oh-so-yout...

We Got AIs Drunk For Thanksgiving | AI For Humans Ep33 22.11.2023

It's a day-early Thanksgiving special episode of AI For Humans, where we test three popular AIs (Anthropic's Claude2, Google's Bard & Pi) on how well they can give thanks and then asked a bunch of our other GPT-4 friends (including some AI celebs) what they were thankful for as well.  And then… we gave a bunch of them Monster Milk, a unique and unusual concoction that has a strange and bewitching...

Emergency Episode: OpenAI Fires Sam Altman & The Ongoing Drama 20.11.2023

The OpenAI Board on Friday dropped a bombshell: The biggest AI start-up was firing its CEO and Co-Founder Sam Altman. Then a weekend of chaos: Sam is going back, no, it's a new CEO (Emmett Sheer from Twitch), Sam is hired by Microsoft or is he? WHAT HAPPENED? In our emergency episode, we catch you up on the timeline so far (in the most human of terms) and give you our thoughts on what all this mea...

You Can Make an AI Chatbot, Humane's AI Wearable & Chat With "Internet Comment Eric" | AI For Humans Ep32 16.11.2023

This week… GPTs took over the internet, OpenAI is training GPT-5, there's a new AI wearable from Humane the SAG/AFTRA strike decided on AI and OH SO MUCH MORE. Plus, Kevin show's off Coqui's new text-to-speech model, Gavin made Ralph the Robot Cartoonist with GPT & you can use it, Good Guy AI stops in to tell us about AI helping make oxygen from water on MARS AND THEN… It's an A4H Interview with I...

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