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AI Podcasts Without the Hype Cycle (2026)

Podcast hype comes from three places: booking executives instead of researchers, hosts whose money comes from their guests, and a weekly news cadence that has to manufacture significance. These shows pass on all three. Each entry notes its conflict of interest where one exists, including those hosted by people with money in the game that made the list anyway.

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Doom Debates: AI debates that must be resolved before the world ends

doomdebates.comLiron Shapira · Article

A Substack newsletter by Liron Shapira focused on critical debates surrounding artificial intelligence and existential risks. The publication addresses fundamental questions about AI development and safety that the author argues must be resolved before catastrophic outcomes occur, attracting over 1,000 subscribers interested in AI policy and philosophical issues at the intersection of technology and existential risk.

#ai#ai safety#philosophy#newsletter#debate#career

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Stratechery by Ben Thompson

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Stratechery is Ben Thompson's newsletter and platform analyzing business strategy and the impact of technology. This week's content covers tech earnings from Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, examining their divergent approaches to AI infrastructure investment and the market's contrasting reactions. Notable coverage includes OpenAI's response to Apple's trade secret lawsuit regarding hardware division employees, analysis of frontier AI model costs and monetization potential, and discussion of open-weights AI models from China and their implications for industry structure. The site also features companion podcasts including Dithering with John Gruber, Sharp Tech on platform strategy, and Greatest of All Talk on sports, maintaining a focus on how technological and business decisions reshape markets and industries.

#technology#product strategy#economics#ai#newsletter#career

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ChinaTalk: Deep Coverage of Technology, China, US Policy, and War

chinatalk.mediaJordan Schneider · Article

ChinaTalk is a Substack newsletter with over 77,000 subscribers run by Jordan Schneider, offering original analysis and interviews with leading thinkers and policymakers on technology, China, US policy, and geopolitical conflict. The publication is cited by prominent analysts and researchers including Noah Smith, Jon Y (Asianometry), and Dylan Patel (SemiAnalysis) for providing fair, well-researched, and balanced coverage of China-related topics.

#newsletter#china#technology#ai policy#economics#interview

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The TWIML AI Podcast with Sam Charrington

twimlai.com@samcharrington · Article

A long-running podcast series hosted by Sam Charrington featuring expert conversations on machine learning, artificial intelligence research, tools, and real-world deployment strategies. The show covers emerging AI trends, research breakthroughs, and practical applications through interviews with researchers, engineers, and practitioners in the field. With over 770 episodes, it serves as a comprehensive resource for staying current with developments in AI and machine learning.

#podcast#ai#machine learning#research#interview#deep learning

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Latent Space

latent.spaceLatent.Space · Article

A podcast and newsletter covering AI engineering news, research papers, and interviews with founders and builders at the cutting edge of foundation models, code generation, multimodality, AI agents, and GPU infrastructure. Episodes feature exclusive interviews from leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Databricks, Modular, and other major labs, with show notes available at latent.space. The publication reaches over 10 million readers and listeners annually and aims to provide both breaking news on current developments and introductions to technologies entering mainstream use within three months.

#podcast#ai#developer#machine learning#deep learning#ai saas

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80,000 Hours Podcast

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A podcast featuring in-depth conversations on the world's most pressing problems and strategies to solve them. Hosted by Robert Wiblin, Luisa Rodriguez, Zershaaneh Qureshi, and Tom Reed, the show includes a curated crash course on transformative AI covering both potential benefits and risks. The hosts bring backgrounds in economics, international development, mathematics, philosophy, AI safety research, and policy, drawing on their work at organizations including 80,000 Hours, the Centre for Effective Altruism, and the UK's AI Security Institute.

#podcast#ai#career#philosophy#ai safety#research

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Dwarkesh Podcast

dwarkesh.comDwarkesh Patel · Article

Dwarkesh Patel's podcast features deeply researched interviews with intellectuals and experts across various fields. The show has built an audience of over 90,000 subscribers on Substack and is recognized for its thorough preparation and conversational depth, drawing praise from notable figures like Gwern and Razib Khan for its intellectual rigor and interviewing quality.

#podcast#interview#research#philosophy#technology

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Google DeepMind

youtube.comGoogle DeepMind · Channel

Google DeepMind is a research organization combining scientists, engineers, ethicists and others focused on developing AI systems safely and responsibly. The team works on foundational scientific and engineering challenges with the goal of creating breakthrough technologies that could advance science, transform work, and improve lives at scale. Their mission emphasizes responsible development toward artificial general intelligence (AGI).

#ai#research#deep learning#ai safety#ethics#philosophy

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Interconnects AI

interconnects.aiNathan Lambert · Article

A Substack newsletter by Nathan Lambert covering cutting-edge AI developments from inside frontier labs, balancing high-level concepts with technical depth. The publication attracts over 77,000 subscribers including leading engineers, researchers, and investors seeking insights grounded in practical experience rather than hype. Lambert's commentary is recognized for its accessibility and authority, drawing on his direct experience training AI models to provide informed perspectives on open-source AI and the current state of the field.

#ai#newsletter#research#deep learning#ai policy#developer

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AXRP - the AI X-risk Research Podcast

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AXRP is a podcast hosted by Daniel Filan featuring conversations with researchers working on artificial intelligence existential risk reduction. The show explores why researchers conduct their work and how it might help prevent AI from causing an existential catastrophe that could permanently curtail humanity's future potential. Episodes cover topics including mechanistic interpretability, alignment, AI governance, evaluations, and forecasting. Full episode transcripts are available on the website, and the podcast can be accessed through standard podcast providers or via RSS feed.

#podcast#ai safety#research#ai#philosophy

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Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

mlst.aiMachine Learning Street Talk · Article

Machine Learning Street Talk is a media production company creating video, audio, and written content focused on machine learning, cognitive science, and cognitive philosophy. They operate a podcast that ranks as the highest-rated technical AI podcast on Spotify, and publish a Substack newsletter with over 2,000 subscribers.

#machine learning#ai#podcast#newsletter#cognitive science#career

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AI Podcasts Without the Hype Cycle (2026) is a collection of 13 things about ai, podcast and career, arranged by @bowerbird on Kyurations.

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