AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

by Kevin Pereira & Gavin Purcell

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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S1 E182

Fable 5 Got Caged. Why That Should Scare You.

Jun 17, 2026 · 29m

Claude's Fable 5 just got yanked, and the story why keeps shifting by the hour. A contested jailbreak, an export-control, crackdown, and a lot of fingers pointi…

S1 E180

Claude Fable 5 Broke The AI Industry. Here's What Happens Next.

Jun 12, 2026 · 20m

Huge AI News as we go hands on with Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, the most powerful AI model ever released. Spoiler: We found it very good. What happens next? Thi…

S1 E179

Claude Fable 5 Is Incredible. And A Little Scary.

Jun 10, 2026 · 22m

Anthropic just released Claude Fable 5, the first public Mythos-class model and the start of the Claude 5 family. It is their most capable model ever but… kinda…

S1 E178

Microsoft Is Now An AI Agents Company. Seriously.

Jun 5, 2026 · 29m

Microsoft just went AI agent first at Build 2026, announcing Project Solara, an OpenClaw-style assistant called SCOUT, and seven new MAI models. Plus new image…

S1 E177

Martin Scorsese Is Now An AI Filmmaker.

Jun 3, 2026 · 30m

Martin Scorsese is now advising AI image and video company Black Forest Labs, and he is just one of a wave of major filmmakers embracing AI as a tool. This week…

S1 E176

Claude Opus 4.8 Just Landed. But Mythos Is Coming For Everyone.

May 29, 2026 · 20m

Anthropic just shipped Claude Opus 4.8: warmer, a little smarter, same price. But the real story is Claude Mythos, the bigger AI model coming to everyone in wee…

S1 E175

Pope Leo Wants to Disarm AI. Explained.

May 26, 2026 · 10m

Pope Leo XIV just released his first encyclical and picked a side in the AI war. AND He brought Chris Olah, the co-founder of Anthropic, on stage to launch it…

S1 E174

Spotify Goes AI. People Will Be Furious. Plus, OpenAI Cracks An 80-Year Math Problem.

May 22, 2026 · 28m

Thanks to HP & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs Spotify just made AI music official. They cut a deal with Universal Music…

S1 E173

Google's New Gemini Omni AI Is Too Much. All The Good Stuff From Google I/O.

May 20, 2026 · 27m

Google I/O 2026 just dropped Gemini Omni, a world-model AI that simulates physics, edits video, and might be the biggest leap since Seedance 2. But it's not per…

S1 E171

Google Is Cooking Again. The I/O Leaks Are Wild.

May 15, 2026 · 30m

Thanks to @HPInc & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs Google I/O is next week and the AI leaks are pouring out: a new Spark…

S1 E168

Elon Musk Just Teamed Up With Anthropic and Claude Dropped A TON Of New Stuff.

May 8, 2026 · 30m

Anthropic signed a compute partnership with SpaceX, with Elon Musk personally signing off. Months ago he said Anthropic hates Western Civilization. Um, what? Th…

S1 E169

The White House Wants To Approve AI Models. Blame Mythos.

May 5, 2026 · 34m

A blockbuster New York Times story says the White House may soon require AI models to be approved before public release, with Anthropic's Mythos at the center o…

S1 E168

Robots Are Having Their ChatGPT Moment. Here's Proof.

Apr 30, 2026 · 29m

Thanks to @HP & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs The AI robots are coming! We're finally seeing the next stage of AI come…

S1 E163

OpenAI's Growth Is Slowing. Is The AI Bubble Popping?

Apr 29, 2026 · 25m

The Wall Street Journal reported OpenAI missed its end-of-year billion-active-user target. Is the AI bubble actually popping or is the panic overblown? This wee…

S1 E166

GPT 5.5 Just Dropped. OpenAI Accelerated The AI Race (Again).

Apr 24, 2026 · 29m

Thanks to @HP & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs OpenAI's flagship AI model GPT-5.5 is here. It's smarter, faster, cheaper…

S1 E162

ChatGPT Images 2.0 Is Here. It Just Killed Nano Banana.

Apr 22, 2026 · 28m

OpenAI just dropped ChatGPT Images 2.0 (GPT Image 2) and it's by far the new #1 AI image model. 2K resolution, multi-language support, incredible text rendering…

S1 E163

Claude Opus 4.7 Has Landed. The AI Acceleration Is Real.

Apr 17, 2026 · 22m

Anthropic dropped Claude Opus 4.7 with better vision, better coding and… better everything. And, along with OpenAI's new Codex, AI is accelerating ever faster…

S1 E156

Claude Is Melting Down. AI's Compute Crisis Explained.

Apr 15, 2026 · 29m

The AI compute crisis is here. Anthropic's Claude is getting dumber and Opus 4.7 & OpenAI's Spud are about to make it worse. What happen's next? This week on AI…

S1 E160

Everyone Hates AI. Now What?

Apr 10, 2026 · 32m

Claude Mythos Preview might break the internet, Florida is suing OpenAI and datacenter protests are spreading. This is the AI backlash. This week on AI For Huma…

Anthropic's Mythos AI Is Too Dangerous to Release. They're Using It Anyway.

Apr 8, 2026 · 32m

Anthropic revealed Mythos, a new AI model so powerful they won't let the public use it. Instead, they're deploying it to defend against cyberattacks with Projec…