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 E159

Two People Vibe Coded a $1.8B Company. The AI Hard Takeoff Is Here.

Apr 3, 2026 · 29m

Can you vibe code a $1.8 billion company with AI? Sam Altman predicted the one-person billion-dollar startup, and with MedVi, it might've just happened. Today o…

S1 E158

The Claude Code Leak Accidentally Revealed AI's Future. Oops.

Apr 1, 2026 · 28m

Claude Code's source code just leaked. Frrom always-on autonomous agents to AI dream modes and a tamagotchi pet, Anthropic accidentally showed us the AI future…

S1 E157

OpenAI's Path to AGI: Kill Sora, Launch a Potato

Mar 27, 2026 · 22m

OpenAI killed Sora, cancelled Spicy Chat, and went all in on enterprise and AGI. Their next frontier model is called Spud. Yes, like the potato. This week on AI…

S1 E156

Anthropic Won't Stop Shipping. Good Luck, Everyone Else.

Mar 25, 2026 · 29m

AI NEWS: Anthropic's Claude is slowly boiling OpenClaw & OpenAI one feature at a time. They just shipped automode, computer control, phone access, and a ton mor…

S1 E155

Google AI Studio Got a Big Upgrade and We're All Vibecoders Now

Mar 20, 2026 · 35m

Google AI Studio just got databases, multiplayer, and persistent sessions. Vibecoding just grew up. We break down what it means for your AI workflow. This week…

S1 E151

NVIDIA's Jensen Huang Wants It All (GTC 2026)

Mar 17, 2026 · 22m

Jensen Huang just stood on stage and said $1 trillion. He wasn't joking. NVIDIA's GTC 2026 keynote was a masterclass in flexing, and we're breaking down every l…

S1 E151

AI Can Improve Itself Now. We're Sure That's Fine.

Mar 13, 2026 · 59m

AI just learned how to make itself smarter. That's not a hypothetical anymore. Recursive self-learning is here, and it's changing everything about how AI develo…

S1 E151

OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Is a Beast. But Good Luck Staying King.

Mar 6, 2026 · 58m

OpenAI's GPT-5.4 is the newest state-of-the-art AI model. But for how long? Sam Altman and team have to fend off Dario Amodei's Anthropic in more ways than one…

S1 E150

Google's Nano Banana 2 Just Dropped. We Tested It. We Have Notes.

Feb 27, 2026 · 58m

Nano Banana 2 is Google's best image model yet and it just dropped. It's cheaper, it's smarter, and it removed an Adidas logo from a banana in a tracksuit on th…

S1 E149

Gemini 3.1 Just Dropped. SuperIntelligence Is Coming. We're Fine.

Feb 20, 2026 · 52m

Sam Altman says superintelligence is two years away. Google just dropped Gemini 3.1 with benchmark scores that look like a full generation leap. The AI upgrade…

S1 E148

Seedance 2.0 Is Peak AI Video. We Tested It. Send Help.

Feb 13, 2026 · 1h 2m

Seedance 2.0 is the best AI video model we've ever seen. Bytedance's new AI tool generates 15 second clips of basically anything. But what happens next? And whe…

S1 E147

OpenAI's GPT-5.3 vs Opus 4.6. Both Are Great. So... Are We Cooked?

Feb 6, 2026 · 57m

Anthropic drops Opus 4.6. Twenty minutes later, OpenAI fires back with GPT-5.3 Codex. This is the AI agentic coding arms race and it's moving fast. Both AI mode…

S1 E146

The AI Holodeck Just Got Real: Google's Project Genie

Jan 30, 2026 · 53m

Google DeepMind dropped Project Genie and you can now walk around AI-generated 3D worlds. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says this is the path to the holodeck. He'…

S1 E145

Claude Code Is Taking Over (And We Don't Hate It)

Jan 23, 2026 · 59m

Claude Code is taking over and even the Wall Street Journal is Claude Pilled. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just said we're 6 months from AI doing most software en…

S1 E144

Google's AI Knows Everything About You (We Said Yes)

Jan 16, 2026 · 55m

Apple just handed Siri over to Google Gemini. Meanwhile, Google's Personal Intelligence wants to crawl ALL your data. This is the AI lock-in war of 2026 and you…

S1 E143

The AI Robot Uprising Has Begun (And It's Weirder Than You Think)

Jan 9, 2026 · 41m

AI robots are taking over CES 2025 and we're not sure how to feel about it. Boston Dynamics Atlas is doing things with its body that no robot should be able to…

S1 E142

OpenAI's New AI Image Model is here! But… Can It Beat Nano Banana Pro?

Dec 19, 2025 · 45m

ChatGPT Images (aka OpenAI's Image 1.5) can create stunning AI images, text and more. But how does it compare to Google's Nanobanana Pro? We dive in… way too de…

S1 E140

OpenAI Strikes Back! GPT-5.2 & Disney Comes to Sora

Dec 12, 2025 · 55m

OpenAI GPT-5.2 is here! The new model shows improvements, but the bigger news might be the deal Sam Altman made with Disney to bring characters to Sora. We dive…

S1 E140

OpenAI's Code Red Vs Google Gemini's AI Assault

Dec 5, 2025 · 49m

OpenAI's Sam Altman has called a 'Code Red' at the AI giant as Google Gemini 3 might be overtaking them. But new models 'Garlic' and 'Shallotpeat' might leapfro…

S1 E139

Google's Nano Banana Pro and Gemini 3 Are Very, Very Good

Nov 21, 2025 · 44m

Gemini Pro 3 and Nano Banana Pro push Google into the lead in the race for AGI. Meanwhile, OpenAI isn't far behind with GPT-5.1 Pro & Codex Max. The AI news is…