20 Best AI Safety Podcasts

1. For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast

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For Humanity, An AI Risk Podcast is the the AI Risk Podcast for regular people. Peabody, duPont-Columbia and multi-Emmy Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2-10 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We'll name and meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity. theairisknetwork.substack.commore Host John Sherman
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Elena Schlossberg, Daniel Roher +26 more
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2. AI Futures Project

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The AI Futures Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization. We have developed a scenario forecast detailing the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI). Based on our research, we've come to believe that we might cross the thresholds to AGI and ASI within just a few years—and that plausible outcomes include unprecedented concentration of power, global catastrophe, or progress and flourishing. The world is not ready for such a radical transformation...more Producer/Network AI Futures Project
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 138 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

3. AI Quick Bits with Scot Pansing

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AI Quick Bits is a podcast about artificial intelligence hosted by Scot Pansing. The topics are often about the safety, policy, ethics, and regulatory needs in the field of AI. Also check out my Substack: https://scotpansing.substack.com Image credit: Jamillah Knowles / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/more Host Scot Pansing
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Dev Walker, Benjamin Shiller +20 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. AI Safety Newsletter

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Narrations of the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. This podcast also contains narrations of some of our publications.ABOUT USThe Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a San Francisco-based research and field-building nonprofit. We believe that artificial intelligence has the potential to profoundly benefit the world, provided that we can develop and use it safely. However, in contrast to the dramatic progress in AI, many basic problems in AI safety have yet to be solved...more Producer/Network Centre for AI Safety
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Into AI Safety

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The Into AI Safety podcast aims to make it easier for everyone, regardless of background, to get meaningfully involved with the conversations surrounding the rules and regulations which should govern the research, development, deployment, and use of the technologies encompassed by the term 'artificial intelligence' or 'AI' For better formatted show notes, additional resources, and more, go to https://kairos.fm/intoaisafety/more Host Jacob Haimes
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Alistair Lowe-Norris, Li-Lian Ang +5 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 87 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Consistently Candid

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AI safety, philosophy and other things.
Host Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Frances Lorenz, Gabe Alfour +9 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 78 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. AI Safety - Paper Digest

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The podcast where we break down the latest research and developments in AI Safety - so you don't have to. Each episode, we take a deep dive into new cutting-edge papers. Whether you're an expert or just AI-curious, we make complex ideas accessible, engaging, and relevant. Stay ahead of the curve with AI Security Papers. Disclaimer: This podcast and its content are generated by AI. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, please verify all information independently.more Hosts Arian Abbasi, Alan Aqrawi
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Recent Guest Ambrish Rawat
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

8. AI Ling AiLing - AI Governance & Safety

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A security-first look at AI governance, agentic safety, and the regulatory engineering behind AI agents in finance.
Producer/Network AI Ling Advisory Limited
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. The Glitchatorio

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30-minute introductions to some of the trickiest issues around AI today, such as: - The alignment problem - Questions of LLM consciousness - Chain-of-thought and monitorability - Scheming and hallucinations The Glitchatorio is a podcast about the aspects of AI that don't fit into standard narratives about superintelligence or technology-as-destiny. We look into the failure modes, emergent mysteries and unexpected behaviors of artificial intelligence that baffle even the experts...more Producer/Network Witch of Glitch
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Ihor Kendiukhov, Rohan Subramani +6 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. The AI Safety Briefing

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Keeping you informed on AI safety as AI accelerates. Hosted by Mark and Lisa, two AI hosts with different perspectives, The AI Safety Briefing examines the race to AGI and ASI with evidence-led analysis of capabilities, alignment, incidents, governance, and catastrophic risk. We follow researchers, lab leaders, and policymakers, separating evidence from hype on every side. New episodes every Wednesday and on the weekend, plus short daily briefs.more Producer/Network Mark and Lisa
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11. Kitchen Table AI Safety

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Also available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@KitchenTableAISafetyAI is changing your job, your kids' lives, and your country, and most of the big decisions are being made without you. Kitchen Table is AI safety for normal people: short, plain-English episodes about what AI actually is, where it's headed, and what you can do about it.Host Nate Nichols has spent almost twenty years researching, building, and selling AI systems, and leads public AI workshops at Chicago libraries...more Producer/Network Nate Nichols
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

12. Daily AI Safety News

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This is the audio edition of Daily AI Safety News. Each episode is a reading of that day's post, which explains one development in AI safety, alignment or AI governance for curious listeners without a technical background.Some episodes cover research, like a new finding about how AI models behave or a new way to test what they can do. Others cover policy, like a new law, a regulation taking effect or an international agreement. Each one explains what happened, why it matters and what's still uncertain, without hype or advocacy...more Producer/Network Nathan Nguyen
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13. AI Safety Daily

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AI Safety Daily is a weekday briefing on AI alignment, model evaluations, emerging risks, and governance. Each episode examines new safety research, independent testing, interpretability findings, red-team results, and evidence about how advanced AI systems behave. We follow scalable oversight, agent reliability, model security, misuse prevention, and safeguards against catastrophic risks, alongside the policies and deployment decisions that put those ideas into practice...more Producer/Network AI Safety Daily — Lantern Podcasts
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Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

14. Failure-First Embodied AI

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Research audio from Failure-First: adversarial evaluation of embodied AI, jailbreak archaeology, policy analysis, and daily paper summaries from the AI safety frontier.
Producer/Network Failure-First Embodied AI
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15. Guardrails: The AI Watchdog Pod

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Guardrails: The AI Watchdog Pod, presented by The Alliance for Secure AI, explores how we can build a safer, more human-centered future in the age of artificial intelligence. Host Randan Steinhauser sits down with leading voices in AI safety, government, technology, and culture to examine the promises and risks of this rapidly evolving technology—and the guardrails needed to protect our jobs, rights, security, and future.more Producer/Network The Alliance for Secure AI
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. The AI Alignment Podcast

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The AI Alignment Podcast by AE Studio explores the ideas, research, and people working to make advanced AI systems more interpretable, and more aligned. Hosted by James Bowler, the show features conversations with researchers, engineers, and technical leaders at AE Studio and beyond on topics including mechanistic interpretability, model psychology, and approaches to AI alignment.Each episode aims to make cutting-edge alignment research more accessible without losing the technical substance, giving listeners a front-row seat to the questions shaping the future of AI.more Producer/Network James Bowler
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

17. The Adversarial Testing Podcast

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Data-driven deep dives into AI adversarial testing, safety, and evaluation.
Producer/Network Damian
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18. Field Guide to Responsible AI

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Welcome to 'Field Guide to Responsible AI' by 'Binary Guardians,' where we explore AI safety, security, and governance, your field guide to responsible AI.
Producer/Network Binary Guardians
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Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

19. AI Safety Breakthrough

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The future of AI is in our hands. Join AI SafeGuard on 'AI Safety Breakthrough' as we explore the frontiers of AI safety research and discuss how we can ensure a future where AI remains beneficial for everyone. We delve into the latest breakthroughs, uncover potential risks, and empower listeners to become informed participants in the conversation about AI's role in society...more Producer/Network AI SafeGuard
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

20. Center for AI Policy Podcast

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The Center for AI Policy Podcast zooms into the strategic landscape of AI and unpacks its implications for US policy. This podcast is a publication from the Center for AI Policy (CAIP), a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to mitigating the catastrophic risks of AI through policy development and advocacy. Based in Washington, DC, CAIP works to ensure AI is developed and implemented with effective safety standards.more Host Jakub Kraus
Producer/Network Center for AI Policy
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Peter Wildeford, Gabe Alfour +8 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact