Pioneers of AI
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- 🇦🇺AU · Technology#1045K to 30K
- 🇬🇧GB · Technology#1415K to 30K
- 🇺🇸US · Technology#1735K to 30K
- 🇩🇪DE · Technology#1835K to 30K
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25K to 102K🎙 Daily cadence·94 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
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Axios’ Ina Fried reads the AI fine print, so you don’t have to
Sep 2, 2026
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Rapid Response: What the jobs report isn't telling you about AI & the workforce, with Upwork’s Hayden Brown
Aug 31, 2026
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Government benefits are broken. Is AI the fix?
Aug 26, 2026
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World Models: a trillion dollar opportunity
Aug 19, 2026
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Rapid Response: OpenAI’s Critterz blowback — Director Nik Kleverov on year zero for Hollywood
Aug 17, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/2/26 | Axios’ Ina Fried reads the AI fine print, so you don’t have to | In the world of AI, data is king. And in reporting on tech for nearly 30 years, Axios’ Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried has extensively covered concerns around consumer data, privacy, and Big Tech. In the latest edition of her long-running series “What They Know About You,” Ina dives into the privacy and data sharing policies of AI consumer products from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, and more. She tells host Rana el Kaliouby why data is key to AI companies’ business models, how they’re getting more of it, and how that could impact everyday users.Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofaiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 8/31/26 |  Rapid Response: What the jobs report isn't telling you about AI & the workforce, with Upwork’s Hayden Brown | Few leaders have a better real-time read on how AI is actually reshaping the workforce than Hayden Brown. As CEO of Upwork, the platform where 18 million freelancers meet the businesses that need them, she sees what the monthly jobs report can't: which skills are surging, which jobs are quietly disappearing, and why 23% of businesses that moved work to AI are already bringing humans back. Brown joins Rapid Response to share what she's actually seeing on the ground, why she refused to blame AI when she laid off a quarter of Upwork's staff, and what the data says about the gap between AI hype and AI reality.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 8/26/26 | Government benefits are broken. Is AI the fix? | Stories of people standing in line for hours to get their drivers license or being wrongfully denied government food assistance are common in America. Few people think, “I can solve this problem.” But the CEO of Promise, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, sees a solution in AI. Promise is a software company designed to help move money in and out of government benefit programs (like SNAP) to better serve the people who rely on them – and better serve taxpayers, too. Host Rana el Kaliouby speaks with Phaedra about how Promise is making these systems cheaper and faster with AI. Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofaiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 8/19/26 | World Models: a trillion dollar opportunity | In the first half of 2026 alone, investors poured $3 billion into the next frontier of AI: World Models. Google DeepMind, Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs, Yann LeCunn’s AMI labs, and Odyssey are all building in this space. In this episode, host Rana el Kaliouby speaks with the co-founder and CEO of Odyssey Oliver Cameron. They dive into the trillion dollar opportunity behind world models, why they are the next frontier of AI, and how they will be applied to a range of industries, from education to healthcare. Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofaiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 8/17/26 |  Rapid Response: OpenAI’s Critterz blowback — Director Nik Kleverov on year zero for Hollywood | Critterz was one of the first feature films built primarily with AI, but OpenAI abruptly shut down Sora, the very tool its director was relying on. Nik Kleverov, Chief Creative Officer of Native Foreign, joins Rapid Response from the Cannes Lions festival to make the case for why AI isn't killing Hollywood, it's about to reinvent it. He breaks down why 2026 is year zero for mass adoption of AI in the film industry, and why human talent is more in demand than ever when great storytelling is the goal. Kleverov also confronts the darker side of the technology: deepfakes, scams, and the blurring line between real and generated, and offers a surprising possible solution.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 8/12/26 | Replay: Could a robot fix the loneliness epidemic? | This week we reprise our episode with robotics developer Grace Brown, co-founder and CEO of Andromeda, an Australia- and US-based company. A recently launched study, led by nurses, will analyze how Andromeda’s humanoid robot Abi fits into the everyday routine of patients in dementia care. Abi is a social robot designed for the aging population, with a goal to address the loneliness epidemic. In this interview, Rana el Kaliouby sits down with Brown to talk about why physical AI needs emotional intelligence, how nonverbal cues make or break human-robot interactions, and the importance of designing robots people actually want in their lives.Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofaiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 8/5/26 | The deep AI shifts that will reshape our lives | For nearly two decades, Amy Webb's annual Tech Trends Report was required reading for anyone trying to keep up with technology. But this year, Webb killed the report and replaced it with something more applicable for leaders in an AI era. In this episode, CEO of Future Today Strategy Group Amy Webb joins host Rana el Kaliouby to unpack her 2026 Convergence Outlook and examines how AI-driven convergences such as compute shock, living intelligence, and emotional outsourcing will reshape business and daily life. Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofaiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 7/29/26 | Why AI conversations are always one-sided | Is it possible for us to ever wholeheartedly trust a machine the way we would a human? According to Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, the answer is no. And that’s what stops us from being able to emotionally connect with AI chatbots.In this episode, host Rana el Kaliouby and Duhigg dissect what's really happening when people confide in ChatGPT and why real connection depends on reciprocity and vulnerability, two things AI can't offer.Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofaiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 7/27/26 |  Rapid Response: The quiet reinvention of a $42b business, with Canva’s Cameron Adams | In the last year, Canva redefined itself from the ground up. Co-founder and Chief Product Officer Cameron Adams joins Rapid Response live from the Cannes Lions festival to explain why the so-called SaaSpocalypse never kept him up at night, how Canva shifted from a design company to an AI company without losing what made it great, and why being only 1% of the way there is actually the most exciting place to be. Adams also shares the specific steps anyone can take to get real impact from AI tools rather than just falling down the rabbit hole, and makes the case that in a world of commoditized models, your organization's unfair advantage is the only thing that matters.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 7/22/26 | WorkLab: Culture, not tech, softens AI’s impact | AI's promise is real. But the challenge to realizing its value isn't technology—it's people. Rana el Kaliouby joins WorkLab's Molly Wood to explore what can stall progress. The conversation explores how emotional intelligence, empathy, and communication are essential for hybrid human–AI teams to thrive. Rana makes the case that leaders must foster trust and readiness, rethink workflows, and keep humans at the center to unlock AI's full potential and ensure sustainable adoption.Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofaiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 7/15/26 | AIeducation+4 | Theo Baker | StanfordMIT+2 | — | Silicon ValleyAI+5 | — | 32m 25s | ||
| 7/8/26 | AI adoptionfamily dynamics+4 | AdamJana | I'm an AI Scientist, My Daughter Refuses to Use AI, and I'm Okay with It | — | AIadoption+5 | — | 46m 36s | ||
| 7/1/26 | AI in sportsFIFA World Cup+5 | Art Hu | Lenovo | — | AIFIFA World Cup+6 | — | 32m 22s | ||
| 6/29/26 | AI adoptionquantum computing+3 | Arvind Krishna | IBMMasters of Scale | New York | AIquantum computing+4 | — | 41m 28s | ||
| 6/24/26 | AI investingIPO speculation+3 | Reid Hoffman | AnthropicOpenAI+4 | — | AIIPO+6 | — | 35m 42s | ||
| 6/17/26 | AI ethicsdigital twins+3 | Natalie Monbiot | ChatGPTClaude+3 | — | AIdigital twin+5 | — | 41m 31s | ||
| 6/15/26 | AI ethicstechnology race+4 | Aza Raskin | Center for Humane TechnologyBig Tech+1 | China | AIhumane technology+5 | — | 39m 27s | ||
| 6/10/26 | wearable technologyhealth data+3 | Tom Hale | Ōura | — | wearable techhealth data+5 | — | 40m 06s | ||
| 6/3/26 | AI in educationbusiness school reimagining+3 | David Rogier | MasterClass | — | AIMasterClass+5 | — | 34m 34s | ||
| 6/1/26 | AIeducation technology+3 | Luis von Ahn | DuolingoRapid Response+1 | — | DuolingoAI+5 | — | 31m 38s | ||
| 5/27/26 | AI safetyfuture of work+3 | Kevin EsveltMax Tegmark | MIT Media Lab | — | AIchildren+5 | — | 26m 15s | ||
| 5/20/26 | AI upskillingorganizational implementation+3 | — | WaitWhatPioneers of AI | California | AIupskill+5 | — | 34m 06s | ||
| 5/18/26 | AI bankingfinancial infrastructure+4 | Sean Neville | CircleCatena Labs+2 | — | AIbank account+5 | — | 57m 17s | ||
| 5/13/26 | AItechnology journalism+4 | Joanna Stern | Wall Street JournalI Am Not a Robot | — | AItechnology+6 | — | 39m 56s | ||
| 5/6/26 | AI in agricultureautonomous farming+3 | Jahmy Hindman | John Deere | — | John DeereAI+6 | — | 36m 31s | ||
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Chart history for Pioneers of AI
Peaked at #32 in KE, currently #32 in KE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| KE | — | #32 | #32 | — |
| South Africa | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| Sweden | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| RO | — | #52 | #52 | — |
| Italy | — | #66 | #66 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #87 | #87 | — |
| South Korea | — | #96 | #96 | — |
| Australia | — | #104 | #104 | — |
| Norway | — | #118 | #118 | — |
| AE | — | #138 | #138 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #141 | #141 | — |
| Japan | — | #146 | #146 | — |
| CH | — | #156 | #156 | — |
| United States | — | #173 | #173 | — |
| Germany | — | #183 | #183 | — |
| Canada | — | #186 | #186 | — |
Chart Positions
16 placements across 16 markets.
Chart Positions
16 placements across 16 markets.