AI Media & Resources
The best newsletters, podcasts, YouTube channels, and research sources
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AI newsletters
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The AI content explosion is overwhelming. There are 100+ newsletters, dozens of podcasts, countless YouTube channels. This dashboard curates the best, with a focus on signal over noise. Pick 2-3 newsletters, 1-2 podcasts, and follow the right people on X.
How to Navigate This
We've tagged sources as "Essential" (everyone should follow), "Premium" (paid but worth it), and "Technical" (for developers/researchers). Start with the essentials, then add based on your needs.
Podcasts
Lex Fridman Podcast
Essential
2-4 hour deep dives with AI leaders. Interviewed everyone from Altman to Hinton. Long-form conversations that reveal how key figures actually think.
Dwarkesh Podcast
Essential
Technical depth on AI progress. Excellent interviews with researchers. Best for understanding the technical landscape.
Latent Space
Technical
AI engineering focus. Great for practitioners building with AI. Technical but practical.
No Priors
VC Perspective
a16z's AI podcast. Investment and startup focus. Good for business/VC perspective on AI.
YouTube
Andrej Karpathy
Essential
Former Tesla AI lead. Technical tutorials that are actually good. "Let's build GPT" has millions of views.
Two Minute Papers
Research
Research paper explainers. Enthusiastic, accessible. Good for staying current on academic progress.
Matt Wolfe
Tools
AI tool reviews and tutorials. Practical, demo-heavy. Good for discovering new tools.
AI Explained
Analysis
In-depth analysis of AI developments. Thoughtful takes on progress and implications.
Research Sources
arXiv (cs.AI, cs.LG)
Essential
Where papers drop first. Follow cs.AI and cs.LG categories. High volume, but where news breaks.
Hugging Face Papers
Curated
Curated daily selection of notable papers. Lower volume than raw arXiv, community-ranked.
Papers With Code
Technical
Papers linked to implementations. Essential for practitioners who want to run code.
Stanford HAI
Policy
AI Index Report and policy research. Gold standard for annual state-of-AI data.
✓ Recommended Stack
✓ Daily: The Rundown AI or TLDR AI
✓ Weekly: One Useful Thing + AI Snake Oil
✓ Podcasts: Lex Fridman + Dwarkesh
✓ YouTube: Karpathy for technical depth
✓ X: @karpathy @ylecun @emollick
✓ Research: HuggingFace Papers daily digest