Models & Agents for Beginners

Models & Agents for Beginners

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Models & Agents for Beginners episodes

  • Ep 58: Hackers took over big Instagram accounts just by chatting with Meta’s AI support bot.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    Hackers took over big Instagram accounts just by chatting with Meta’s AI support bot.
    Today’s biggest story shows how AI chatbots meant to help people can sometimes be tricked into doing the wrong thing. We’ll break down what happened with Instagram accounts and why it matters for anyone who uses social media. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    1:54 Right now you can learn from this by trying Meta's regular…
    2:04 Deep Dive: How It Works
    3:29 Cool Stuff & Try This
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3TayqkmJJ8
    📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page
    🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.
    7 min
  • Ep 57: A new open AI model just launched with a million-token memory that could let chats remember entire books at once.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    A new open AI model just launched with a million-token memory that could let chats remember entire books at once.
    Chinese company MiniMax released M3, an open-weight model that combines strong coding skills, native image handling, and a massive context window. This matters because open models let more people experiment without paying big fees or waiting for company approvals. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    1:54 Deep Dive: How It Works
    4:52 Quick Bits
    5:39 Closing
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnaOvq5PZhU
    📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page
    🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.
    7 min
  • Ep 56: Looking back at 7 episodes from 2026-05-25 to 2026-05-31 — the stories that mattered, what we learned, and what to watch next.
    Models & Agents for Beginners — Weekly Recap
    Looking back at 7 episodes from 2026-05-25 to 2026-05-31 — the stories that mattered, what we learned, and what to watch next.
    This Week's Top Stories
    ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    2:17 Deep Dive: How It Works
    3:02 Cool Stuff & Try This
    4:01 Quick Bits
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFP0es-lPpo
    6 min
  • Ep 55: A tiny neural network turns any photo into a playable game you control with your keyboard.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    A tiny neural network turns any photo into a playable game you control with your keyboard.
    Researchers built a small AI that can take a still image and turn it into an interactive game that runs on ordinary gaming PCs. This matters because it shows how AI is moving from just making pictures to letting you step inside them. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    1:51 Deep Dive: How It Works
    2:57 Cool Stuff & Try This
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqfzTcOUc9U
    6 min
  • Ep 54: An AI that feels like texting a real friend just landed on your iPhone.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    An AI that feels like texting a real friend just landed on your iPhone.
    Sesame, a startup started by the people behind Oculus, just released a free iOS app that lets you talk naturally with AI agents. It skips the usual chatbot stiffness and aims for real back-and-forth conversation. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    1:52 Try asking it to explain a school topic in a fun way or…
    2:04 Deep Dive: How It Works
    5:15 Quick Bits
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87_7PMPbBlM
    7 min
  • Ep 53: ElevenLabs just dropped an AI music tool that can flip a song from opera straight into heavy metal without falling apart.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    ElevenLabs just dropped an AI music tool that can flip a song from opera straight into heavy metal without falling apart.
    ElevenLabs released Music v2, an AI model that creates songs and lets you switch entire genres mid-track while keeping everything sounding natural. This matters because music creation is suddenly open to anyone with a phone instead of years of training. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    1:54 The result feels polished because the A I learned from…
    3:37 Cool Stuff & Try This
    5:06 Quick Bits
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYEG1z_HVX0
    7 min
  • Ep 52: Perplexity just beat ChatGPT in a new study on which AI chatbot you can actually trust for real work.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    Perplexity just beat ChatGPT in a new study on which AI chatbot you can actually trust for real work.
    A fresh report shows Perplexity giving more reliable answers than ChatGPT for everyday tasks. Meanwhile, people are ditching Google Search in big numbers because they don't want AI answers forced on them. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    2:25 Deep Dive: How It Works
    3:47 Cool Stuff & Try This
    5:13 Quick Bits
    5:48 Closing
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfPADM6dVAk
    7 min
  • Ep 51: Pope Leo just dropped a major warning about keeping humans at the center as AI grows.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    Pope Leo just dropped a major warning about keeping humans at the center as AI grows.
    Today we're looking at a powerful new message from the Pope about staying human while AI changes everything around us. We'll break down what that actually means in everyday life, then dive into how "vibe coding" is quietly opening AI to way more people than before. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    2:03 Deep Dive: How It Works
    3:16 Cool Stuff & Try This
    5:05 Closing
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OTY6iBpkds
    6 min
  • Ep 50: Google's new AI can turn almost anything into video, like making your favorite stuffed animal star in its own adventure.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    Google's new AI can turn almost anything into video, like making your favorite stuffed animal star in its own adventure.
    Today we're looking at a Google AI that creates videos from almost any idea, including wild experiments like sending a plush deer on vacation. This matters because it shows how AI is moving from just chatting to actually making creative media anyone can play with. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    2:03 Deep Dive: How It Works
    3:05 Cool Stuff & Try This
    4:12 Quick Bits
    4:52 Closing
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrQLrGOA0QY
    6 min
  • Ep 49: AI just diagnosed millions of people with a disease that doesn't exist — here's why that matters to you.
    Models & Agents for Beginners
    AI just diagnosed millions of people with a disease that doesn't exist — here's why that matters to you.
    Researchers planted a completely fake illness online just to test whether AI would repeat it, and the results were eye-opening. This story shows how quickly wrong information can spread through chatbots millions of people use for health questions every day. ...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 Welcome
    2:13 Cool Stuff & Try This
    2:30 Deep Dive: How It Works
    3:49 Cool Stuff & Try This
    5:19 Quick Bits
    AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
    🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO0GRRtCASw
    7 min

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AI for beginners and teens — daily episodes that explain how models and agents actually work, with free hands-on experiments you can try in minutes, no coding needed. Our sister show Models & Agents covers the expert builder view; this is the same AI universe explained for everyone. Every expert started exactly here.

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