Recommended Sources
A curated directory of podcasts, YouTube channels, blogs and official sources for AI and cybersecurity, picked by the briefing.wtf desk. Curated October 27, 2026. Numbers are identifiers, not rankings.
Podcasts
- Latent Space (Independent, AI): Conversations with AI builders covering models, agents, tools, and engineering practice. Best for readers building with AI.
- Practical AI (Independent, AI): Applied AI discussions focused on productive implementations and real-world use. Accessible bridge between research and deployment.
- Risky Business (Independent, Cybersecurity): Security news, practitioner interviews, and industry analysis. Long-running publication; sponsored interview series are separate from editorial coverage.
- Darknet Diaries (Independent, Cybersecurity): Narrative investigations into hacking, breaches, and cybercrime. Strong choice for understanding incidents through human stories.
- CyberWire Daily (Independent, Cybersecurity): Weekday cybersecurity news and expert interviews. Useful daily listening companion to the Daily Five.
YouTube
- Andrej Karpathy (Educator, AI): Neural networks and LLMs explained through technical lessons and general-audience deep dives. Best for durable fundamentals.
- StatQuest with Josh Starmer (Educator, AI): Clear visual explanations of statistics, machine learning, and underlying concepts. Strong learning resource for newcomers.
- Two Minute Papers (Educator, AI): Accessible introductions to AI and graphics research. Good discovery channel; consult the linked papers for evidence and limitations.
- John Hammond (Educator, Cybersecurity): Practical malware analysis, vulnerabilities, and capture-the-flag demonstrations. Strong fit for hands-on security learning.
- LiveOverflow (Educator, Cybersecurity): Technical explanations of exploitation, application security, and hacking challenges. Best for readers seeking deeper mechanisms.
Blogs & News
- Simon Willison’s Weblog (Independent, AI): Hands-on LLM experiments, tool analysis, and security discussion. Especially useful where AI engineering meets prompt injection.
- Hugging Face Blog (Vendor, AI): Open-model research, tooling, and implementation guides. Hugging Face-authored posts sit alongside community contributions.
- KrebsOnSecurity (Independent, Cybersecurity): Original investigations into cybercrime, fraud, breaches, and criminal infrastructure. Adds reporting beyond announcement summaries.
- BleepingComputer (Independent, Cybersecurity): Frequent coverage of vulnerabilities, ransomware, breaches, and patches. Sponsored posts and shopping deals are not editorial.
- Schneier on Security (Independent, Both): Security research and commentary spanning technology, policy, privacy, and AI. Strategic context alongside incident news.
Official
- CISA Cybersecurity Advisories (Government, Cybersecurity): US government advisories on threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations.
- UK National Cyber Security Centre (Government, Cybersecurity): Government guidance, threat reporting, and practical defensive advice. Adds perspective beyond US agencies.
- NIST Cybersecurity Insights (Government, Both): Context on cybersecurity standards, identity, privacy, and emerging AI security work. A guidance resource rather than a breaking-alert service.
- OpenAI News (Vendor, AI): Primary announcements covering models, research, products, safety, and security.
- Anthropic News (Vendor, AI): Primary announcements covering Claude, research, policy, and security.