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A short daily look at the latest foolishness from the AI bubble. It can't be that stupid, you must be prompting it wrong.
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20250605 - Generative AI runs on gambling addiction: just one more prompt, bro!
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7:04Vibe coding and chatbot girlfriends Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug…
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20250604 - Washington Post is going to AI to clean up amateur right-wing op-eds
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4:03Surely there are more subscribers to lose Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/04/washington-post-goes-ai-to-clean-up-amateur-right-wing-op-eds/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or m…
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20250603 - Let’s put more AI slop into advertising!
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4:52Brought to you by Facebook and Veo. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/03/lets-put-more-ai-slop-into-advertising/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbu…
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We are lucky they are so very stupid. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/02/fighting-the-ai-scraper-bots-at-pivot-to-ai-and-rationalwiki/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: h…
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20250601 - Business Insider layoffs as traffic drops — but publisher Axel Springer says: AI will fix it!
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3:36it was Google wot done it Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/01/business-insider-layoffs-as-traffic-drops-but-publisher-axel-springer-says-ai-will-fix-it/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to A…
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20250531 - Microsoft and AI: spending billions to make millions
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4:32But we’ll make it up in volume Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/31/microsoft-and-ai-spending-billions-to-make-millions/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (enterprise rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlis…
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20250530 - The UK will totally replace two-thirds of junior civil servants with AI chatbots, says the chatbot
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4:16sure, Pete Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/30/the-uk-will-totally-replace-two-thirds-of-junior-civil-servants-with-ai-chatbots-says-the-chatbot/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt…
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20250529 - Game studios love AI! The gamers ... hate it
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4:39What do you want them to do? Pay artists? Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/29/game-studios-love-ai-the-gamers-hate-it/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbu…
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20250528 - Google takes AI propaganda to the movies
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4:30Ignore those strikes over AI in films! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/28/google-takes-ai-propaganda-to-the-movies/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (studio rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q…
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20250527 - Telstra embraces AI — with Accenture
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3:38How to squeeze your monopoly market. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/27/telstra-embraces-ai-with-accenture/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (enterprise rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW…
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20250526 - BONUS: Donation drive! Please send money!
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2:37Brother, can you spare all your data? Or a dime, that’s good too Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (corporate rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extre…
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20250526 - Firing people for AI is not going so well
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4:19Let’s review your mistakes! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/26/firing-people-for-ai-not-going-so-well/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: ht…
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20250525 - AI tells a story of robot blackmail! — because Anthropic asked for a story of robot blackmail
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3:58Again. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/25/ai-resorts-to-robot-blackmail-because-anthropic-asked-for-a-story-of-robot-blackmail/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely c…
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20250524 - AI coding bot allows prompt injection with a pull request
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3:26🎶 we’re no strangers to love 🎶 Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/24/ai-coding-bot-allows-prompt-injection-with-a-pull-request/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool…
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20250524- BONUS: Cryptocurrency! Crime is legal — but the actual dollars aren’t showing up
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8:30not even a get-rich quick scheme now Text version: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2025/05/24/crime-is-legal-but-the-actual-dollars-arent-showing-up/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get a…
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20250523 - AI power and water use is through the roof, and 80%–90% is per query
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6:15Number go up! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/23/ai-power-and-water-use-is-through-the-roof-and-80-90-is-each-query/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot t…
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20250522 - You can’t feed gen-AI on ‘bad’ data then filter it to give only ‘good’ data
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5:26Everything was always ‘prompt injection.’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/22/you-cant-feed-generative-ai-on-bad-data-then-filter-it-for-only-good-data/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46…
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The downfall of A Guy Instead Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/21/uk-ai-unicorn-builder-ai-is-dead-the-downfall-of-agi-a-guy-instead/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extrem…
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20250520 - GitHub wants to spam open source projects with AI slop
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5:03the dead GitHub theory Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/20/github-wants-to-spam-open-source-projects-with-ai-slop/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to A…
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20250519 - DEFRA and Natural England creates unusable peat map — with AI!
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5:2895% right means 5% horribly wrong. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/19/defra-and-natural-england-creates-unusable-peat-map-with-ai/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremel…
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20250518 - Latest AI-hallucinated legal filing: from AI vendor Anthropic
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3:20Sanctions as a service Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/18/latest-ai-hallucinated-legal-filing-from-ai-vendor-anthropic/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (corporate rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice thing…
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20250517 - How to make a splash in AI economics: fake your data
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7:07If it sounds too good to be true ... Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/how-to-make-a-splash-in-ai-economics-fake-your-data/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool…
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20250516 - Trump announces AI vaporware data centres in the United Arab Emirates
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3:39AI is the new blockchain. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/16/trump-announces-vaporware-ai-data-centres-in-the-united-arab-emirates/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extreme…
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20250515 - Even Elon Musk can’t make Grok claim a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
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5:38Chatbot outsmarts its creator (not so hard) Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/15/even-elon-musk-cant-make-grok-claim-a-white-genocide-in-south-africa/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6D…
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20250514 - Musk’s xAI gas turbines: no emission controls, filling Memphis with smog
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3:44For the good of humanity! Or a portion thereof Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: ‘How come I can’t breathe?': …
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20250513 - If AI is so good at coding ... where’s the open source?
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9:05Show me the pull requests. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/ Please send money! It’s very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely…
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20250512 - Lloyd’s offers corporate insurance against AI chatbot errors!
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3:45Now try to claim a payout. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/12/lloyds-offers-corporate-insurance-against-ai-chatbot-errors-now-try-to-get-a-payout/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (corporate rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.co…
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20250511 - Soundcloud claims the right to train AI on all your songs
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4:49But it totally hasn’t yet, honest! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/11/soundcloud-claims-the-right-to-train-ai-on-your-uploaded-music-but-swears-it-hasnt-yet-honest/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlis…
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20250510 - Your coworkers hate you for using AI at work
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3:24And hiring managers too. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/10/your-coworkers-hate-you-for-using-ai-at-work/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: …
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20250509 - Shocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real job
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4:25what do you mean I can’t get something for nothing Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/09/shocked-to-hear-prompt-engineer-is-not-a-real-job/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an ext…
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20250508 - Christopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the grave
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4:19What this means for the rest of us. Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: 'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Gene…
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20250507 - AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t care
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4:18If you build it, they will not, in fact, come. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/07/ai-computers-arent-selling-because-users-dont-care/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extrem…
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20250506 - OpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit
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4:55Elon Musk doesn’t buy it. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/06/openai-tries-a-new-scheme-to-go-for-profit-but-elon-musk-isnt-convinced/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extre…
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20250505 - UK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative works
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3:20The Data Act goes to Parliament this week. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/05/uk-backtracks-on-ai-opt-out-scheme-for-creative-works/ Sources: Why are creatives fighting UK government AI proposals on copyright? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/25/why-are-creatives-fighting-uk-government-ai-proposals-on-copyright Minister…
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20250504 - Duolingo replaces contractors with AI, courses with slop
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4:00“AI-first means customers last” Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/04/duolingo-replaces-its-contractors-with-ai-courses-with-slop/ Sources: "Below is an all-hands email from our CEO, Luis von Ahn – we are going to be AI-first." https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7322560534824865792/ Game of Tongues: How Duolingo Built A…
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20250503 - Venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more
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13:50A bubble in guillotines. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/ Sources: PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor https://nvca.org/pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor/ I never thought leopards would eat MY face https://twitter.com/Cavalorn/status/654934442549620736 Federal Funds Effective…
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20250502 - No, Microsoft did not state ‘strong AI demand’ in Q1 2025
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7:32The FT fails to check the filings Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/02/no-microsoft-did-not-state-strong-ai-demand-in-q1-2025-the-ft-is-wrong/ Sources: Microsoft shares jump after strong AI demand lifts cloud unit https://www.ft.com/content/9443ca4b-09c1-4f21-ba71-3953b3e0a714 Form 10-Q For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2025 http…
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20250501 - Seattle Worldcon science fiction convention vets panelists with ChatGPT
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4:47Why don't we just use this handy Torment Nexus? Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/01/seattle-worldcon-science-fiction-convention-vets-panelists-with-chatgpt/ Sources: Statement From Worldcon Chair https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/ Responding to Controversy, Seattle Worldcon Defends Using ChatGPT to Ve…
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20250430 - Doctors personally liable if mandatory NHS AI transcriber gets it wrong
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3:50Better get a lawyer, son. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/30/doctors-personally-liable-if-mandatory-nhs-ai-transcriber-gets-it-wrong/ Sources: Accurx and Tandem Health roll out AI scribing tool across the NHS https://www.digitalhealth.net/2025/04/accurx-and-tandem-health-partner-to-roll-out-ai-scribing-in-the-nhs/ Guidance on the use …
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20250429 - Generative AI: no impact on earnings or hours in any occupation
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5:11What would you say you do here? Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/29/generative-ai-no-significant-impact-on-earnings-or-recorded-hours-in-any-occupation/ Sources: Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5219933 Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say …
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20250428 - Google’s military AI deals get DeepMind UK staff to start unionising
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4:17That’s the trouble with saying your company has principles. Outside broadcast today, live from my back yard in the suburbs of London! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/28/googles-military-ai-deals-get-deepmind-uk-staff-to-start-unionising/ Sources: Our AI Principles https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/ Responsible AI: Our 2024 r…
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20250427 - Trump tariffs taking out AI data centres too
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5:00Everything hooks to everything else. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/27/trump-tariffs-taking-out-ai-data-centres-too/ AI boom under threat from tariffs, global economic turmoil https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-boom-under-threat-tariffs-global-economic-turmoil-2025-04-23/ US tariffs: Impact on data centre c…
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20250426 - Google’s AI Overview directly takes readers away from its own source sites
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4:47An AI overview reduces clicks on the original sources 20%–35%. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/26/googles-ai-overview-directly-takes-readers-away-from-its-own-source-sites/ The Man Who Killed Google Search https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ "Keep in mind that the Ads team is considering calling a code yellow to clo…
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20250425 - Why hire a non-white DJ when you could just generate one with AI?
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4:07Meet Thy from Radio CADA, who doesn’t exist. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/25/fake-diversity-why-hire-a-non-white-dj-when-you-could-just-generate-one-with-ai/ Sources: ‘Tokenistic and backwards’: Backlash over ARN’s use of AI radio host modelled on Asian woman https://www.mediaweek.com.au/backlash-over-arn-use-of-ai-radio-host-model…
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20250424 - California bar exam: a technical disaster with AI-written nonsense questions
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3:58The State Bar of California cheaps out. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/24/california-bar-exam-a-technical-disaster-with-ai-written-nonsense-questions/ Sources: ‘Utterly Botched’: Glitchy rollout of new California bar exam prompts lawsuit and legislative review https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-28/utterly-botched-chaoti…
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20250423 - OpenAI offers to buy the Chrome web browser from Google. Uh huh.
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5:41Let’s spend imaginary money! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/23/openai-offers-to-buy-the-chrome-web-browser-from-google-uh-huh/ Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-05/google-loses-doj-antitrust-suit-over-search Justice Department Seeks Google Chrome Sale to Curb …
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20250422 - Amazon also slows down its data centre commitments
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3:24AI: onward and upward! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/22/amazon-also-slows-down-its-data-centre-commitments/ Amazon slides as Wells Fargo says company pausing some data center leases https://seekingalpha.com/news/4432925-amazon-slides-as-wells-fargo-says-company-pausing-some-data-center-leases Amazon has halted some data center leasi…
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20250421 - OpenAI starts verifying corporate customers. Sometimes the verifier works!
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4:11This will totally stop DeepSeek. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/21/openai-starts-verifying-corporate-customers-sometimes-the-id-system-works/ Sources: OpenAI: API Organization Verification https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10910291-api-organization-verification "I don’t have physical documents because in Poland we have something li…
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20250420 - If you report a bug, Apple Intelligence AI reserves the right to train on your private dev logs
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3:20‘to improve Apple products and services’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/20/if-you-report-a-bug-apple-reserves-the-right-to-train-apple-intelligence-on-your-private-developer-logs/ Sources: Joachim Kurz: “Are you f* kidding me, Apple?!” https://hachyderm.io/@cocoafrog/114355281286615868 Joachim Kurz: “I‘ve sadly seen people treat bug …
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20250419 - AI bot scammers flood California community colleges
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3:39‘Are you real? Is your work real?’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/19/ai-bot-scammers-flood-california-community-colleges/ Sources: As ‘Bot’ Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/14/as-bot-students-continue-to-flood-in-community-colleges-struggle-to-respond/ Fake stud…
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