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תוכן מסופק על ידי David Gerard. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי David Gerard או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלהם. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.

the dead GitHub theory

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Creating issues with Copilot on github.com is in public preview https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-creating-issues-with-copilot-on-github-com-is-in-public-preview/

GitHub Copilot coding agent in public preview https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-github-copilot-coding-agent-in-public-preview/

“Allow us to block Copilot-generated issues (and PRs) from our own repositories” https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159749

Previously on Pivot to AI:

If AI is so good at coding ... where are the open source contributions? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/

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תוכן מסופק על ידי David Gerard. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי David Gerard או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלהם. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.

the 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

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Creating issues with Copilot on github.com is in public preview https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-creating-issues-with-copilot-on-github-com-is-in-public-preview/

GitHub Copilot coding agent in public preview https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-github-copilot-coding-agent-in-public-preview/

“Allow us to block Copilot-generated issues (and PRs) from our own repositories” https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159749

Previously on Pivot to AI:

If AI is so good at coding ... where are the open source contributions? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPu_qzv0zIA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Original gadget, do not steal 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.redbubble.com Sources: What Sam Altman Told OpenAI About the Secret Device He’s Making With Jony Ive https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-sam-altman-told-openai-about-the-secret-device-hes-making-with-jony-ive-f1384005 “thrilled to be partnering with jony, imo the greatest designer in the world” (video) https://x.com/sama/status/1925242282523103408 OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/openai-pulls-promotional-materials-around-jony-ive-deal/ Iyo thinks its GenAI earbuds can succeed where Humane and Rabbit stumbled (2024) https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/27/iyo-thinks-its-gen-ai-earbuds-can-succeed-where-humane-and-rabbit-stumbled/ Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450913/gov.uscourts.cand.450913.1.0.pdf Order granting motion for temporary restraining order (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450913/gov.uscourts.cand.450913.51.0.pdf Reply declaration of Jason Rugolo (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450913/gov.uscourts.cand.450913.35.1.pdf Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70495566/iyo-inc-v-io-products-inc/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Rabbit put the R1’s secret keys on the device and now your data has leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/06/26/rabbit-put-the-r1s-secret-keys-on-the-device-and-now-your-data-has-leaked Humane AI finally shuts down, HP pays $116m for the pieces — not including the Ai Pin https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/19/humane-ai-finally-shuts-down-hp-pays-116m-for-the-pieces-not-including-the-ai-pin/ AI venture capital resorts to feeding the secondary market https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/20/ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-feeding-the-secondary-market/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OizNdgHEAQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Keep the party pumping! Just that little bit longer! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/22/nvidia-gets-into-money-burning-ai-startups/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/19/nvidias-ai-empire-a-look-at-its-top-startup-investments/ How NVIDIA Fuels the AI Revolution With Investments in Game Changers and Market Makers https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-investments/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Is this thing on? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/06/22/hello-world/ Cash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — ‘in the spirit of a donation’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/03/cash-incinerator-openai-secures-its-6-6-billion-lifeline-in-the-spirit-of-a-donation/ Nvidia primes the pump, puts $1b of pocket change into AI startups https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/04/nvidia-primes-the-pump-puts-1b-of-pocket-change-into-ai-startups/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Et tu, Brute? Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/21/we-test-google-veo-impressive-demo-unusable-results/ 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.redbubble.com HERE IS THE YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDkkUdyxkek&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Sources: Aron Peterson https://www.linkedin.com/in/shokuninstudio/ Shokunin Studio https://www.shokunin.studio/about Day 1 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7339248275910275072-4i1x/ Day 2 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7339570684861308928-g5of/ Day 3 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7339930110961111040-fYNz/ Day 4 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7340330459559604224-ZjnB/ Day 5 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7340658175420911617-lfCj/ Day 6 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7341064216885288960-KQJ8/ Day 7 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7341442000832868352-i5JP/ Jerry Maguire clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOpKJec5css&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Collateral clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEFPcljAXgs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
oh no, spending actual money! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/20/ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-feeding-the-secondary-market/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: OpenAI Has Discussed Raising Money From Saudi Arabia, Indian Investors https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-discussed-raising-money-saudi-arabia-indian-investors Meta in Talks to Hire AI Investors Friedman and Gross, Partially Buy Out Their Venture Fund https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-talks-hire-former-github-ceo-nat-friedman-daniel-gross-join-ai-efforts Previously on Pivot to AI: Ilya Sutskever, ex-OpenAI, gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has ‘super intelligence’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/06/ilya-sutskever-ex-openai-gets-2b-funding-not-to-release-anything-until-he-has-super-intelligence/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yHrZR_Sgg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aP1zUUcmjk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA a16z raising fresh $20b to keep the AI bubble pumping https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7a1-6MU3QA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA In 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSnLt6Knbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Meta buys into Scale AI in the quest for fresh data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/13/meta-buys-into-scale-ai-in-the-quest-for-fresh-data/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ1DusIXIhw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
what’s a bit of blood money, eh Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/19/google-bribes-inaturalist-to-use-generative-ai-volunteers-quit-in-outrage/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: Here’s the next cohort of the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-org/generative-ai-accelerator-cohort-2025/ “We’re so excited to be one of the organizations selected for this @Googleorg program!” https://x.com/inaturalist/status/1932095273549083074 What is this — iNaturalist and generative AI? https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-this-inaturalist-and-generative-ai/66140/1 iNaturalist receives grant to improve species suggestions https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-inaturalist-receives-grant-to-improve-species-suggestions Why iNaturalist Users Freaked Out over a Google AI Grant https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/google-ai-grant-to-inaturalist-prompts-community-outcry/ “Hi again all, please know we’re reading every comment and having a lot of discussions on our end.” https://x.com/inaturalist/status/1932897302433444302 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
where you gonna go? SAP? Yeah, didn’t think so Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/18/salesforce-ai-agents-dont-work-but-were-charging-6-more-for-ai-anyway/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (enterprise): 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 extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Introducing Agentforce 2.0: The Digital Labor Platform for Building a Limitless Workforce https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2024/12/17/agentforce-2-0-announcement/ “The future of customer support and service is here!” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marcbenioff_agentforce-activity-7269552099120562178-IRGH/ Agentforce Is Now Available on Salesforce Help: But Is It Actually Helpful? https://www.salesforceben.com/agentforce-is-now-available-on-salesforce-help-but-is-it-actually-helpful/ Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Convergence.ai https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-convergence-ai/ CRMArena-Pro: Holistic Assessment of LLM Agents Across Diverse Business Scenarios and Interactions (PDF) https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18878 Updated Product Packaging and Pricing Offer New AI Capabilities and More Ways to Scale AI Throughout Every Organization https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/pricing-update-2025/ Previously on Pivot to AI: AI agents mean Salesforce won’t hire software engineers in 2025, apparently https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/12/ai-agents-mean-salesforce-wont-hire-software-engineers-in-2025-apparently/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
also, vibe coding Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/17/openai-needs-its-40-billion-funding-deal-so-its-threatening-microsoft/ 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.redbubble.com Source: OpenAI and Microsoft Tensions Are Reaching a Boiling Point https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-and-microsoft-tensions-are-reaching-a-boiling-point-4981c44f Previously on Pivot to AI: Sam Altman: AI agents will totally replace your employees any year now! Also, ChatGPT Pro is losing money https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/06/sam-altman-ai-agents-will-totally-replace-your-employees-any-year-now-also-chatgpt-pro-is-losing-money/ OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aP1zUUcmjk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit — but Elon Musk isn’t convinced https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/06/openai-tries-a-new-scheme-to-go-for-profit-but-elon-musk-isnt-convinced/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHB-7RJE9QU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
‘consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/16/bad-brainwaves-chatgpt-makes-you-stupid/ 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.redbubble.com Source: Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Everything is prompt injection Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/15/echoleak-send-an-email-extract-secret-info-from-microsoft-office-365-copilot-ai/ 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.redbubble.com Source: Breaking down ‘EchoLeak’, the First Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Enabling Data Exfiltration from Microsoft 365 Copilot https://www.aim.security/lp/aim-labs-echoleak-blogpost Previously on Pivot to AI: You can’t feed generative AI on ‘bad’ data then filter it for only ‘good’ data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/22/you-cant-feed-generative-ai-on-bad-data-then-filter-it-for-only-good-data/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnFozXDgrug&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Warn your relatives! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/14/meta-ai-posts-your-personal-chats-to-a-public-feed/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: “Wild things are happening on Meta’s AI app.” https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1932934055378759805 The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/the-meta-ai-app-is-a-privacy-disaster/ PSA: Get Your Parents Off the Meta AI App Right Now https://gizmodo.com/psa-get-your-parents-off-the-meta-ai-app-right-now-2000615122 Mark Zuckerberg: New Meta AI just dropped https://www.instagram.com/p/DJCMNOCpnnR/ @fasterandworse: https://www.youtube.com/@fasterandworse Dispatch #26: General Purpose is an Accountability Loophole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zs6BXdesaw Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
AI is the new Metaverse Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/13/meta-buys-into-scale-ai-in-the-quest-for-fresh-data/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: Meta's Scale AI stake buyout spotlights other major deals amid regulatory risks https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/metas-scale-ai-stake-buyout-spotlights-other-major-deals-amid-regulatory-risks-2025-06-13/ Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-10/zuckerberg-recruits-new-superintelligence-ai-group-at-meta Meta Taps Top Researchers From Google, Sesame for New AI Lab https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/29/scale-ai-is-stiffing-its-task-workers/ Meta’s $15 billion investment in Scale AI comes with a hidden perk: data https://www.semafor.com/article/06/10/2025/metas-15-billion-investment-in-scale-ai-comes-with-a-hidden-perk Meta plans to invest $15bn in Scale AI as it bids to eclipse rivals https://www.ft.com/content/5e556c2e-2ba4-415a-adb6-1bf6bed498eb Previously on Pivot to AI: Scale AI is stiffing its task workers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/29/scale-ai-is-stiffing-its-task-workers/ Generative AI runs on gambling addiction — just one more prompt, bro! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWngvJnoPJA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
🎶 let it go, let it go 🎶 Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/12/disney-sues-ai-image-generator-midjourney/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.973999/gov.uscourts.cacd.973999.1.0_3.pdf Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70513159/disney-enterprises-inc-v-midjourney-inc/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
We pretend to work, they pretend to pay us. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: OpenAI: Elevated error rates https://status.openai.com/incidents/01JXCAW3K3JAE0EP56AEZ7CBG3 ChatGPT went down. If that stopped your team cold, that’s the real problem https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/06/10/chatgpt-went-down-if-stopped-your-team-cold-s-the-real-problem OpenAI Is A Bad Business (2024) https://www.wheresyoured.at/oai-business/ DeepSeek claims ‘theoretical’ profit margins of 545% https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/01/deepseek-claims-theoretical-profit-margins-of-545/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Microsoft’s Copilot Studio AI leaks your business info internally and externally https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/10/microsofts-copilot-studio-ai-leaks-your-business-info-internally-and-externally/ Don’t use AI to summarize documents — it’s worse than humans in every way https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/04/dont-use-ai-to-summarize-documents-its-worse-than-humans-in-every-way/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
‘new, contentious, and potentially with wide repercussions’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/10/doctors-against-data-abuse-bma-and-rcgp-protest-nhs-ai-data-handover/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: RCGP raises concerns over Foresight AI through Joint GP IT Committee https://www.rcgp.org.uk/news/foresight-ai-concern Doctors to refer NHS to data watchdog over feeding patient data to AI https://www.politico.eu/article/doctors-nhs-data-watchdog-patient-data-ai-uk-england-covid-pandemic-labour/ AI model trained on de-identified data from 57 million people https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ai-model-trained-de-identified-data-57-million-people Public attitudes about patient data for planning and population health https://understandingpatientdata.org.uk/public-attitudes-patient-data-planning-and-population-health Patient privacy fears as US spy tech firm Palantir wins £330m NHS contract https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/patient-privacy-fears-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir-wins-nhs-contract Concerns raised over AI trained on 57 million NHS medical records https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479302-concerns-raised-over-ai-trained-on-57-million-nhs-medical-records/ Previously on Pivot to AI: UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for advice https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/13/foi-reveals-uk-science-secretary-peter-kyle-cribs-chatgpt-for-advice/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqHi3806cSc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
no Apple, all worm Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/09/apple-intelligence-at-wwdc-2025-dont-expect-much-it-still-doesnt-work/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: Apple’s Artificial Intelligence Efforts Reach a Make-or-Break Point https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-02/apple-siri-compared-with-alexa-m4-macbook-air-and-ipad-air-2025-coming-soon-m7rn2k2y Everything Apple Plans to Show at Its iOS 26-Focused WWDC 2025 Event https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/apple-wwdc-2025-preview-ios-26-macos-26-new-ai-features-ipados-26-redesigns Apple’s struggles to update Siri lead to investor concerns over AI strategy https://www.ft.com/content/785aeb00-6784-4d64-a706-0cb44288e6be Gemini is literally unusable as an assistant, I can't believe it's even out of Alpha https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1l552x1/gemini_is_literally_unusable_as_an_assistant_i/ WWDC 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXeOiIDNNek&t=3870s&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Music: Bad Apple!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Bad Apple ported to Siri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jtqcU3fJmQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Apple Intelligence AI mangles headlines so badly the BBC officially complains https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/15/apple-intelligence-ai-mangles-headlines-so-badly-the-bbc-officially-complains/ Apple’s AI helpfully rewords scam messages to make them look legitimate https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/09/apples-ai-helpfully-rewords-scam-messages-to-make-them-look-legitimate/ Newspaper AI roundup: Guardian AI strike-breaking, Apple switches off bad summaries, WaPo wants to go AI, AFP, Axios https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/19/newspaper-ai-roundup-guardian-ai-strike-breaking-apple-switches-off-bad-summaries-wapo-wants-to-go-ai-afp-axios/ Apple Intelligence: AI Siri crashes and burns, takes exec with it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/22/apple-intelligence-ai-siri-crashes-and-burns-takes-exec-with-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjaov88c8I&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Amazon ‘launched’ its AI-powered Alexa+ in February. Where is it? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/17/amazon-launched-its-ai-powered-alexa-in-february-where-is-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9l9J1Cr6ak&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Anything outside their training. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/08/apple-reasoning-ais-fail-hard-if-they-actually-have-to-think/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity (PDF) https://ml-site.cdn-apple.com/papers/the-illusion-of-thinking.pdf GSM-Symbolic: Understanding the Limitations of Mathematical Reasoning in Large Language Models (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229 Stop Anthropomorphizing Intermediate Tokens As Reasoning/Thinking Traces! (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.09762 Previously on Pivot to AI: LLMs can solve any word problem! As long as they can crib the answer https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/06/llms-can-solve-any-word-problem-as-long-as-they-can-crib-the-answer/ AI benchmarks are self-promoting trash — but regulators keep using them https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/25/ai-benchmarks-are-self-promoting-trash-but-regulators-keep-using-them/ ‘Reasoning’ AI is LYING to you! — or maybe it’s just hallucinating again https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/18/reasoning-ai-is-lying-to-you-or-maybe-its-just-hallucinating-again/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNT0LcCqtss&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Penalties up to criminal prosecution. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/07/uk-high-court-to-lawyers-cut-the-chatgpt-or-else/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: FREDERICK AYINDE Claimant and THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY Defendant: Approved Judgement (PDF) https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2025/1040.pdf The use of artificial intelligence in courts: a warning https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/69890/artificial-intelligence-in-courts-a-warning High Court considers initiating contempt of court proceedings against lawyers over fake citation cases https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrister-did-not-appreciate-seriousness-of-fake-citations-high-court-hears/5123387.article Approved Judgement https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2025/1383.html Previously on Pivot to AI: Latest AI-hallucinated legal filing, from AI vendor Anthropic https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/18/latest-ai-hallucinated-legal-filing-from-ai-vendor-anthropic/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhOldwdl6U4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Hey. I’m Natasha, your AI companion. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/06/builder-ai-even-more-fake-creative-accounting-no-ai-no-money/ 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.redbubble.com Sources: Voluntary Petition for Non-Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.deb.197187/gov.uscourts.deb.197187.1.0.pdf How this Microsoft-backed billion-dollar London startup made 700 engineers sitting in India pose as AI tool https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/how-this-billion-dollar-london-startup-backed-by-microsoft-made-700-engineers-sitting-in-india-pose-as-ai/articleshow/121572659.cms Fake it till you unicorn? Builder.ai’s Natasha was never AI – just 700 Indian coders behind the curtain https://techfundingnews.com/fake-it-till-you-unicorn-builder-ais-natasha-was-never-ai-just-700-indian-coders-behind-the-curtain/ Inside the collapse of Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai https://www.ft.com/content/67f0277a-10fd-463c-8946-af0be2b4028f US Prosecutors Sought Builder.ai Data After Sales Overstated https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-26/us-prosecutors-sought-builder-ai-data-after-sales-overstated Builder.ai owes money to corporate spies and defamation lawyers https://www.ft.com/content/ef37280d-2fe5-4512-8455-dc8724fd1521 Builder.ai Faked Business With Indian Firm VerSe to Inflate Sales, Sources Say https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-30/builder-ai-faked-business-with-indian-firm-verse-to-inflate-sales-sources-say Hey. I’m Natasha, your AI companion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D36ZmJRYGK8 Previously on Pivot to AI: UK AI unicorn Builder․ai is dead — the downfall of “AGI”: A Guy Instead https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/21/uk-ai-unicorn-builder-ai-is-dead-the-downfall-of-agi-a-guy-instead/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVyoO2bkoVQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Vibe 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: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: AI-first - We're just 6 months away from AGI ;-) https://revontulet.dev/p/2025-ai-first/ The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/ How much of AI's recent success is due to the Forer Effect? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/02/how-much-of-ais-recent-success-is-due-to-the-forer-effect/ Is GenAI Digital Cocaine? https://makemeacto.substack.com/p/is-genai-digital-cocaine “try replacing ‘ai’ with ‘cocaine’ in all the posts you read about it. it's pretty funny” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/natalieponte_try-replacing-ai-with-cocaine-in-all-activity-7336023313137229824-APP0/ Hooked by Nir Eyal: https://amzn.to/43JdtlG (UK), https://amzn.to/4dPIA3x (US) Wikipedia: Barnum effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect More cribs from Stephen Farrugia in this episode, go watch his videos https://www.youtube.com/@fasterandworse Previously on Pivot to AI: Duolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/04/duolingo-replaces-its-contractors-with-ai-courses-with-slop/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hYEhKP150&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Surely 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 mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/business/media/the-washington-post-new-mission.html The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/business/media/washington-post-opinion-ripple.html Bezos' changes at 'Washington Post' lead to mass subscription cancellations — again https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312819/washington-post-bezos-subscriptions-cancellations Embattled WaPo Publisher Met With Conservative Editor for Advice on Recruiting More Right-Wingers https://www.mediaite.com/media/embattled-wapo-publisher-met-with-conservative-editor-for-advice-on-recruiting-more-right-wingers/ Despite Bezos’ Efforts to Shove WaPo Opinion to the Right, Op-Eds Still Taking Defiantly Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk Tone https://www.mediaite.com/analysis/despite-bezos-efforts-to-shove-wapo-opinion-to-the-right-op-eds-still-taking-defiantly-anti-trump-anti-musk-tone/ The Contrarian https://contrarian.substack.com/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Newspaper AI roundup: Guardian AI strike-breaking, Apple switches off bad summaries, WaPo wants to go AI, AFP, Axios https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/19/newspaper-ai-roundup-guardian-ai-strike-breaking-apple-switches-off-bad-summaries-wapo-wants-to-go-ai-afp-axios/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Brought 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.redbubble.com Sources: Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ad Creation Using AI https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-aims-to-fully-automate-ad-creation-using-ai-7d82e249 Mark Zuckerberg says people can fill the need for friends with AI, but ‘there is no replacement’ for human relationships, psychologist says https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/mark-zuckerberg-says-ai-can-replace-human-relationshipsexpert-disagrees.html Google Veo 3: Creative thinkers must adapt to avoid disruption https://www.adnews.com.au/news/google-veo-3-creative-thinkers-must-adapt-to-avoid-disruption Consumers wary of AI-generated marketing content, AI-driven ad targeting https://www.emarketer.com/content/consumers-wary-of-ai-generated-marketing-content--ai-driven-ad-targeting Campaign Tech Awards https://www.campaigntechawards.com/ Special thanks to Steve Farrugia, who gave me a pile of the ideas in this episode Previously on Pivot to AI: Coca-Cola’s new AI-generated Christmas ad is as bad as you’d expect https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/17/coca-colas-new-ai-generated-christmas-ad-is-as-bad-as-youd-expect/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
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: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: 1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers https://www.wired.com/story/1-million-third-party-android-devices-badbox-2/ jwz's Blog: https://www.jwz.org/blog/ Previously on Pivot to AI: What the floods of AI scraper bots look like in 2025 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/02/what-the-floods-of-ai-scraper-bots-look-like-in-2025/ That RationalWiki configuration fragment: set $BOT ""; if ($uri ~* (/w/index.php)) { set $BOT "C"; } Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
it 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 AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Business Insider layoff memo: https://x.com/sarafischer/status/1928063856464511208 rchive: https://archive.is/scdjd Google fixes bug that led AI Overviews to say it’s now 2024 https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/30/google-fixes-bug-that-led-ai-overviews-to-say-its-now-2024/ Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI https://www.wired.com/story/politico-workers-axel-springer-artificial-intelligence/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Google’s AI Overview directly takes readers away from its own source sites https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/26/googles-ai-overview-directly-takes-readers-away-from-its-own-source-sites/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENxWZMGB5qM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
But 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/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Hey, go listen to me on the Phil Ferguson Show! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/524-crypto-ai-italy-david-gerard--66338979 (my bit starts about 16:40) Sources: Microsoft Touts AI Sales at Town Hall, Reveals Barclays Contract https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/microsoft-touts-ai-sales-at-town-hall-reveals-barclays-contract Barclays Bank signs 100k license Copilot deal with Microsoft https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/barclays_bank_sign_100k_license/ Microsoft's non-profit AI adventures https://www.perspectives.plus/p/microsofts-non-profit-ai-adventures Microsoft’s CEO on How AI Will Remake Every Company, Including His https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-15/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-on-his-ai-efforts-and-openai-partnership Burning platform memo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Elop#%22Burning_Platform%22_memo Previously on Pivot to AI: No, Microsoft did not state ‘strong AI demand’ in Q1 2025 — the FT is wrong https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/02/no-microsoft-did-not-state-strong-ai-demand-in-q1-2025-the-ft-is-wrong/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ytdeHHrLnE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
sure, 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: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Reeves confirms 15% cut to Civil Service running costs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5nzy403l0o State of digital government review https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-digital-government-review/state-of-digital-government-review The UK government thinks AI can do two-thirds of the most junior civil servants’ work https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-government-ai-can-do-62-percent-most-junior-civil-servants-work/ RE: Methodology behind £45bn estimate in the State of Digital Government Review (PDF) https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/47602/documents/248450/default/ Previously on Pivot to AI: ChatGPT predicts tremendous role for ChatGPT in UK government https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/16/chatgpt-predicts-tremendous-role-for-chatgpt-in-uk-government/ Tony Blair Institute reports on AI in the labor market — using numbers they made up with GPT-4. Again https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/08/tony-blair-institute-reports-on-ai-in-the-labor-market-using-numbers-they-made-up-with-gpt-4-again/ UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/13/uk-government-plans-to-splurge-billions-on-ai-we-step-through-the-tricky-details/ UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for advice https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/13/foi-reveals-uk-science-secretary-peter-kyle-cribs-chatgpt-for-advice/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqHi3806cSc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
What 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.redbubble.com Sources: ‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers https://aftermath.site/ai-video-game-development-art-vibe-coding-midjourney TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. FORM 10-K For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (PDF) https://taketwointeractivesoftwareinc.gcs-web.com/static-files/f6f0fac7-0f1c-4446-854b-c3d4d754d7cc ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. Form 10-K For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (PDF) https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000712515/a0cdeb54-a4a8-4ffd-b9a9-485d37859121.pdf Ubisoft's NFT announcement video is overwhelmingly disliked https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-de-lists-overwhelmingly-disliked-nft-announcement-video/ “how are the ghost recon NFTs doing?” (archive) https://archive.is/cd8aY Ubisoft ends Ghost Recon Breakpoint updates, working on NFTs for other titles https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-ends-ghost-recon-breakpoint-development-working-on-nfts-for-other-titles Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/ubisoft-insists-yet-again-that-its-uncanny-ai-generated-neo-npcs-will-make-games-more-alive-and-richer-whatever-that-means/ Previously on Pivot to AI/Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: News: Craig Wright loses, baseball Bitcoin, Kickstarter on the blockchain, Australian crypto scams https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/12/09/news-craig-wright-loses-baseball-bitcoin-kickstarter-on-the-blockchain-australian-crypto-scams/ News: Dead Man’s Switch broadcast, Australian regulation, NSW housing, gaming NFTs, Jean-Louis van der Velde of Tether https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/12/23/news-dead-mans-switch-broadcast-australian-regulation-gaming-nfts-jean-louis-van-der-velde-of-tether/ News: Facebook’s Zuck Bucks; Worldcoin wants your eyeballs; Bitcoin miners still can’t sell their coins; NFT gaming fails https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/04/14/news-facebooks-zuck-bucks-worldcoin-wants-your-eyeballs-bitcoin-miners-still-cant-sell-their-coins-nft-gaming-fails/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Ignore 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/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: A short film program to explore AI on screen https://blog.google/technology/ai/ai-on-screen-short-films/ Darren Aronofky’s Primordial Soup and Google DeepMind are partnering to explore AI’s role in storytelling https://blog.google/technology/google-labs/deepmind-primordial-soup-collaboration/ Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Driven Studio Primordial Soup Inks Google DeepMind Partnership, First Film Project to Premiere at Tribeca Festival https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/darren-aronofsky-ai-studio-primordial-soup-google-deepmind-1236403412/ Inside Google's plan to have Hollywood make AI look less doomsday https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/short-films-convince-people-ai-100000840.html Google has quietly entered the movie and TV business. Here's why https://www.businessinsider.com/google-tv-movie-hollywood-boost-tech-image-hundred-zeros-2025-5 3 artists reimagine AI imagery through speculative photography https://blog.google/technology/ai/3-artists-reimagine-ai-imagery-through-speculative-photography/ Please sponsor Pivot to AI! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2S_3kkoBx0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
How 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/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: How Telstra will make Australia pay up for the AI boom https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/how-telstra-will-make-australia-pay-up-for-the-ai-boom-20250527-p5m2jo Towards a better connected future https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/connected-future-30 Telstra expects to shrink workforce as it leans in ‘hard’ on AI — including in customer service https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/27/telstra-ai-job-cuts-investors-workforce Telstra and Accenture Launch Silicon Valley Hub to Rapidly Advance Benefits of AI for Telstra Customers and People https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250513496422/en/Telstra-and-Accenture-Launch-Silicon-Valley-Hub-to-Rapidly-Advance-Benefits-of-AI-for-Telstra-Customers-and-People Tired of waiting on hold? Telstra thinks this might fix that problem https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/tired-of-waiting-on-hold-telstra-thinks-this-might-fix-that-problem-20250513-p5lyr9.html Previously on Pivot to AI: Please sponsor Pivot to AI! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2S_3kkoBx0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Brother, 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 extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Let’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: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Dd AI kill your job? https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/did-ai-kill-your-job 55% of businesses admit wrong decisions in making employees redundant when bringing AI into the workforce https://www.orgvue.com/news/55-of-businesses-admit-wrong-decisions-in-making-employees-redundant-when-bringing-ai-into-the-workforce/ Klarna Slows AI-Driven Job Cuts With Call for Real People https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/klarna-turns-from-ai-to-real-person-customer-service “One of the most important things leaders can do is provide clarity.” https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7331386411670982658/ Duolingo CEO walks back AI-first comments: ‘I do not see AI as replacing what our employees do’ https://fortune.com/2025/05/24/duolingo-ai-first-employees-ceo-luis-von-ahn/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Generative AI: ‘no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/29/generative-ai-no-significant-impact-on-earnings-or-recorded-hours-in-any-occupation/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJ7X8Bu9wk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Duolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/04/duolingo-replaces-its-contractors-with-ai-courses-with-slop/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hYEhKP150&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Again. 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 cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4 (PDF) https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/4263b940cabb546aa0e3283f35b686f4f3b2ff47.pdf “lots of discussion of Claude blackmailing.....” https://x.com/aengus_lynch1/status/1925746802147426450 Previously on Pivot to AI: Anthropic, Apollo astounded to find a chatbot will lie to you if you tell it to lie to you https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/19/anthropic-and-apollo-astounded-to-find-that-a-chatbot-will-lie-to-you-if-you-tell-it-to-lie-to-you/ ‘Reasoning’ AI is LYING to you! — or maybe it’s just hallucinating again https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/18/reasoning-ai-is-lying-to-you-or-maybe-its-just-hallucinating-again/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNT0LcCqtss&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
🎶 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 Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: GitLab Duo: https://docs.gitlab.com/user/gitlab_duo/ Remote Prompt Injection in GitLab Duo Leads to Source Code Theft https://www.legitsecurity.com/blog/remote-prompt-injection-in-gitlab-duo Previously on Pivot to AI: GitHub wants to spam open source projects with AI slop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/20/github-wants-to-spam-open-source-projects-with-ai-slop/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM1EPHaHBuM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA You can’t feed generative AI on ‘bad’ data then filter it for only ‘good’ data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/22/you-cant-feed-generative-ai-on-bad-data-then-filter-it-for-only-good-data/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnFozXDgrug&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
not 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 an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Who Won a Seat at Trump’s Crypto Dinner? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/trump-crypto-dinner-attendees.html The Stock Market Loves Bitcoin https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-04-24/the-stock-market-loves-bitcoin Coinbase Global Inc (COIN) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Highlights https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coinbase-global-inc-coin-q1-075332394.html FORM 8-K Coinbase Global, Inc. Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incident https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1679788/000167978825000094/coin-20250514.htm#fact-identifier-4 Coinbase Hackers Had Access to Customer Data Since January https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/coinbase-says-bribed-workers-leaked-data-to-hacker-seeking-20-million-in-ransom Pitchbook: Crypto VC Trends (PDF) https://files.pitchbook.com/website/files/pdf/Q1_2025_Crypto_VC_Trends_Preview.pdf Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking Organizations, 2023 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230103190341/https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/files/bcreg20230103a1.pdf Agencies Withdraw Joint Statements on Crypto-Assets https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2025/agencies-withdraw-joint-statements-crypto-assets Crypto Knocks on the Door of a Banking World That Shut It Out https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/crypto-knocks-on-the-door-of-a-banking-world-that-shut-it-out-082b3968 Forcing Bank Deposits to Subsidize Stablecoins: the GENIUS Act https://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2025/05/the-genius-acts-insolvency-provisions-crypto-investors-come-ahead-of-bank-depositors.html Founder Of Celsius Sentenced To 12 Years For Fraud And Market Manipulation https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founder-celsius-sentenced-12-years-fraud-and-market-manipulation Previously on Pivot to AI and Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Crypto collapse: Celsius’ real liabilities and fake assets, Voyager still bankrupt, 3AC owns CryptoDickButt #1462 https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/07/15/crypto-collapse-celsius-real-liabilities-and-fake-assets-voyager-still-bankrupt-3ac-owns-cryptodickbutt-1462/ NASAA Nashville: Protecting Investors and Consumers in the Age of Digital Assets https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/09/22/nasaa-nashville-protecting-investors-and-consumers-in-the-age-of-digital-assets/ Crypto collapse: DCG’s check kiting comes home to roost, Nexo raided, Voyager sale to Binance progresses, unbanking the banked https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/01/12/crypto-collapse-dcgs-check-kiting-comes-home-to-roost-nexo-raided-voyager-sale-to-binance-progresses-unbanking-the-banked/ Binance gets hit with crypto’s worst possible fate: compliance https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/11/22/binance-gets-hit-with-cryptos-worst-possible-fate-compliance/ Trump starts a presidential shitcoin https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2025/02/05/trump-starts-a-presidential-shitcoin/ Crypto update: LOL who cares, crime is legal https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2025/03/25/crypto-update-lol-who-cares-crime-is-legal/ In 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSnLt6Knbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Get the books! Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ Libra Shrugged https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/libra/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Number 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 to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: AI Is Draining Water From Areas That Need It Most https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-centers-water-data/ We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/ The growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence (2023) https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(23)00365-3 AI power demand rapidly escalating https://digiconomist.net/ai-power-demand-rapidly-escalating/ Artificial intelligence: Supply chain constraints and energy implications https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435125001424 Previously on Pivot to AI: Bitcoin’s stupendous power waste is green, apparently — bad excuses for Proof-of-Work (2018) https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/05/22/bitcoins-stupendous-power-waste-is-green-apparently-bad-excuses-for-proof-of-work/ OpenAI signs $40 billion deal with SoftBank! or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/ video: https://youtu.be/8aP1zUUcmjk Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Everything 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/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Dark LLMs: The Growing Threat of Unaligned AI Models https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2505.10066 Novel Universal Bypass for All Major LLMs https://hiddenlayer.com/innovation-hub/novel-universal-bypass-for-all-major-llms/ Simon Willison’s Weblog: Series: Prompt injection https://simonwillison.net/series/prompt-injection/ Most AI chatbots easily tricked into giving dangerous responses, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/most-ai-chatbots-easily-tricked-into-giving-dangerous-responses-study-finds Previously on Pivot to AI: Elon Musk releases Grok-2 AI image generator for edgelords https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/15/elon-musk-releases-grok-2-ai-image-generator-for-edgelords/ Whoops! Facebook trained Llama AI model on pirate site LibGen, with Zuckerberg’s OK https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/10/whoops-facebook-trained-llama-ai-model-on-pirate-site-libgen-with-zuckerbergs-ok/ How to make a splash in AI economics: fake your data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/how-to-make-a-splash-in-ai-economics-fake-your-data/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47jBvAN4DY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Wikipedia: Common Crawl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Crawl Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
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 extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com CORRECTION: Builder.AI got $450m, not £450m! Sources: Builder.ai: The wild ride of a Microsoft-backed tech unicorn https://www.ft.com/content/11afc46c-b435-489d-a9f1-134ad0c00d25 Chief of Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai steps down https://www.ft.com/content/f8882c90-ef69-4a62-aecf-9d3725aca6b3 Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency https://www.ft.com/content/9fdb4e2b-93ea-436d-92e5-fa76ee786caa Builder.ai front page (archive) http://archive.today/2025.05.21-150407/https://www.builder.ai/ Putting the AI into Builder: How Natasha streamlines your app project (archive) http://archive.today/2025.05.21-150613/https://www.builder.ai/how-it-works Builder.ai Automates Path from User Story Direct to Working Code https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/10/2860706/0/en/Builder-ai-Automates-Path-from-User-Story-Direct-to-Working-Code.html Microsoft takes another leap in AI race, joins with Builder.ai that helps anyone build apps effortlessly https://techfundingnews.com/microsoft-takes-another-leap-in-ai-race-joins-with-builder-ai-that-helps-anyone-build-apps-effortlessly/ AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy (2019) https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-startup-boom-raises-questions-of-exaggerated-tech-savvy-11565775004…
 
the 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 AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Creating issues with Copilot on github.com is in public preview https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-creating-issues-with-copilot-on-github-com-is-in-public-preview/ GitHub Copilot coding agent in public preview https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-github-copilot-coding-agent-in-public-preview/ “Allow us to block Copilot-generated issues (and PRs) from our own repositories” https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159749 Previously on Pivot to AI: If AI is so good at coding ... where are the open source contributions? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPu_qzv0zIA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Playlist: Uploads from Pivot to AI https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
95% 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 extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: England Peat Action Plan (2021) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/england-peat-action-plan England’s peatlands mapped for first time in major step towards their recovery https://www.gov.uk/government/news/englands-peatlands-mapped-for-first-time-in-major-step-towards-their-recovery AI4Peat — Innovative use of AI to map and restore our precious peatlands https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/19/ai4peat-innovative-use-of-ai-to-map-and-restore-our-precious-peatlands/ Natural England: Big Budgets, Bigger Headcounts — But Where’s the Delivery? https://www.moorlandassociation.org/post/natural-england-big-budgets-bigger-headcounts-but-where-s-the-delivery Natural England Peat Map https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/natural-england-peat-map.426019/ A new peat map for England https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/12/a-new-peat-map-for-england/ “So this week in the world of farm/environment/land management/ mapping has been ‘interesting’” https://bsky.app/profile/catframpton.bsky.social/post/3lpfowa55j22x “The tree inventory map! That got rocks and trees confused in a few places and that was made using Al tech with on the ground data.” https://bsky.app/profile/catframpton.bsky.social/post/3lpfozidfsc2x England Peat Map (NERR149) https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/5075614867128320…
 
Sanctions 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 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: Anthropic expert accused of using AI-fabricated source in copyright case https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/anthropic-expert-accused-using-ai-fabricated-source-copyright-case-2025-05-13/ Declaration of Ivana Dukanovic (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.431519/gov.uscourts.cand.431519.371.0.pdf Case docket: Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC (5:24-cv-03811) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68889092/concord-music-group-inc-v-anthropic-pbc/ Exclusive: Legal startup Harvey AI in talks to raise funding at $5 billion valuation https://www.reuters.com/technology/legal-startup-harvey-ai-talks-raise-funding-5-billion-valuation-2025-05-14/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Crypto collapse? Get in loser, we’re pivoting to AI https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/06/03/crypto-collapse-get-in-loser-were-pivoting-to-ai/ Music publishers’ injunction against AI firm Anthropic fails https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/26/music-publishers-injunction-against-ai-firm-anthropic-fails/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJhXihnZm-w&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
If 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 Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation (PDF) https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17866 Will AI Help or Hurt Workers? One 26-Year-Old Found an Unexpected Answer https://www.wsj.com/economy/will-ai-help-hurt-workers-income-productivity-5928a389 MIT: Assuring an accurate research record https://economics.mit.edu/news/assuring-accurate-research-record MIT Says It No Longer Stands Behind Student’s AI Research Paper https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-behind-students-ai-research-paper-11434092 “Some initial thoughts. The original paper was too good to be true in many ways.” https://x.com/Robert_Palgrave/status/1923394446562898170 ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION: Corning Incorporated v. Aidan Toner-Rodgers (PDF) https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2025/d2025-0410.pdf Previously on Pivot to AI: Anthropic, Apollo astounded to find a chatbot will lie to you if you tell it to lie to you https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/19/anthropic-and-apollo-astounded-to-find-that-a-chatbot-will-lie-to-you-if-you-tell-it-to-lie-to-you/…
 
AI 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 extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures $200 Billion in New U.S.-UAE Deals and Accelerates Previously Committed $1.4 Trillion UAE Investment https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-200-billion-in-new-u-s-uae-deals-and-accelerates-previously-committed-1-4-trillion-uae-investment/ Trump announces $200 billion in deals during UAE visit, AI agreement signed https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-heads-uae-it-hopes-advance-ai-ambitions-2025-05-15/ US and UAE to build vast AI data centre in Abu Dhabi https://www.ft.com/content/4708c7a6-a26f-45a9-9a4f-25a9af4167df Dubai Blockchain Strategy https://www.digitaldubai.ae/initiatives/blockchain IBM: How Dubai is Becoming the Blockchain Capital of the World https://newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-blockchain?item=30730…
 
Chatbot 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/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: “The claim of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa is highly debated.” https://archive.is/6yL5V “Claims of white genocide in South Africa are highly disputed.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250514175913/https://xcancel.com/grok/status/1922657850532520130 “Sorry for the mix-up!” https://bsky.app/profile/laughlax.bsky.social/post/3lp5orz74p223 Inside Grok’s war on ‘woke’ https://www.businessinsider.com/xai-grok-training-bias-woke-idealogy-2025-02 “You are Arya, a noble assistant built by Gab AI Inc.” https://bsky.app/profile/sorenspicknall.bsky.social/post/3kpxmkbit6o2w Musk Says xAI’s ‘Scary Smart’ Next Model Chatbot Coming in Weeks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-13/musk-says-xai-s-scary-smart-next-model-chatbot-coming-in-weeks Wikipedia: White genocide conspiracy theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory Grok voiced today by the “Libby” voice from Microsoft Azure Previously on Pivot to AI: ChatGPT spills its prompt https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/05/chatgpt-spills-its-prompt/ Elon Musk merges xAI and Twitter — the new AOL Time Warner https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/30/elon-musk-merges-xai-and-twitter-the-new-aol-time-warner/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsL5ye55VA8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
For 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?': Musk’s data company draws a backlash in Memphis https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582 New images reveal Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter has nearly doubled its number of polluting, unpermitted gas turbines https://www.selc.org/press-release/new-images-reveal-elon-musks-xai-datacenter-has-nearly-doubled-its-number-of-polluting-unpermitted-gas-turbines/ Musk's xAI data centre allegedly running illegal gas turbines https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/musks-xai-data-centre-allegedly-running-illegal-gas-turbines Musk’s xAI explores another massive methane gas turbine installation at second South Memphis data center https://www.selc.org/press-release/musks-xai-explores-another-massive-methane-gas-turbine-installation-at-second-south-memphis-data-center/…
 
Show 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 cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/microsoft-ceo-says-up-to-30-of-the-companys-code-was-written-by-ai/ Mark Zuckerberg – Meta's AGI Plan https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/mark-zuckerberg-2 O’Reilly: Benjamin J. Evans https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/6137 “Show me the Pull Requests.” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kittylyst_ai-llms-activity-7321451673275514880-npfA/ “Show me the Pull Requests.” https://mastodon.social/@kittylyst/114397697851381604 Rails: Improve Password Length Validation for BCrypt Compatibility #47708 https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/47708 Servo: dom: Implement WritableStream #34844 https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/34844 Show me the Pull Requests https://lobste.rs/s/g1l4xi/show_me_pull_requests “That’s it. I’ve had it. I’m putting my foot down on this craziness.” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielstenberg_hackerone-curl-activity-7324820893862363136-glb1/ “The @Cockpit team has tried sourcery.ai and GitHub #Copilot automatic #PR #reviews for four weeks.” https://fosstodon.org/@martinpitt/114478238435097085 Testing sourcery.ai and GitHub Copilot for cockpit PR reviews https://piware.de/post/2025-08-09-sourcery/ LLVM: [compiler-rt] lots of "warning: unknown warning option '-Werror=builtin-declaration-mismatch'" messages #72413 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/72413 “When Compiler Engineers Act As Judges, What Can Possibly Go Wrong? How LLVM’s CoC Committee Violated Its Own Code” https://seylaw.blogspot.com/2025/05/when-compiler-engineers-act-as-judges.html Mesa: RADV: Performance Regression (~18%) on Vega 64 (GFX9) in Cyberpunk 2077 caused by commit 08918f08805f (MR 34361) https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/13022#note_2882787 Welcome to LlamaCon 2025 - Closing Session! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ-RZ0dKO8o Mark Zuckerberg – AI Will Write Most Meta Code in 18 Months https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXeQbTuVl0 Previously on Pivot to AI: AI coding tools ‘fix’ bugs by adding bugs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/19/ai-coding-tools-fix-bugs-by-adding-bugs/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnzkgDt-d3o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA…
 
Now 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.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt for the office: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Airline held liable for its chatbot giving passenger bad advice - what this means for travellers https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatbot-misinformation-what-travellers-should-know DPD error caused chatbot to swear at customer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68025677 Insurers launch cover for losses caused by AI chatbot errors https://archive.is/BrLso#selection-1584.0-1584.1 Armilla Launches Affirmative AI Liability Insurance with Lloyd's Underwriter, Chaucer https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/armilla-launches-affirmative-ai-liability-insurance-with-lloyd-s-underwriter-chaucer-825968681.html Previously on Pivot to AI: FTC takes on another swathe of AI scams https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/29/ftc-takes-on-another-swathe-of-ai-scams/…
 
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Player FM סורק את האינטרנט עבור פודקאסטים באיכות גבוהה בשבילכם כדי שתהנו מהם כרגע. זה יישום הפודקאסט הטוב ביותר והוא עובד על אנדרואיד, iPhone ואינטרנט. הירשמו לסנכרון מנויים במכשירים שונים.

 

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