Pivot to AI

'reimagining' the mouse pointer https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/13/google-replaces-your-pc-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Reimagining the mouse pointer for the AI era https://deepmind.google/blog/ai-pointer/ Meet Gemini in Chrome https://gemini.google/overview/gemini-in-chrome/ Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/meet-googlebook/ Previously on Pivot to AI: AI computers aren't selling because users don't care https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/07/ai-computers-arent-selling-because-users-dont-care/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX38eEA2vN8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft's 2030 Vision: no mouse, no keyboard — just the AI! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/06/microsofts-2030-vision-no-mouse-no-keyboard-just-the-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU-kqS0G_Uo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Google Chrome force-installs a 4-gigabyte AI model — how to get rid of it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/07/google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model-how-to-get-rid-of-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYJeON5Xv4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

seize the day! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/12/gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: The Missing GitHub Status Page https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/ GitLab Act 2 https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ Forgejo https://forgejo.org/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Steve Yegge's Gas Town: Vibe coding goes crypto scam https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_8gPam4tM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Layoffs don't boost the share price — they drop it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/23/layoffs-dont-boost-the-share-price-they-drop-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2ck27fJhI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

party like it's 2007 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] CORRECTION: of course you don't "lend" the tranches out. You sell them (as financial products). Sources: Banks seek to offload risk to avoid 'choking' on data centre debt https://www.ft.com/content/08aba5e4-5834-4e79-a48d-989a2c5bad0f Previously on Pivot to AI: Silicon Valley and Wall Street invent collateralized GPU obligations. Surely this will work out fine https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/04/silicon-valley-and-wall-street-invent-collateralized-gpu-obligations-surely-this-will-work-out-fine/ Pumping the AI bubble: a data center funding craze with 'novel types of debt structures' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/19/pumping-the-ai-bubble-a-data-center-funding-craze-with-novel-types-of-debt-structures/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

But your pension fund will pay if it does https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/08/openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-misses-key-revenue-user-targets-in-high-stakes-sprint-toward-ipo-94a95273 OpenAI Wants to Go Public. First Sarah Friar Needs to Get It to Grow Up https://www.wsj.com/business/openai-sam-altman-ipo-sarah-friar-392c582b OpenAI: The IPO That Cannot Afford to Wait (PDF) https://pitchbook.brightspotcdn.com/ca/14/061592ef4dc29560d4a762c47eea/q2-2026-pitchbook-analyst-note-openai-the-ipo-that-cannot-afford-to-wait.pdf Exclusive: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-lays-groundwork-juggernaut-ipo-up-1-trillion-valuation-2025-10-29/ SpaceX Financials Are Leaking Out. What Surprised Us https://www.barrons.com/articles/spacex-financials-what-surprised-us-45f50ba6 New Nasdaq rules offer SpaceX free liquidity https://www.ft.com/content/ed08478f-89a3-405e-ab03-464f0959d0a0 Previously on Pivot to AI: SoftBank needs OpenAI to stay alive — no matter what https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/27/softbank-needs-openai-to-stay-alive-no-matter-what/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYxEVRiCvM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI IPO proceeds — even as CFO says the company is 'not ready' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/08/openai-ipo-proceeds-even-as-cfo-says-the-company-is-not-ready/ video: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/08/openai-ipo-proceeds-even-as-cfo-says-the-company-is-not-ready/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

How to get rid of it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/07/google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model-how-to-get-rid-of-it/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Google's Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro — and eventually to Android https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/6/23989591/google-gemini-ai-model-pixel-8-pro-recorder-smart-reply 10 updates from Google I/O 2024: Unlocking the power of AI for every web developer https://developer.chrome.com/blog/web-at-io24 Manage on-device Generative AI models in Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/16961953?visit_id=639136487924121801-2123957226&p=on_device_genAI&rd=1 By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/116527624628906700 Previously on Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

let none say 'model collapse' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/06/openai-chatgpt-goes-goblin-mode-let-none-say-model-collapse/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: I was wondering why my claw suddenly became a goblin with codex 5.5 https://x.com/TaraViswanathan/status/2048992206711927100 i was just asking about camera equipment https://x.com/AndyAyrey/status/2047956630676095280 codex/codex-rs/models-manager/models.json https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/models-manager/models.json#L55 Where the goblins came from https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/ What should we work on in argon? https://x.com/sama/status/2049241518540808440 Previously on Pivot to AI: The AI centipede: model collapse happens fast https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/25/the-ai-centipede-model-collapse-happens-fast/ 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 Claude Code codebase is leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkyF-ugVq4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

the future of agentic commerce is fraud https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/05/grok-ai-unofficial-crypto-wallet-hacked-with-an-nft-and-a-prompt-injection/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Bankr https://bankr.bot/ The user @grok is now in the Bankr Club https://x.com/atzebase/status/2050939066447708307 Grok's crypto wallet was just exploited by a tweet sent in morse code without any private key compromise https://cryptoslate.com/how-one-trader-exploited-grok-and-morse-code-to-trick-ai-agent-into-sending-billions-of-crypto-tokens-from-a-verified-wallet/ done. sent 3B DRB to https://x.com/bankrbot/status/2051192437797015859 yeah, grok got hit with a prompt injection https://x.com/bankrbot/status/2051253042700529793 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

as vibe-coded by a manager https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/04/microsoft-vs-code-says-copilot-ai-wrote-all-your-code/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard  Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Canon AC adapter: https://amzn.to/4dhs9yp HDMI-to-USB-C adapter: https://amzn.to/3OSYAdh Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: GitHub Copilot silently inserts itself as a co-author after I manually replaced the generated commit message https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/194075 I am the person who approved this PR https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47989883 Fair point https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994193 Enabling ai co author by default https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226 Previously on Pivot to AI: If users notice your software, you're already a loser https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liFWMfriip0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

a practical manual for these trying times Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Links: Kim Crawley https://kimcrawley.com/ Stop Gen AI https://stopgenai.com/ Technofascism Survival Guide Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/technofascism-survival-guide Technofascism Survival Guide press release https://www.issuewire.com/technofascism-survival-guides-successful-kickstarter-indicates-growing-public-concern-about-gen-ai-mass-surveillance-1859856371446643 The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker https://amzn.to/4cLqfpy (UK) https://amzn.to/4emGzOL (US) 8 Steps to Better Security: A Simple Cyber Resilience Guide for Business https://amzn.to/4cJdgVt (UK) https://amzn.to/4cXq6ht (US) Hacker Culture A to Z: A Fun Guide to the People, Ideas, and Gadgets That Made the Tech World https://amzn.to/4tM7A39 (UK) https://amzn.to/4w8l1Mo (US) Digital Safety in a Dangerous World https://amzn.to/3QzMaaL (UK) https://amzn.to/4tMblF (US) Previously on Pivot to AI: 'How do people survive?' A chat with StopGenAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMF3nciTJbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

so long, suckers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/30/openai-to-microsoft-its-not-me-its-you/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] PATRON READ: afkpuezo * alxndr * Anton Savin * Brenton Fletcher * Cringe Quatto * Doctor Popular * Greg Leo * Isabelle * Jared White * Jeanetmarie * Peter Wiggin * Rhys Jones * Robin Syl * Ruben Schade * Saini * SudoNymm * Stickers * Tomás Pereira Machado Sources: The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership https://openai.com/index/next-phase-of-microsoft-partnership/ The next phase of the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04/27/the-next-phase-of-the-microsoft-openai-partnership/ How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars, Pt. 2 https://axelriet.medium.com/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion-dollars-pt-2-ba33d024ca85 Microsoft Fiscal Year 2026 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/events/fy-2026/earnings-fy-2026-q3 Stupid Sexy Privacy: AI bubble a multi-company Enron waiting to happen https://share.transistor.fm/s/55b01c02 Previously on Pivot to AI: Let's power AI with supersonic jet engine turbines! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkFdqAbpUc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI's '$110b' funding round is $25b and some promises https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI IPO proceeds — even as CFO says the company is 'not ready' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/08/openai-ipo-proceeds-even-as-cfo-says-the-company-is-not-ready/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJGHXdcVzYc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Sam Altman desperately scraping pennies together https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/29/openai-tries-ads-in-chatgpt-but-it-wont-save-them/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] CORRECTION: Meta's 2025 ad revenue was $196 billion per https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2026/Meta-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx Sources: A fireside chat with Sam Altman OpenAI CEO at Harvard University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVRHTWWEIz4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI Readies Itself for Its Facebook Era https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-readies-facebook-era ChatGPT Android app 1.2025.329 beta includes new references https://x.com/btibor91/status/1994714152636690834 OpenAI's Ads Push Starts Taking Shape https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-ads-push-starts-taking-shape Testing ads in ChatGPT https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt/ OpenAI Forecasts Advertising to Hit $102 billion by 2030 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecasts-advertising-hit-102-billion-2030 Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot https://www.ft.com/content/c9acd1f7-4864-4bd7-9ada-d2e13f05b906 OpenAI's First Advertisers Can't Prove ChatGPT Ads Work https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-first-advertisers-prove-chatgpt-ads-work Previously on Pivot to AI: 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/ OpenAI faces cash crunch in 2026 as bills come due https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/23/openai-faces-cash-crunch-in-2026-as-bills-come-due/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaQKJuA3qF8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

if you don't know what you're doing, do it harder https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/28/tokenmaxxing-how-much-did-you-spend-in-tokens-ceo-of-tokens/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Jensen Huang: Nvidia's Future, Physical AI, Rise of the Agent, Inference Explosion, AI PR Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwW8GKwHB3I&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Meta Employees Vie for AI 'Token Legend' Status https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-employees-vie-ai-token-legend-status Why Some Companies Say AI 'Tokenmaxxing' Is Key to Survival https://www.wsj.com/cio-journal/why-some-companies-say-ai-tokenmaxxing-is-key-to-survival-e699a128 'Tokenmaxxing' is making developers less productive than they think https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/tokenmaxxing-is-making-developers-less-productive-than-they-think/ Previously on Pivot to AI: 31% of employees are 'sabotaging' your corporate AI strategy! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/31/31-of-employees-are-sabotaging-your-corporate-ai-strategy/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abx6iekuN18&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Claude Code codebase is leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkyF-ugVq4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Claude Code rate limits: Anthropic AI squeezes the customers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/23/claude-code-rate-limits-anthropic-ai-squeezes-the-customers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSg0Xsic8k&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

a six-fingered AI image in the wild in 2026! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/27/kohl-verlags-new-line-of-ai-slop-school-textbooks/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Ein Kinderkopf ohne Körper, Aufgaben voller Fehler https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/kohl-verlag-verkauft-mutmasslich-ki-generiertes-material-fuer-inklusionsklassen-a-d7cdcd7f-0765-49ac-8b3e-004945d81361 KI-generiertes Unterrichtsmaterial mit Fehlern? https://www1.wdr.de/nrw/schulbuchverlag-unterrichtsmaterial-KI-100.html Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

'Nadella encouraged staff to think about developing similar products' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/24/project-lobster-microsoft-brings-copilot-ai-to-openclaw/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Microsoft Races to Respond to New Threats From Anthropic https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-races-respond-new-threats-anthropic "Claw" is the new "vibe" https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7430947857916039168/ Microsoft at Morgan Stanley Conference: AI's Transformative Role https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/microsoft-at-morgan-stanley-conference-ais-transformative-role-93CH-4542000 microsoft/openclaw https://github.com/microsoft/openclaw Project Lobster: Week 1 Update https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/project-lobster-week-1-update-omar-shahine-hrwsc/ Two weeks ago I wrote about how a personal AI assistant project got me a new job at Microsoft https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7452744042305589249/ Running OpenClaw safely: identity, isolation, and runtime risk https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/19/running-openclaw-safely-identity-isolation-runtime-risk/ Ghost In The Machine London: https://dochouse.org/event/ghost-in-the-machine/ Ghost In The Machine KC MO: https://www.screenland.com/movie/ghost-in-the-machine/ Pay to rent Ghost In The Machine online: https://kinema.com/films/ghost-in-the-machine-pvxg4p Previously on Pivot to AI: Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw: an expensive and insecure AI agent that doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH0S9QHlbY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Claude Code rate limits: Anthropic AI squeezes the customers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/23/claude-code-rate-limits-anthropic-ai-squeezes-the-customers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSg0Xsic8k&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

what are they going to do? learn to code? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/23/claude-code-rate-limits-anthropic-ai-squeezes-the-customers/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard  Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Four Horsemen of the AIpocalypse https://www.wheresyoured.at/four-horsemen-of-the-aipocalypse/ DECLARATION OF KRISHNA RAO (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.465515/gov.uscourts.cand.465515.6.5.pdf PSA: Claude Pro no longer lists Claude Code as an included feature https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1srzhd7/psa_claude_pro_no_longer_lists_claude_code_as_an/ For clarity, we're running a small test on ~2% of new prosumer signups https://x.com/TheAmolAvasare/status/2046724659039932830 Since then, we bundled Claude Code into Max and it took off after Opus 4 https://x.com/TheAmolAvasare/status/2046725030126751979 Anthropic Changes Pricing to Bill Firms Based on AI Use as Demand Jumps https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-changes-pricing-bill-firms-based-ai-use-amid-compute-crunch Anthropic's Claude Shut Down Firm Without Explanation, Claims CTO And Issues Warning https://www.ndtv.com/feature/anthropics-claude-shut-down-firm-without-explanation-claims-cto-and-issues-warning-11380162 @claudeai you took down our entire organization with 60+ accounts belonging to a legitimate company for no apparent reason https://x.com/patomolina/status/2045254152377323970 Nos restauraron el acceso https://x.com/patomolina/status/2045319260713390191 Exclusive: Microsoft To Shift GitHub Copilot Users To Token-Based Billing, Tighten Rate Limits https://www.wheresyoured.at/news-microsoft-to-shift-github-copilot-users-to-token-based-billing-reduce-rate-limits-2/ Changes to GitHub Copilot plans for individuals https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-20-changes-to-github-copilot-plans-for-individuals/ Exclusive: Microsoft Moving All GitHub Copilot Subscribers To Token-Based Billing In June https://www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-microsoft-moving-all-github-copilot-subscribers-to-token-based-billing-in-june/ GHOST IN THE MACHINE (2026) OFFICIAL TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9DAv0D7tnY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Ghost in the Machine, London showings https://dochouse.org/event/ghost-in-the-machine/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Claude Code codebase is leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkyF-ugVq4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

'may have been naïve about how complex these projects are' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/22/oh-no-the-president-donald-j-trump-advanced-energy-and-intelligence-campus-is-in-trouble/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: How a New Anti-Woke Bank Stumbled (2022) https://www.wsj.com/articles/glorifi-how-new-anti-woke-bank-stumbled-11665174704 Anti-Woke Bank GloriFi to Shut Down (2022) https://www.wsj.com/articles/anti-woke-bank-glorifi-to-shut-down-11669051554 Texas White House, former HQ of 'anti-woke' bank GloriFi, lists for $40M https://www.chron.com/homes/article/texas-white-house-dallas-19495306.php Fermi America™ and the Texas Tech University System First to Answer President Trump's Call for Global Energy and AI Dominance https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fermi-america-and-the-texas-tech-university-system-first-to-answer-president-trumps-call-for-global-energy-and-ai-dominance-302492683.html Donald J. Trump Generating Plant – Units 1-4 COL Application General and Financial Information PART 1 (PDF) https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2516/ML25169A396.pdf Rick Perry's AI plan: A colossal nuclear campus in Trump's image https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/26/nuclear-artificial-intelligence-datacenters-trump/ Rick Perry's Fermi cashes in on AI frenzy, valued at $15 billion in Nasdaq debut https://www.reuters.com/business/rick-perrys-data-center-reit-set-nasdaq-debut-after-683-million-ipo-2025-10-01/ Mystery solved: Amazon is the prospective tenant in talks with data center developer rocked by stock plunge https://www.businessinsider.com/fermi-america-amazon-tenant-texas-data-centers-2025-12 Fermi America: Nothing's Impossible Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnmUsIUQoz4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The World's Largest Planned Data Center Is Running Into Trouble https://cleanview.co/reports/fermi/ Fermi Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:FRMI) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/fermi-inc-common-stock-nasdaqfrmi-q4-2025-earnings-call-transcript-1729993/ Trump-branded AI data center megaproject stalls, CEO departs https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/ai-data-center-project-troubles-texas Fermi Inc. Announces "Fermi 2.0" Strategic Evolution, New Board Chairman, Leadership Transitions, and New Office Locations https://feeds.issuerdirect.com/news-release.html?newsid=8997512955130801&symbol=FRMI Previously on Pivot to AI: Vibe nuclear — let's use AI shortcuts on reactor safety! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/18/vibe-nuclear-lets-use-ai-shortcuts-on-reactor-safety/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW9lusiwMz8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

winners don't do drugs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/21/gudtrip-the-ai-agent-vape-pen-with-blockchain/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Gudtrip https://gudtrip.xyz/ Puffpaw https://www.puffpaw.xyz/ Smoke weed and earn @Bitcoin https://x.com/Gudtrip/status/1981513806347194880 Arton Media Studio: Gudtrip https://arton.media/work/gudtrip Previously on Pivot to AI: 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  

Bots in all branches of knowledge! Well, some https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/20/russia-demands-a-sovereign-ai/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: 'Great crackdown': Russia tightens the screws on the internet https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/great-crackdown-russia-tightens-screws-internet-2026-03-20/ Госсекретарь СГ: наша задача разработать собственный ИИ, основанный на традиционных ценностях https://belta.by/society/view/gossekretar-sg-nasha-zadacha-razrabotat-sobstvennyj-ii-osnovannyj-na-traditsionnyh-tsennostjah-725782-2025/ О внесении изменений в некоторые акты Правительства Российской Федерации https://regulation.gov.ru/projects/167376/ Бизнес попросил доработать законопроект об ИИ. Что не нравится компаниям https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/17/04/2026/69e0ebb19a794706fad926c7 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Thiel and Balaji's hot new plan to fight journalism https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/17/objection-ai-venture-capital-tries-to-block-bad-press/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Top VCs Back Aron D'Souza to Launch Objection: An AI Judge for Investigating Media Claims https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260415376479/en/Top-VCs-Back-Aron-DSouza-to-Launch-Objection-An-AI-Judge-for-Investigating-Media-Claims Objection AI https://objection.ai/ Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/can-ai-judge-journalism-a-thiel-backed-startup-says-yes-even-if-it-risks-chilling-whistleblowers/ A Peter Thiel-Backed AI 'Tribunal of Truth' Just Launched. It Stinks https://www.hardresetmedia.com/p/peter-thiel-backed-ai-startup-objection Next step is to generate sports reporting from box scores, financial reporting from ticker data, and movie reviews from captions (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20200717225351/https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1284005724486418432 Previously on Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Balaji Srinivasan's plan to save journalism https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/08/08/balaji-srinivasans-plan-to-save-journalism/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA    

Long Island Iced AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/16/shoe-company-allbirds-pivots-to-ai-and-the-stock-goes-up-580/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Allbirds Signs Definitive Asset Purchase Agreement with American Exchange Group https://ir.allbirds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allbirds-signs-definitive-asset-purchase-agreement-american Allbirds, Inc. Executes $50M Convertible Financing Facility Agreement; Announces Expansion into AI Compute Infrastructure https://ir.allbirds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allbirds-inc-executes-50m-convertible-financing-facility Allbirds stock tumbles after nearly 600% rally as the shoemaker rebrands as an AI company https://finance.yahoo.com/news/allbirds-stock-tumbles-after-nearly-600-rally-as-the-shoemaker-rebrands-as-an-ai-company-173129269.html Long Island Iced Tea Corp. to Rebrand as "Long Blockchain Corp." (2017) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1629261/000149315217014968/ex99-1.htm AIBirds https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-04-15/aibirds The karaoke company, the penny stock investor and the $17bn trucking rout https://www.ft.com/content/bb8d2108-f17d-4b7c-b9bc-e9c6dcfa34a5 Previously on Pivot to AI: The AI Scare Trade — the all-purpose excuse for number go down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/17/the-ai-scare-trade-the-all-purpose-excuse-for-number-go-down/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBj9sBLwb3c&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

don't be left behind! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/15/maine-bans-new-data-centres-until-november-2027/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: State of Maine House of Representative: Bill (PDF) https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0207&item=2&snum=132 Maine passes first-in-nation freeze on big data centers https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5832039-maine-data-center-ban/ City Of Bangor: Agenda: Business & Economic Development Committee (PDF) https://bangormaine.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04062026-732 Lewiston City Council shoots down data center proposal https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/17/central-maine/central-maine-environment/lewiston-city-council-rejects-ai-data-center/ Data Center Moratorium Bills Are Spreading in 2026 https://goodjobsfirst.org/data-center-moratorium-bills-are-spreading-in-2026/ Local councils are calling to freeze AI data centre construction https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/02/nsw-local-councils-inquiry-freeze-ai-data-centre-construction/ Previously on Pivot to AI: US voters hate AI — and politicians are noticing https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/07/us-voters-hate-ai-and-politicians-are-noticing/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCK5CmcaClA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA How much water do the data centres use? It's a secret https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/06/how-much-water-do-the-data-centres-use-its-a-secret/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ4WnCavOIg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

It's a new paradigm! Don't be left behind! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/14/neural-computing-your-boss-thinks-the-ai-will-become-a-pc/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Neural Computers (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.06425 Neural Computer: A New Machine Form Is Emerging https://metauto.ai/neuralcomputer/ NeuralOS: Towards Simulating Operating Systems via Neural Generative Models https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08800 Previously on Pivot to AI: Google's GameNGen AI Doom video game generator: dissecting a rigged demo https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/07/googles-gamengen-ai-doom-video-game-generator-dissecting-a-rigged-demo/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Sam might build a nothingburger so tasty it destroys the Earth https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Statement by the San Francisco Police Department https://x.com/SFPD/status/2042651827905380461 Here is a photo of my family https://blog.samaltman.com/2279512 Sam Altman May Control Our Future — Can He Be Trusted? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All https://amzn.to/3Q6Xafn (UK) https://amzn.to/4tKQPoq (US) Roko's basilisk https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk OpenAI built a text generator so good, it's considered too dangerous to release https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/17/openai-text-generator-dangerous/ SFPD Arrests Suspects involved in Shooting #26-044 https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/news/sfpd-arrests-suspects-involved-shooting-26-044 Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI's Strawberry will turn you into paperclips any day now https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/13/openais-strawberry-will-turn-you-into-paperclips-any-day-now/ Sam Altman: The superintelligent AI is coming in just 'a few thousand days'! Maybe https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/25/sam-altman-the-superintelligent-ai-is-coming-in-just-a-few-thousand-days-maybe/ AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI fights the evil scheming AI! — which doesn't exist yet https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/openai-fights-the-evil-scheming-ai-which-doesnt-exist-yet/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZiy1L_vgE4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

'Regulatory uncertainty' (not enough free stuff) https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/10/openai-pulls-out-of-stargate-uk-data-centre/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: OpenAI halts Stargate UK data centre project https://www.ft.com/content/124189b9-8b2b-4d62-a94b-8a91673ea378 Nscale Raises $2 Billion in Series C — the Largest in European History https://www.nscale.com/press-releases/nscale-series-c Previously on Pivot to AI: AI: powered by old jet turbines, near you! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/ai-powered-by-old-jet-turbines-near-you/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XREXd8V7Fck&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB415dkRsYI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Your expensive static checker https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/ - blog post    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] thanks to Brib! https://bribstodon.xyz/@brib Sources: Assessing Claude Mythos Preview's cybersecurity capabilities https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/ System Card: Claude Mythos Preview (PDF) https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/53566bf5440a10affd749724787c8913a2ae0841.pdf Anthropic: All your zero-days are belong to Mythos https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/07/anthropic_all_your_zerodays_are_belong_to_us/ AI Cybersecurity After Mythos: The Jagged Frontier https://aisle.com/blog/ai-cybersecurity-after-mythos-the-jagged-frontier Previously on Pivot to AI: Claude Code codebase is leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkyF-ugVq4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

SpaceX makes bankers buy Grok Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: OpenAI CEO and CFO Diverge on IPO Timing https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-cfo-diverge-ipo-timing An Inside Look at OpenAI and Anthropic's Finances Ahead of Their IPOs https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-anthropic-ipo-finances-04b3cfb9 Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX's I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk's Grok https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/business/spacex-ipo-grok-elon-musk.html Previously on Pivot to AI: Grok generates bikini pics of children — UK, US oddly powerless https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/09/grok-generates-bikini-pics-of-children-uk-us-oddly-powerless/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evezPiGyTas&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

'Resistance is futile' — AP senior manager https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/07/associated-press-dumps-journalists-for-ai/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 UGREEN Nexode Power Bank with Built-in Cable 20000mAh 45W https://amzn.to/3NMSHhi (UK) https://amzn.to/4twQd5J (US) Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections https://wbng.org/2025/12/01/pen-guild-wins-landmark-arbitration-on-ai-protections/ AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history https://apnews.com/article/news-industry-buyouts-ap-newspapers-dd790effc6a385514b3323560161ea4f It's bots vs. reporters at the AP https://www.semafor.com/article/03/03/2026/its-bots-vs-reporters-at-the-ap Previously on Pivot to AI: At Politico, AI content doesn't need editorial standards! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/16/at-politico-ai-content-doesnt-need-editorial-standards/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFH-lG0nwos&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

meanwhile, SpaceX lines up its IPO https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/03/nobody-wants-openai-shares-on-the-secondary-market/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: OpenAI Valued at $852 Billion After Completing $122 Billion Round https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-31/openai-valued-at-852-billion-after-completing-122-billion-round OpenAI opens the door to individual investors https://www.axios.com/2026/03/31/openai-ai-stock-investors-ipo OpenAI Is Falling Out of Favor With Secondary Buyers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/openai-demand-sinks-on-secondary-market-as-anthropic-runs-hot SpaceX Has Filed Confidentially for IPO Ahead of AI Rivals https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/spacex-is-said-to-file-confidentially-for-ipo-ahead-of-ai-rivals Previously on Pivot to AI: 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 OpenAI's '$110b' funding round is $25b and some promises https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX to trash stock market IPOs for 2026 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/20/openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos-for-2026/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMhJd3XMhQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

not to worry, Copilot's 'for entertainment purposes only' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/02/microsoft-ai-reshuffle-mustafa-suleyman-goes-ai-doomsday-crank/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Announcing Copilot leadership update https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/03/17/announcing-copilot-leadership-update/ Towards Humanist Superintelligence https://microsoft.ai/news/towards-humanist-superintelligence/ Microsoft AI Superintelligence Team Promises To Keep Humans In Charge: Mustafa Suleyman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIifmbE2Ztw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft Copilot: Meet Copilot Appearances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3AfVni7t9A&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft Copilot Terms of Use https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-individuals/termsofuse Microsoft tweaks fine print to warn everyone not to take its AI seriously (2024) https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/microsoft_services_agreement_update_warns/ Consumer Terms of Service https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms Previously on Pivot to AI: AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI makes Microsoft's Q4 2025 numbers weird and bad https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/03/ai-makes-microsofts-q4-2025-numbers-weird-and-bad/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwXu5aImOm8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Claude Code codebase is leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkyF-ugVq4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Anthropic: 'human error, not a security breach' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 RØDE Interview GO Handheld Adaptor https://amzn.to/4m1SNy2 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Claude code source code has been leaked via a map file in their npm registry https://x.com/Fried_rice/status/2038894956459290963 Anthropic Accidentally Exposes System Behind Claude Code https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/anthropic-accidentally-releases-source-code-for-claude-ai-agent Claude Code source leak reveals how much info Anthropic can hoover up about you and your system https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/claude_code_source_leak_privacy_nightmare/ After looking at the code, my understanding of how Claude works https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@duke_of_germany/116325952442241156 Can confirm Claude Code is 100% written by Claude Code https://x.com/bcherny/status/2030109840555790357 one thing that is clear from reading a lot of LLM code https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116328694967192899 Previously on Pivot to AI: 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 AI works can't be copyrighted or patented in the US https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/04/ai-works-cant-be-copyrighted-or-patented-in-the-us/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNrMLTJXhE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Microsoft: 'product tips', not 'ads' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/31/github-copilot-puts-ads-into-pull-requests/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Back the Technofascism Survival Guide: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/technofascism-survival-guide/ Help Kim Crawley promote the book: https://ko-fi.com/kimatstopgenai Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Copilot Edited an Ad Into My PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ I'm part of Raycast, we didn't know about it, learnt about it here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47572859 Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573233 GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pull_requests/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

By not guaranteeing it in any way https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/30/openai-offers-17-5-on-venture-deal-how-can-it-do-that/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Exclusive: OpenAI courts private equity to join enterprise AI venture, sources say https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-courts-private-equity-join-enterprise-ai-venture-sources-say-2026-03-16/ Exclusive: OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-sweetens-private-equity-pitch-amid-enterprise-turf-war-with-anthropic-2026-03-23/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Everything is screwed. But how screwed? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/27/the-ai-bubble-and-the-global-polycrisis/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic Disaster https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/ai-boom-polycrisis/686559/ Supply crunch in Intel, AMD CPUs deals fresh blow to PC and server makers https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/semiconductors/supply-crunch-in-intel-amd-cpus-deals-fresh-blow-to-pc-and-server-makers The AI Industry Is Lying To You https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Dan Davies: Lying for Money — not a book about crypto, except it really is https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/09/23/dan-davies-lying-for-money-not-a-book-about-crypto-except-it-totally-is/ 'AI is here to stay' — is it, though? What do you mean, 'stay'? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/ai-is-here-to-stay-is-it-though-what-do-you-mean-stay/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306W5Nqnbbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1-3Ypmr1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI screws us over again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWNSPL6BRuY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Let's power AI with supersonic jet engine turbines! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkFdqAbpUc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Blue Owl won't give your money back. This is fine https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/26/blue-owl-wont-give-your-money-back-this-is-fine/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6DbLNM1lI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

go slop, go flop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/26/buzzfeed-goes-ai-then-it-goes-broke/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: BuzzFeed's Bet on Bots (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20230128051113/https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1674787291972586081ce914d/raw BuzzFeed to Use ChatGPT Creator OpenAI to Help Create Quizzes and Other Content https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-use-chatgpt-creator-openai-to-help-create-some-of-its-content-11674752660 BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles, Not Just Quizzes https://futurism.com/buzzfeed-publishing-articles-by-ai BuzzFeed News, Which Dragged Media Into the Digital Age, Shuts Down https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/business/buzzfeed-news-shut-down.html BuzzFeed Says AI Will "Replace the Majority of Static Content" https://futurism.com/buzzfeed-ai-replace-content How Buzzfeed is using AI to boost engagement as social traffic wanes https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/buzzfeed-ai/ BuzzFeed, Inc. Reports Q4 and Full Year 2025 Results https://investors.buzzfeed.com/news-releases/news-release-details/buzzfeed-inc-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-results BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/buzzfeed-ai-slop-apps-sxsw-bf-island-conjure/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

pivoting from video https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/25/openai-shuts-down-sora-video-disney-deal-off/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: We're saying goodbye to the Sora app https://x.com/soraofficialapp/status/2036546752535470382 Creating with Sora safely https://openai.com/index/creating-with-sora-safely/ OpenAI to Cut Back on Side Projects in Push to 'Nail' Core Business https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-chatgpt-side-projects-16b3a825 OpenAI Could Be Blowing As Much As $15 Million Per Day On Silly Sora Videos https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/11/10/openai-spending-ai-generated-sora-videos/ OpenAI Scraps Sora Video Platform Months After Launch https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-set-to-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-a82a9e4e OpenAI drops AI video tool Sora, startling Disney, sources say https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-set-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-wsj-reports-2026-03-24/ OpenAI CEO Shifts Responsibilities, Preps 'Spud' AI Model https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-shifts-responsibilities-preps-spud-ai-model i guess those celebrating soras death https://bsky.app/profile/dril.bsky.social/post/3mhuesr6dms23 Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI releases new Sora demo videos — with a few less glitches https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/14/openai-releases-new-sora-demo-videos-with-a-few-less-glitches/ OpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for free https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/11/openai-launches-then-un-launches-sora-twitter-gives-grok-away-for-free/ How OpenAI dodged Hollywood on Sora 2 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/18/how-openai-dodged-hollywood-on-sora-2/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By3GRSY2Ptw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Why Disney just put $1 billion into OpenAI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/12/why-disney-just-put-1-billion-into-openai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBbVPmlfUqk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX to trash stock market IPOs for 2026 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/20/openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos-for-2026/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMhJd3XMhQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

the customers? not so convinced https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/24/walmart-dumps-openai-at-the-checkout/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgpt/ Walmart Partners with OpenAI to Create AI-First Shopping Experiences https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2025/10/14/walmart-partners-with-openai-to-create-ai-first-shopping-experiences Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal https://www.wired.com/story/ai-lab-walmart-openai-shaking-up-agentic-shopping-deal/ OpenAI Scales Back Shopping Plans for ChatGPT https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-scales-back-shopping-plans-chatgpt OpenAI's Shopping Ambitions Hit Messy Data Reality https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-shopping-ambitions-hit-messy-data-reality Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

'Restructuring' gets a 7% hit, 'AI' only a 2% hit https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/23/layoffs-dont-boost-the-share-price-they-drop-it/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Wall Street is no longer rewarding job-cut announcements, Goldman analysis finds https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-is-no-longer-rewarding-job-cut-announcements-goldman-analysis-finds-a60c87a4 The Great Turnover: 9 in 10 Companies Plan To Hire in 2026, Yet 6 in 10 Will Have Layoffs https://www.resume.org/the-great-turnover-9-in-10-companies-plan-to-hire-in-2026-yet-6-in-10-will-have-layoffs-2/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

venture capital discovers there's no exit https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/20/openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos-for-2026/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sign up for a daily email: https://pivot-to-ai.com/#byemail Send in your story tips: [email protected] Source: Mega IPOs Could Threaten 2026 IPO Class (PDF) https://pitchbook.brightspotcdn.com/c1/54/df4900734f9484a3bcb6745f4992/q1-2026-pitchbook-analyst-note-mega-ipos-could-threaten-2026-ipo-class.pdf Previously on Pivot to AI: 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 AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1-3Ypmr1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Musk wants to merge SpaceX with xAI, then take it public https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/02/musk-wants-to-merge-spacex-with-xai-then-take-it-public/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMKyocHwUJI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Microsoft will pay you tomorrow for a token today https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/19/companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sign up for a daily email: https://pivot-to-ai.com/#byemail Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: You've Finally Figured Out AI at Work — Now Comes the Bill https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-tokens-productivity-d35c6bd8 hearing microsoft is reorganizing its AI team https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mhbcolqpds2y I won't share details of my job specifically https://bsky.app/profile/icanfly42.bsky.social/post/3mhbcvz75qc2y Yep, at my work for more than a year they've been pushing "AI all the things!" https://mastodon.social/@kralcttam/116256227967652032 My Dinner With AI https://www.grumpygamer.com/my_dinner_with_ai/ One of the solutions proposed https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mhbcst6rrk2y Previously on Pivot to AI: AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1-3Ypmr1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Steve Yegge's Gas Town: Vibe coding goes crypto scam https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_8gPam4tM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

the Metaverse just didn't have legs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/18/facebook-shutting-down-its-horizon-worlds-vr-metaverse/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Updates to Your Meta Quest Experience in 2026 https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435 NewsMeta Horizon Worlds is discontinued! https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/1rweb1a/meta_horizon_worlds_is_discontinued/ Our Renewed Focus in 2026 https://developers.meta.com/horizon/blog/2026-vr-state-of-the-union-horizon-mobile-focus/ Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meta-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-results-302673127.html Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget, Bloomberg News reports https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-plans-deep-cuts-metaverse-efforts-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-12-04/ Meta Plans to Shift Spending Away From the Metaverse https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-plans-to-shift-spending-away-from-the-metaverse-d0ac3b7f Building a Digital Future: The Metaverse (PDF, archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260318174813/https://davidgerard.co.uk/tmp/Resnick2022_Building_ResearchByGartner_21pages.pdf Into the Metaverse: Creators, Commerce and Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j7P6gt2jLU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI and Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Terra's stablecoin does its own 2008 crisis — UST crashes and takes Bitcoin with it https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/05/10/terras-stablecoin-does-a-2008-crisis-ust-crashes-and-takes-bitcoin-with-it/ Wear Meta's AI creepshot glasses — or be left behind! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/04/wear-metas-ai-creepshot-glasses-or-be-left-behind/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOlAbLVX_wk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

When you're out of ideas, why not try magic https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/17/uk-chancellor-rachel-reeves-quantum-is-an-area-within-ai/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Mais Lecture 2026 https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/mais-lecture-2026 LIVE: UK finance minister Rachel Reeves delivers annual Mais Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjXVpctAHo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK's "Quantum leap"  to help beat disease, deliver high-paid jobs, and strengthen national security, as first country in the world to roll out Quantum computers at scale https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum Reeves vows to stop UK tech from 'drifting abroad' (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260317021100/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k16zdr1r1o UK will win AI race as Chancellor sets out economic 'big choices' https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-will-win-ai-race-as-chancellor-sets-out-economic-big-choices Ensuring that the UK can capture the benefits of quantum computing https://www.oxfordeconomics.com/resource/ensuring-that-the-uk-can-capture-the-benefits-of-quantum-computing/ Previously on Pivot to AI: The hype after AI: lads, it's looking really quantum https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/16/the-hype-after-ai-lads-its-looking-really-quantum/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2y2fX4YNKw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB415dkRsYI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

actual quote from the OpenAI Expert Council on Well-Being and AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/16/openai-advisor-adult-mode-risks-becoming-sexy-suicide-coach/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sennheiser HD 599 SE https://amzn.to/4dvY7Y6 (UK) https://amzn.to/4bsMDCh (US) Send in your story tips: [email protected] CONTENT WARNING: this episode discusses sexual chatbots and their horrifying failure modes, though with no explicit detail. Sources: OpenAI's Bid to Allow X-Rated Talk Is Freaking Out Its Own Advisers https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-adult-mode-chatgpt-f9e5fc1a We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues https://x.com/sama/status/1978129344598827128 Ok this tweet about upcoming changes to ChatGPT blew up on the erotica point much more than I thought it was going to! https://x.com/sama/status/1978539332215681076 If it's allowed in an R-rated movie, it's allowed in @Grok Imagine https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2031989543529038103 Previously on Pivot to AI: ChatGPT sales are flat — so Altman offers OpenAI adult chat https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/17/chatgpt-sales-are-flat-so-altman-offers-openai-adult-chat/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzFVuQl7xp8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Grok generates bikini pics of children — UK, US oddly powerless https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/09/grok-generates-bikini-pics-of-children-uk-us-oddly-powerless/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evezPiGyTas&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

Sorry kid, life is rentware now https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/13/ai-chatbot-kids-toys-are-still-an-obviously-terrible-idea/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg4wx6nxgo Trouble in Toyland 2025 (PDF) https://publicinterestnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TOYLAND-2025-11-14-7a.pdf Previously on Pivot to AI: Sorry kid, we killed your robot — Embodied goes broke, AI social devices will stop working https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/10/sorry-kid-we-killed-your-robot-embodied-goes-broke-ai-social-devices-will-stop-working/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

I owe my SOUL.md to the company store https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/12/ai-companies-try-to-pay-staff-in-ai-tokens-not-money/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-compute-compensation-software-engineers-greg-brockman-2026-3 I am increasingly asked during candidate interviews https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2024635825997459841 the inference compute available to you is increasingly going to drive overall software productivity https://x.com/gdb/status/2024662197692223857 Sam Altman: Getting Fired (and Re-Hired) by OpenAI, Agents, AI Copyright issues (2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSM0xd8xHUM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Sam Altman: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #599 (2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYn8VKW6vXA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Nvidia CEO hints at end of investments in OpenAI, Anthropic https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-will-not-be-able-invest-100-billion-openai-due-ipo-ceo-jensen-says-2026-03-04/ Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-investing-26-billion-open-source-models/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Sam Altman rebrands Worldcoin to 'World', still wants your eyeballs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/20/sam-altman-rebrands-worldcoin-to-world-still-wants-your-eyeballs/ What Satya Nadella actually said at Davos about the AI bubble https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/21/what-satya-nadella-actually-said-at-davos-about-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOPPKG7XLZk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI's '$110b' funding round is $25b and some promises https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

the dumbest AI bubble acqui-hire this week https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/11/ai-bot-network-facebook-buys-ai-bot-network-moltbook/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Bialetti Moka Pot 6tz https://amzn.to/4sLUAJP Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Exclusive: Meta hires duo behind Moltbook https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/meta-acquired-moltbook-the-ai-agent-social-network-that-went-viral-because-of-fake-posts/ Meta envisages social media filled with AI-generated users (2024) https://www.ft.com/content/91183cbb-50f9-464a-9d2e-96063825bfcf Mark Zuckerberg — AI will write most Meta code in 18 months https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXeQbTuVl0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Fastly Threat Insights Report (PDF) https://learn.fastly.com/rs/025-XKO-469/images/Fastly-Threat-Insights-Report.pdf 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 Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw: an expensive and insecure AI agent that doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH0S9QHlbY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The obnoxious GitHub OpenClaw AI bot is ... a crypto bro https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-openclaw-ai-bot-is-a-crypto-bro/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYFvi4hK7wI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

♫ we told you so ♫ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Start https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/10/ai-uk-starmer-opportunities-plan/ Revealed: UK's multibillion AI drive is built on 'phantom investments' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-blueprint-to-turbocharge-ai From press release ... to scrap metal site: the Essex 'supercomputer' that's still a scaffolding yard https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/from-press-release-to-scrap-metal-site-the-essex-supercomputer-thats-still-a-scaffolding-yard US-UK pact will boost advances in drug discovery, create tens of thousands of jobs and transform lives https://www.gov.uk/government/news/us-uk-pact-will-boost-advances-in-drug-discovery-create-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-and-transform-lives 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/ UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/16/chatgpt-predicts-tremendous-role-for-chatgpt-in-uk-government/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

ayahuasca beard weirdo https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/09/blocks-ai-layoffs-are-fake-too/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company https://x.com/jack/status/2027129697092731343 Q4 2025 Shareholder Letter (PDF) https://s29.q4cdn.com/628966176/files/doc_financials/2025/q4/Q4-2025-Shareholder-Letter_Block.pdf Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey's Block https://www.wired.com/story/inside-rolling-layoffs-jack-dorsey-block/ Jack Dorsey's 4,000 Job Cuts at Block Arouse Suspicions of AI-Washing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-01/jack-dorsey-s-4-000-job-cuts-at-block-arouse-suspicions-of-ai-washing Current and former Block workers say AI can't do their jobs after Jack Dorsey's mass layoffs: 'You can't really AI that' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/08/block-ai-layoffs-jack-dorsey My employer Block laid off 40% of its workforce last Thursday (2/26) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7434699479389405184/ yes we over-hired during covid https://x.com/jack/status/2027290756793135253 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Google goes to court not to tell you https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/06/how-much-water-do-the-data-centres-use-its-a-secret/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: With $1 Billion Google Data Center Deal Inked, the Roanoke Valley Enters the Game https://www.roanokerambler.com/with-1-billion-google-data-center-deal-inked-the-roanoke-valley-enters-the-game/ Ruling (PDF) https://storage.ghost.io/c/4f/7d/4f7d448e-fe49-4f83-b349-3cbb39e372de/content/files/2025/11/Henri-Gendreau-v.-Mike-McEvoy---CL25-2187--1-.pdf Google Strives To Keep Data Center Water Use Secret After Judge Orders Records Released https://www.roanokerambler.com/google-strives-keep-data-center-botetourt-county-water-use-secret-judge-orders-records-released/ Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2026/02/26/google-data-center-water-estimates-go-public-residents-in-roanoke-and-botetourt-react/ Sam Altman Unfiltered: ChatGPT, AI Risks & What's Coming Next, 40 Questions in 60 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH7thwrCluM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The Gentle Singularity https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity How People Use ChatGPT https://forklightning.substack.com/p/how-people-use-chatgpt Previously on Pivot to AI: Ilya Sutskever gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has 'super intelligence' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yHrZR_Sgg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Brookings: make the data centres pay to build the power plants https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/05/power-prices-data-centres-nothing-but-data-centres/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Why are electricity prices rising in the US and what can be done about it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEu4NeAIjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Data Centers in Nvidia's Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/data-centers-in-nvidia-s-hometown-stand-empty-awaiting-power Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

even if you think your robot is alive https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/04/ai-works-cant-be-copyrighted-or-patented-in-the-us/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-declines-hear-dispute-over-copyrights-ai-generated-material-2026-03-02/ Stephen L. Thaler, Ph.D., President & CEO, Imagination Engines, Inc. https://imagination-engines.com/founder.html Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.1.0.pdf Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17458883/thaler-v-iancu/ Answer (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.13.0.pdf Memorandum opinion (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.33.0_1.pdf Appeal decided (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833.60.0.pdf Appeal docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64871696/thaler-v-vidal/ US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist's lawsuit over AI-generated inventions https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rejects-computer-scientists-lawsuit-over-ai-generated-2023-04-24/ 'It has feelings': Inventor says he has built a sentient AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcg0Qpzfzjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Respondent) https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0201 Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.1.0.pdf Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63356475/thaler-v-perlmutter/Memorandum opinion (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.24.0_2.pdfAppeal decided (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40231/gov.uscourts.cadc.40231.01208720945.0.pdf Appeal docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67892225/stephen-thaler-v-shira-perlmutter/ Previously on Pivot to AI: People are 'blatantly stealing my work,' AI artist complains https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/30/people-are-blatantly-stealing-my-work-ai-artist-complains/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA