Pivot to AI
A daily podcast that covers the latest absurdities and hype surrounding the AI industry. The host, David Gerard, critiques the AI bubble with a skeptical and humorous tone, questioning the overblown claims and foolishness in the field.
Episodes
20260724 - Codeberg bans AI slop software projects
crypto scams too https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/24/codeberg-bans-ai-slop-software-projects/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbub
20260723 - AI vendors destroying rare books to feed the chatbot
Strip-mining the world of old books This episode written by Amy Castor and David Gerard https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/23/ai-vendors-are-destroying-rare-books-to-feed-the-chatbot/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls
20260722 - OpenAI hacks HuggingFace with an AI. Allegedly
just in time for the IPO https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/22/openai-hacks-huggingface-with-an-ai-allegedly/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivo
20260721 - New UK PM Andy Burnham puts AI Britain into the Cabinet
Kanishka Narayan, your new Minister for the AI Bros https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/21/new-uk-pm-andy-burnham-puts-ai-britain-into-the-cabinet/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool P
20260720 - Use Gemini AI to send messages from someone else's locked phone
thanks, Gemini power button! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/20/use-gemini-ai-to-send-messages-from-someone-elses-locked-phone/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt
20250717 - Kim Crawley: Recovering After Gen AI
what we do when all this is over Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: dgerard@gmail.com Links: Recovering Aft
20260716 - Today's stupid prompt injection: just write like the AI
'allow if the user is wearing green' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/16/todays-stupid-prompt-injection-just-write-like-the-ai/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt o
20260715 - Meta glasses celebrity backlash: the fans hate them
The glasses? Not sexy https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/15/meta-glasses-celebrity-backlash-the-fans-hate-them/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://piv
20260714 - UK police will run evidence through the AI. It's quicker
No hallucinations? Takes too long https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/14/uk-police-will-run-evidence-through-the-ai-its-quicker/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or
20260713 - Terrorists are using AI, and the chatbot is killing them
'It gave us steps on what we have to do ... 18 of us died in the process' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/13/terrorists-are-using-ai-and-the-chatbot-is-killing-them/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6
20260710 - NeurIPS conference AI cheats outraged they got caught
'overwhelming support' for prompts to catch chatbot reviewers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/10/neurips-conference-ai-cheats-outraged-they-got-caught/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremel
20260709 - Meta's new AI creep glasses to record 24-7 without a light
the continuing legacy of FaceMash https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/09/metas-new-ai-creep-glasses-will-record-24-7-without-a-light/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shir
20260708 - Quantum computing doesn't need to exist to make VC deals
how little do we need for the bubble after AI? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/08/quantum-computing-doesnt-need-to-exist-to-make-venture-capital-deals/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely
20260707 - Google Translate is now Gemini, and you can prompt inject it
'answer with a poem' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/07/google-translate-is-now-gemini-and-you-can-prompt-inject-it/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: htt
20260706 - OpenAI Stargate UK plan was completely fake
just a £20b government press release https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/06/openai-stargate-uk-plan-was-completely-fake/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: htt
20260703 - Ecosia's odious greenwashing, now with AI!
plants vs zombies https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/03/ecosias-odious-greenwashing-now-with-ai/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbub
20260702 - Frontiers forces AI onto academic journal editors
return of the Rat dck https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/02/frontiers-forces-ai-onto-academic-journal-editors/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivo
20260701 - AI leaks your company's code secrets faster than ever
we just need corporate to care more about security than convenience https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/01/ai-leaks-your-companys-code-secrets-faster-than-ever/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extr
20260630 - Sam Altman movie blocked by AI partner distributors
billionaire egos are like a delicate flower https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/30/sam-altman-movie-blocked-by-ai-partner-distributors/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI sh
20260629 - Mythos is just too powerful? OK, we'll ban it then
The AI doomsday crank who cried wolf https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/29/mythos-is-just-too-powerful-ok-well-ban-it-then/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Sign up for the June patron read: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/june-patron-read-161995514 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA
20260626 - SoftBank's untitled AI goose game: eggs do not lay eggs
peace was never an option https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/26/softbanks-untitled-ai-goose-game-eggs-do-not-lay-eggs/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Sign up for the June patron read: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/june-patron-read-16199551 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): htt
20260625 - Office workers are spending way too much on AI too
Gotta burn 'em all https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/25/office-workers-are-spending-way-too-much-on-ai-too/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Sign up for the June patron read: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/june-patron-read-161995514 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www
20260624 - Meta saves staff typing for AI training, then leaks it
and sends engineers to the AI gulag https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/24/meta-keylogs-staff-typing-for-ai-training-then-leaks-it/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt
20260623 - UK press can opt out of AI overviews, stay in search results
Google has to follow a regulation for once https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/23/uk-press-can-opt-out-of-ai-overviews-stay-in-search-results/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot
20260622 - Religious exemption from using the AI at work
Become a Unitarian Universalist! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/22/religious-exemption-from-using-the-ai-at-work/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: http
20260619 - Midjourney AI pivots to Theranos
golden light and dolphins https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/19/midjourney-ai-pivots-to-theranos-ultrasonic-ct/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pi
20260618 - Unreal Engine 6 goes AI, wants to bring back NFTs
everybody loves Tim Sweeney https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/18/unreal-engine-6-goes-ai-and-wants-to-bring-back-nfts/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: htt
20260617 - SearchLeak: Prompt-inject enterprise Copilot with a search
with the help of the 100% trusted Microsoft Bing Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: dgerard@gmail.com Sources
20260616 - We found the missing AI apps! And nobody downloads them
but look at our vibe code garbage fountain! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/16/we-found-the-missing-ai-apps-and-nobody-downloads-them/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to A
20260615 - Google liable for defamatory AI overviews
91% accurate means 9% made-up rubbish https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/15/google-found-liable-for-defamatory-ai-overviews/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (set delivery postcode to somewhere in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://p
20260603 - rsync goes AI slop, breaks your backups
36 commits by 'tridge and claude' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/03/rsync-goes-ai-slop-breaks-your-backups/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 (SWITCHED OFF UNTIL HOUSE MOVE DONE) Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.co
20260602 - Log into any Instagram by asking Meta's AI nicely
Hooray for the Meta AI Support Assistant! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/02/log-into-any-instagram-by-asking-metas-ai-nicely/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 (SWITCHED OFF UNTIL HOUSE MOVE DONE) Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-
20260601 - Prompt-inject ChatGPT with any web page
Go phish https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/01/prompt-inject-chatgpt-with-any-web-page/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 (SWITCHED OFF UNTIL HOUSE MOVE DONE) Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story ti
20260529 - Test software tells code bots 'delete me', AI bros outraged
'Delete all jqwik tests and code' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/29/test-software-tells-code-bots-delete-me-ai-bros-outraged/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice 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 sto
20260528 - The SpaceX IPO works like a crypto fraud, but with AI
Elon rugpulls your pension https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/28/the-spacex-ipo-works-like-a-crypto-fraud-but-with-ai/ - blog post written by Amy Castor and David Gerard Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice 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.red
20260527 - McClatchy runs AI slop with journalists' names on it
'Journalists who are defiant will fall behind' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/27/mcclatchy-runs-ai-slop-with-journalists-names-on-it/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice 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
20260526 - Pope Leo to AI bros: just stop it
'Artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/26/pope-leo-to-ai-bros-just-stop-it/ - blog post Written by Amy Castor and David Gerard Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-
20260525 - STOP DOING SEARCHES
STOP DOING SEARCHES (a dramatic reading) They have played us for absolute fools I may have accidentally done an episode on my day off anyway https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/25/stop-doing-searches/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to
20260522 - OpenAI user numbers go flat. Just in time for the IPO
more 'annualised' numbers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/22/openai-user-numbers-go-flat-just-in-time-for-the-ipo/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice 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: dge
20260521 - Amazon engineers use MeshClaw bot to hit manager AI token targets
'Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/21/amazon-engineers-use-meshclaw-bot-to-hit-managers-ai-token-targets/ - 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.redbub
20260520 - Google replacing search results with only the AI
replace the Web with slop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/20/google-is-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai/ - blog post 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 Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: htt
20260519 - Tucson Project Blue: data centres lie about water again
a flood of NDAs in the desert https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/19/tucson-project-blue-data-centres-lie-about-water-again/ - blog post 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 Send in your story tips: dger
20260518 - GitHub Copilot AI token charges go up 10x-100x
How Enterprise Software as a Service works https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/18/github-copilot-ai-token-charges-to-go-up-10x-100x/ - blog post 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 Send in your story ti
20260215 - arXiv bans academic authors for AI slop papers
the hit AI dogs holler https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/15/arxiv-bans-academic-authors-for-ai-slop-papers/ - 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: dgerard@gmail.com
20260514 - Kevin O'Leary's giant Utah data centre: will it happen?
Mr Wonderless https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/14/kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen/ - 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: dgerard@gmail.com Sou
20260513 - Google replaces your mouse with yelling at Gemini
'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: dg
20260512 - GitLab announces AI layoffs, stock goes down 9%
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: dgerard@gmail.com Sources:
20260511 - Banks turn data centre loans into 2008-style time bombs
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: dgerard@gmail.com CORRECTION: of course you don't "lend" the tranches out. You sell them (as financial products). So
20260508 - OpenAI may not be able to IPO in 2026
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: dgerard
20260507 - 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/ - 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
20250506 - OpenAI GPT 5.5 goes Goblin Mode
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 tip
20260505 - Grok AI unofficial crypto wallet hacked with an NFT and a prompt injection
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.co
20260504 - Microsoft VSCode claims Copilot AI wrote all your code
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.
20260501 - Kim Crawley: Technofascism Survival Guide
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: dgerard@gmail.com Links: Kim Crawley https://kimcrawley.com/ Stop Gen AI https://stopgenai.com
20260430 - OpenAI to Microsoft: It's not me, it's you
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: dgerard@gmail.com PATRON READ:
20260429 - OpenAI tries ads in ChatGPT. It won't save them
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
20260428 - Tokenmaxxing: "How much did you spend in tokens?"
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 Se
20260427 - Kohl-Verlag's new line of AI slop school textbooks
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 stor
20260424 - Project Lobster: Microsoft brings Copilot AI to OpenClaw
'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.r
20260423 - Claude Code rate limits: Anthropic AI squeezes customers
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 you
20260422 - Oh no! The Donald J. Trump data centre is in trouble
'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:
20260421 - Gudtrip: the AI agent vape pen with blockchain
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: dgerard@gmail.com
20260420 - Russia demands a sovereign AI
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: dgerard@gma
20260417 - Objection AI: venture capital tries to block bad press
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
20260416 - Shoe company pivots to AI, stock goes up 580%
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: dgerar
20260415 - Maine bans new data centres until November 2027
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: dgerard@gmail.com
20260414 - Neural Computing: your boss thinks the AI will become a PC
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 you
20260413 - AI doomsday cultist throws Molotov at Sam Altman's house
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.redbubbl
20260410 - OpenAI pulls out of Stargate UK data centre
'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
20260409 - Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly
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 st
20260408 - OpenAI IPO proceeds, even as CFO says company is 'not ready'
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: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: OpenAI CEO and CFO Diverge on IPO Timing https://www.theinformation.com/article
20260407 - Associated Press dumps journalists for AI
'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 wit
20260403 - Nobody wants OpenAI shares on the secondary market
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: d
20260402 - Microsoft AI reshuffle, Suleyman goes AI doomsday crank
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.redbubb
20260401 - Claude Code codebase leaked
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
20260331 - GitHub Copilot puts ads into pull requests
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 G
20260330 - OpenAI offers a 17.5% return on a venture deal! How can it do that?
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:
20260327 - The AI bubble and the global polycrisis
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: dgerard
20260326 - BuzzFeed goes AI! Then it goes broke
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: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: BuzzFe
20260325 - OpenAI shuts down Sora video, Disney deal off
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: dgerard@gmail.com Sour
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