David Gerard

Pivot to AI

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The latest foolishness from the AI bubble, every weekday. It can't be that stupid, you must be prompting it wrong.

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20261009 - Anthropic bans 'abusive or cruel behavior' toward Claude 09.10.2026 4:43

Us abusing our customers is different, you understand https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/09/anthropic-bans-abusive-or-cruel-behavior-toward-claude/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely coo...

20261008 - SpaceX to send Nvidia chips 'somewhere in the universe' 08.10.2026 5:20

pivoting from space https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/08/spacex-to-send-nvidia-chips-somewhere-in-the-universe/ - 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 own 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:/...

20261007 - Mythos: not the magical AI hacking tool after all 07.10.2026 7:03

'scraped the web and found the bugs' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/07/mythos-not-the-magical-ai-hacking-tool-after-all/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or...

20261006 - But that's a sacrifice Sam Altman is willing to make 06.10.2026 4:47

'in the meantime, there will be great companies created with serious machine learning' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/06/some-bad-things-may-happen-to-you-but-thats-a-sacrifice-sam-altman-is-willing-to-make/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://w...

20261005 - Anthropic: Could AI be conscious? Pope Leo: lol, no 05.10.2026 7:58

'Algorithms lack the spark of humanity' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/05/anthropic-could-ai-be-conscious-pope-leo-lol-no/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt...

20261002 - Kat Jones: how Scotland is winning against the data centres 02.10.2026 41:10

APRS and helping local communities fight back APRS https://aprs.scot/ APRS in Larbert https://aprs.scot/apatura-larbert/ Larbert speeches and proceedings https://aprs.scot/news/speeches-and-extracts-from-the-larbert-pre-determination-hearing/ Petra Matijevic on Larbert https://aprs.scot/news/larbert-data-centre-will-be-top-10-polluter/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Kevin O'Leary's giant Utah data...

20261001 - Anthropic IPO filing: the disaster in numbers 01.10.2026 6:56

when you can't fiddle the numbers any more 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 own 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 RØDE COLORS Set 1 for the NT-USB Mini https://link.a...

20260930 - New AI jailbreak: get your chatbot drunk 30.09.2026 7:02

what if we made a computer you just couldn't rely on https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/30/new-ai-jailbreak-get-your-chatbot-drunk/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI s...

20260929 - AI surveillance trial costs £320k, catches zero crooks 29.09.2026 4:10

even the AI that works doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/29/ai-police-surveillance-trial-costs-320k-catches-zero-crooks/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to A...

20260928 - Meta's Muse AI agent: a hilarious security disaster 28.09.2026 6:59

'the only form that this kind of product can take is a botnet factory' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/28/metas-muse-ai-agent-a-hilarious-security-disaster/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an...

20260925 - Oracle invokes 'force majeure' on OpenAI data centre contract 25.09.2026 4:50

Oracle and Blue Owl are going just great https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/25/oracle-invokes-force-majeure-on-openai-data-centre-contract/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot...

20260924 - OpenAI hacks Australian government health data 24.09.2026 4:45

Sam Altman: 'whoops sorry lol' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/24/openai-hacks-australian-government-health-data/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: ht...

20260923 - Trump decrees: Artificial Intelligence is now Super Intelligence 23.09.2026 4:49

Wile E. Basilisk, Super Intelligence https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/23/trump-decrees-artificial-intelligence-is-now-super-intelligence/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot...

20260922 - US nearly attacks Chinese ship based on AI hallucination 22.09.2026 4:48

the existential risk from AI: stupid people https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/22/us-nearly-attacks-chinese-ship-based-on-ai-hallucination/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot...

20260921 - When the AI slop is bad enough the AI CEO notices 21.09.2026 4:21

Tobias Lütke from Shopify blames the humans in the loop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/21/tobias-lutke-shopify-when-the-ai-slop-is-bad-enough-the-ai-ceo-notices/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 G...

20260918 - Scottish Parliament passes AI data centre pause 18.09.2026 3:50

Scottish Parliament passes AI data centre pause https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/18/scottish-parliament-passes-ai-data-centre-pause/ - blog post No to a full moratorium 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an e...

20260917 - AI data centre fires overwhelm emergency responders 17.09.2026 3:44

Keep the home fires from burning https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/17/ai-data-centre-fires-overwhelm-emergency-responders/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or...

20260916 - ChatGPT ads: media agencies are 'underwhelmed' 16.09.2026 4:50

ads for people who block ads https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/16/chatgpt-ads-media-agencies-are-underwhelmed/ - 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 own 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:/...

20260915 - Jensen claims 100× returns on Nvidia's circular financing 15.09.2026 7:15

Not a Ponzi scheme https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/15/jensen-claims-100x-returns-on-nvidias-circular-financing/ - 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 own 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...

20260914 - AI slowdown: The only AI guardrails you need are Trump, apparently 14.09.2026 7:55

we're not running out of money, no no https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/14/9023/ - 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 own 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 Se...

20260911 - Valerie Veatch: Ghost in the Machine: AI as eugenics 11.09.2026 41:02

Coming to PBS Monday 14 September! Ghost in the Machine https://notaidoc.com/ Rent online at Kinema https://kinema.com/films/ghost-in-the-machine-pvxg4p Interview transcript for patrons https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/valerie-veatch-169276798 Pivot to AI 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 o...

20260910 - Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign 10.09.2026 6:20

to keep you talking about Skynet — not the data centre down the road https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/10/jacob-coxon-how-to-run-an-ai-doomsday-media-campaign/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an...

20260909 - Microsoft Vibe Gaming: an AI to play your games for you 09.09.2026 5:32

Microsoft literally titled the blog post 'Vibe Gaming' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/09/microsoft-vibe-gaming-an-ai-to-play-your-games-for-you/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely c...

20260908 - Students who don't use AI are ahead on every measure 08.09.2026 4:14

'equivalent to being around one year of schooling ahead of their peers' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/08/students-who-dont-use-ai-are-ahead-on-every-measure/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get...

20260907 - AI data centre finance: building a bigger and bigger bomb 07.09.2026 8:03

when half of economic "growth" is fake https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/07/ai-data-centre-finance-building-a-bigger-and-bigger-bomb/ - 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 own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to A...