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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David Gerard

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20250802 - Proton's Lumo AI chatbot: not end-to-end, not open source 02.08.2025 7:46

just trust us, bro! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/02/protons-lumo-ai-chatbot-not-end-to-end-encrypted-not-open-source/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Introducing Lumo, the...

20250801 - BotQ's humanoid robot is an investor demo, not a product 01.08.2025 8:30

you don't need a product for a SPAC exit Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/01/figure-ais-botq-humanoid-robot-is-an-investor-demo-not-a-product/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: F...

20250731 - Ed Saatchi: pay to make bad AI South Park episodes! 31.07.2025 5:19

pivoting from the Metaverse and NFTs Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/31/edward-saatchi-pay-to-make-your-own-bad-ai-south-park-episodes/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Amazon'...

20250730 - CSIRO posts AI-fake climate article with made-up quotes 30.07.2025 3:22

Lazy writer — or the Cosmos 'custom AI service' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/30/csiro-posts-ai-fake-climate-article-with-made-up-quotes/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: "WT...

20250729 - Copilot Vision AI sends your data to Microsoft 29.07.2025 4:28

the return of totally-not-Recall Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/29/copilot-vision-ai-sends-your-data-to-microsoft/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Copilot Vision on Windows w...

20250728 - Microsoft Copilot AI: a pearly liquid blob on your screen 28.07.2025 5:26

now you might think that, I couldn't possibly comment Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/28/ 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 Content warning: discussion of inadvertently adult-themed elem...

20250727 - Seraphinne Vallora: dubious AI fashion hype. Again. 27.07.2025 5:06

But they'll sell you a prompting how-to! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/27/seraphinne-vallora-dubious-ai-model-hype-again/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Does this look like...

20250726 - Google AI Overview is just affiliate marketing spam now 26.07.2025 5:59

HouseFresh: 'Beware of the Google AI salesman and its cronies' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/26/google-ai-overview-is-just-affiliate-marketing-spam-now/ 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....

20250725 - 16% of employees pretend to use AI at work 25.07.2025 3:16

boss's orders! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/25/16-of-employees-pretend-to-use-ai-at-work-to-please-their-boss/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: AI Productivity Statistics: 2...

20250724 - Nobody clicks past Google's AI Overview 24.07.2025 4:01

Pew: 99% of searchers stop at the AI summary Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/24/nobody-clicks-past-googles-ai-overviews/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: What Web Browsing Dat...

20250723 - Huge SaaStr-Replit vibe coding disaster! If it ever happened 23.07.2025 5:30

trust me bro, would I market to you? Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/23/huge-saastr-replit-vibe-coding-disaster-if-it-ever-happened/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: "Vibe Codi...

20250722 - Open source projects reject AI code over copyright concerns 22.07.2025 5:50

how to deal with performative idiots Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/22/open-source-projects-reject-ai-code-over-copyright-concerns/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Supporting...

20250719 - Veo fails week 4: the final faildown 19.07.2025 6:16

'an expensive slot machine that outputs slop 98% of the time' 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 THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF FAIL WEEK 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4rwXeSU6Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnb...

20250711 - AI coders think they're 20% faster, but they're actually 19% slower 11.07.2025 5:41

so much better with this month's model, bro Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/11/ai-coders-think-theyre-20-faster-but-theyre-actually-19-slower/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources:...

20250710 - 'AI is here to stay.' Is it, though? What do you mean, 'stay'? 10.07.2025 9:08

What they're really telling you is 'give in.' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/ai-is-here-to-stay-is-it-though-what-do-you-mean-stay/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Resourc...

20250709 - Cursor tries setting less money on fire, AI vibe coders outraged 09.07.2025 5:03

The AI bubble party slows just a little. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/09/cursor-tries-setting-less-money-on-fire-ai-vibe-coders-outraged/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Up...

20250708 - Calling in the AI vibe-writing cleanup crew 08.07.2025 3:45

Where there's muck, there's brass. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/08/calling-in-the-ai-vibe-writing-cleanup-crew/ 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 CORRECTION! I called Sophie Warner "S...

20250707 - Google AI overviews: publishers file competition complaints in UK and EU 07.07.2025 3:20

Google: users love lying AI slop, actually Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/07/publishers-file-competition-complaints-in-uk-and-eu-over-googles-ai-overviews/ 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...

20250706 - Venture capital is lending money against video cards 06.07.2025 3:41

That famously long-term asset class. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/06/venture-capital-is-lending-money-against-video-cards/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Wall Street frenz...

20250705 - Google Veo 3 fails, week 3: Fail hard with a vengeance 05.07.2025 6:42

Aron Peterson (Shokunin Studio) rolls the dice Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/05/google-veo-3-fails-week-3-fail-harder-with-a-vengeance/ Here is the video! Watch this! 20 minutes of worked examples! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCYw9EwxAwo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.a...

20250704 - Only 3% of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it 04.07.2025 8:03

Just imagine that 97% conversion opportunity! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/04/only-3-of-us-ai-users-are-willing-to-pay-a-penny-for-it/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: 2025:...

20250703 - Microsoft lays off the staff who make the money to fund AI that doesn't 03.07.2025 4:34

Cutting off body parts to spend more on AI Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/03/microsoft-lays-off-the-staff-who-make-the-money-to-fund-ai-that-doesnt/ 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 So...

20250702 - How to pass an AI coding benchmark: train on the questions 02.07.2025 4:22

AI models pass SWE-Bench from memory Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/02/how-to-pass-an-ai-coding-benchmark-train-on-the-questions/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Source: The SWE-Bench...

20250701 - $219 Springer AI textbook was written with a chatbot 01.07.2025 3:38

Springer does it again! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/01/219-springer-nature-textbook-on-ai-was-written-with-a-chatbot/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Mastering Machine Lea...

20250630 - 'AI is no longer optional': Microsoft admits AI doesn't help at work 30.06.2025 4:18

eating your own dog poop Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/30/ai-is-no-longer-optional-microsoft-admits-ai-doesnt-help-at-work/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Source: Microsoft pushes s...