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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20250604 - Washington Post is going to AI to clean up amateur right-wing op-eds 04.06.2025 4:03

Surely there are more subscribers to lose Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/04/washington-post-goes-ai-to-clean-up-amateur-right-wing-op-eds/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources...

20250603 - Let's put more AI slop into advertising! 03.06.2025 4:52

Brought to you by Facebook and Veo. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/03/lets-put-more-ai-slop-into-advertising/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Meta Aims to Fully Automate...

20250602 - Fighting the AI scraper bots 02.06.2025 7:20

We are lucky they are so very stupid. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/02/fighting-the-ai-scraper-bots-at-pivot-to-ai-and-rationalwiki/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: 1 M...

20250601 - Business Insider layoffs as traffic drops — but publisher Axel Springer says: AI will fix it! 01.06.2025 3:36

it was Google wot done it Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/01/business-insider-layoffs-as-traffic-drops-but-publisher-axel-springer-says-ai-will-fix-it/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble...

20250531 - Microsoft and AI: spending billions to make millions 31.05.2025 4:32

But we'll make it up in volume Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/31/microsoft-and-ai-spending-billions-to-make-millions/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (enterprise rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot t...

20250530 - The UK will totally replace two-thirds of junior civil servants with AI chatbots, says the chatbot 30.05.2025 4:16

sure, Pete Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/30/the-uk-will-totally-replace-two-thirds-of-junior-civil-servants-with-ai-chatbots-says-the-chatbot/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources:...

20250529 - Game studios love AI! The gamers ... hate it 29.05.2025 4:39

What do you want them to do? Pay artists? Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/29/game-studios-love-ai-the-gamers-hate-it/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: 'An Overwhelmingly Negative...

20250528 - Google takes AI propaganda to the movies 28.05.2025 4:30

Ignore those strikes over AI in films! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/28/google-takes-ai-propaganda-to-the-movies/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (studio rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI...

20250527 - Telstra embraces AI — with Accenture 27.05.2025 3:38

How to squeeze your monopoly market. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/27/telstra-embraces-ai-with-accenture/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (enterprise rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt...

20250526 - BONUS: Donation drive! Please send money! 26.05.2025 2:37

Brother, can you spare all your data? Or a dime, that's good too Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (corporate rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-...

20250526 - Firing people for AI is not going so well 26.05.2025 4:19

Let's review your mistakes! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/26/firing-people-for-ai-not-going-so-well/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Dd A...

20250525 - AI tells a story of robot blackmail! — because Anthropic asked for a story of robot blackmail 25.05.2025 3:58

Again. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/25/ai-resorts-to-robot-blackmail-because-anthropic-asked-for-a-story-of-robot-blackmail/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.re...

20250524 - AI coding bot allows prompt injection with a pull request 24.05.2025 3:26

🎶 we're no strangers to love 🎶 Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/24/ai-coding-bot-allows-prompt-injection-with-a-pull-request/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.red...

20250524- BONUS: Cryptocurrency! Crime is legal — but the actual dollars aren't showing up 24.05.2025 8:30

not even a get-rich quick scheme now Text version: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2025/05/24/crime-is-legal-but-the-actual-dollars-arent-showing-up/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pi...

20250523 - AI power and water use is through the roof, and 80%–90% is per query 23.05.2025 6:15

Number go up! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/23/ai-power-and-water-use-is-through-the-roof-and-80-90-is-each-query/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com S...

20250522 - You can't feed gen-AI on 'bad' data then filter it to give only 'good' data 22.05.2025 5:26

Everything was always 'prompt injection.' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/22/you-cant-feed-generative-ai-on-bad-data-then-filter-it-for-only-good-data/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt:...

20250521 - UK AI unicorn Builder.AI is dead 21.05.2025 4:18

The downfall of A Guy Instead Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/21/uk-ai-unicorn-builder-ai-is-dead-the-downfall-of-agi-a-guy-instead/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-...

20250520 - GitHub wants to spam open source projects with AI slop 20.05.2025 5:03

the dead GitHub theory Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/20/github-wants-to-spam-open-source-projects-with-ai-slop/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com So...

20250519 - DEFRA and Natural England creates unusable peat map — with AI! 19.05.2025 5:28

95% right means 5% horribly wrong. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/19/defra-and-natural-england-creates-unusable-peat-map-with-ai/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai....

20250518 - Latest AI-hallucinated legal filing: from AI vendor Anthropic 18.05.2025 3:20

Sanctions as a service Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/18/latest-ai-hallucinated-legal-filing-from-ai-vendor-anthropic/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Patreon (corporate rate): https://www.patreon.com/checkout/davidgerard?rid=6951364 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q...

20250517 - How to make a splash in AI economics: fake your data 17.05.2025 7:07

If it sounds too good to be true ... Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/how-to-make-a-splash-in-ai-economics-fake-your-data/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbub...

20250516 - Trump announces AI vaporware data centres in the United Arab Emirates 16.05.2025 3:39

AI is the new blockchain. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/16/trump-announces-vaporware-ai-data-centres-in-the-united-arab-emirates/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai...

20250515 - Even Elon Musk can't make Grok claim a 'white genocide' in South Africa 15.05.2025 5:38

Chatbot outsmarts its creator (not so hard) Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/15/even-elon-musk-cant-make-grok-claim-a-white-genocide-in-south-africa/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: ht...

20250514 - Musk's xAI gas turbines: no emission controls, filling Memphis with smog 14.05.2025 3:44

For the good of humanity! Or a portion thereof Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: 'How come I can't breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphi...

20250513 - If AI is so good at coding ... where's the open source? 13.05.2025 9:05

Show me the pull requests. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai....