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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20260106 - Most venture capital deals are now AI 06.01.2026 5:25

Burn more dollars! More dollars! More! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/06/most-venture-capital-deals-are-now-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 Send in your story tips: dgerard@gma...

20260105 - Channel 9 Australia's AI TV promo and cartoon 05.01.2026 3:32

Delta Goodrem with three hands, an extra Story Bridge https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/05/channel-9-australias-ai-tv-promo-and-cartoon/ - 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 st...

20251231 - uBeam from 2015: never mind reality, here's the VCs 31.12.2025 10:15

your Pivot to AI holiday special! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/31/from-2015-its-ubeam-never-mind-reality-heres-the-vcs/ - 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: dg...

20251224 - OpenAI does NORAD's Santa tracker! And it doesn't work 24.12.2025 4:49

so here it is, Merry Botmas, everybody's sick of slop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/24/openai-does-norads-santa-tracker-with-apps-that-dont-work/ - 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 Se...

20251223 - Firefox browser falls to AI. What do we do now? 23.12.2025 9:39

where 'absolutely not' means 'maybe later' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/23/firefox-browser-falls-to-ai-what-do-we-do-now/ - 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: ...

20251222 - AI image generators have just 12 templates 22.12.2025 6:46

how many three-window rooms can one AI make https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/22/ai-image-generators-have-just-12-generic-templates/ - 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...

20251219 - 'How do people survive?' A chat with StopGenAI 19.12.2025 32:43

speaking to Kim Crawley and Ryan Wilson CONTENT WARNING: mild salty language, concerning generative AI 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 end in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Full Pivot to AI p...

20251218 - Robin AI: legal review AI that was humans! And just went broke 18.12.2025 6:50

'Well, we're building an AI lawyer' 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: dgerard@gmail.com Patron preview of tomorrow's episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-preview...

20251217 - The Resonant Computing Manifesto: same AI slop, same AI guys 17.12.2025 6:50

we've got Torment Nexus at home https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/17/the-resonant-computing-manifesto-same-ai-slop-same-ai-guys/ - 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...

20251216 - Amazon discovers AI sucks at automated TV recaps 16.12.2025 4:46

[Everyone disliked that] https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/16/amazon-discovers-ai-sucks-at-automated-tv-recaps/ - 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: dgerard@gmail....

20251215 - WordPress wants to force AI onto 43% of all websites in the world 15.12.2025 9:03

no way to de-slop it, it's totally Automattic https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/15/wordpress-wants-to-force-ai-onto-43-of-all-websites-in-the-world/ - 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 Sen...

20251212 - Why Disney just put $1b into OpenAI 12.12.2025 5:30

to shake down everyone else for licenses https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/12/why-disney-just-put-1-billion-into-openai/ - text 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: dgerard@gmail....

20251211 - Let's power AI with supersonic jet engine turbines! 11.12.2025 6:26

Boom Supersonic will totally make this happen, this time https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines/ - text 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...

20251210 - Department of Defense goes to war by AI chatbot 10.12.2025 5:29

I was only following the bot's orders https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/10/department-of-defense-goes-to-war-by-ai-chatbot/ - text 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: dgerard...

20251209 - Microsoft cuts AI sales quotas, stock drops 3% 09.12.2025 4:47

Microsoft denies everything! Except the actual claim https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/09/microsoft-cuts-ai-sales-quotas-stock-drops-3/ - text 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 Logo, black text: ht...

20251208 - LA Unified School District forces unfiltered AI on kids 08.12.2025 6:28

Adobe Express: 'Real sexy boss, like you asked' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/08/la-unified-school-district-forces-unfiltered-ai-on-kids/ - text 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 st...

20251205 - Google AI mangles news headlines in 'Discover' feed 05.12.2025 4:18

'a small UI experiment' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/05/google-ai-mangles-news-headlines-in-discover-feed/ - text 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: dgerard@gmail.com S...

20251104 - AI screws us again: memory shortages, Crucial to shut down 04.12.2025 6:09

Micron makes 'difficult decision' to take the dumptrucks full of money https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/ - text 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...

20251203 - Google's Antigravity AI vibe coder wipes your hard disk 03.12.2025 5:57

'built for user trust' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/03/googles-antigravity-ai-vibe-coder-wipes-your-hard-disk/ - text 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: dgerard@gmail.c...

20251202 - Lawyers find more work! Cleaning up after AI bots 02.12.2025 4:11

Your 'cognitive sparring partner' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/02/lawyers-find-more-work-cleaning-up-after-ai-bots/ - text 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: dgerard@gma...

20251201 - AI data centres, IN SPACE! Why DCs in space can't work 01.12.2025 9:27

Science fiction is fiction https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/01/ai-data-centres-in-space-why-dcs-in-space-cant-work/ - text 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: dgerard@gmail....

20251128 - Medical frymblal: Nature's latest AI-generated paper 28.11.2025 6:32

Factor Fexcectorn on the autism bicycle https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/28/natures-latest-ai-generated-paper-with-medical-frymblal-and-factor-fexcectorn/ - text 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 S...

20251127 - Epic CEO wants Steam to remove AI game disclosures 27.11.2025 6:58

Just as Call of Duty's AI slop causes refunds https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/27/epic-ceo-wants-steam-to-remove-ai-game-disclosures/ - text 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 tip...

20251126 - AI for evil: hacked by WormGPT 26.11.2025 7:01

The real customer: scaremongering security vendors https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/26/ai-for-evil-hacked-by-wormgpt/ - text 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: dgerard@gmail...

20251125 - White House: US to fabricate science with chatbots 25.11.2025 8:08

AI agents running nuclear experiments? It'll be fine https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/25/white-house-the-us-will-fabricate-science-with-chatbots/ - text 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 yo...