Pivot to AI

David Gerard

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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    20260730 - Google kills AlphaFold. So much for AI curing cancer

    not SAYING that AlphaFold cures cancer, BUT, https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/30/google-kills-alphafold-so-much-for-ai-curing-cancer/ - 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.redbubble.com Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Google DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning AlphaFold team in strategy shift https://www.ft.com/content/61b2953d-ee0d-45de-af6e-a9c1cf524b33 >be me https://x.com/sama/status/1904921537884676398 OpenFold https://openfold.io/index.html Extras: Molly White Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-for-165282552 Molly White YouTube member preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3eVxKVtLE Nik Suresh Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/nik-suresh-165000116 Nik Suresh YouTube supporter preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LXyqUY13E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Geoffrey Hinton for his work in computer science. What? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/08/the-nobel-prize-in-physics-goes-to-geoffrey-hinton-for-his-work-in-computer-science-what/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  2. vor 2 Tagen

    20260729 - Let's palm off humanoid robot teachers onto poor kids

    totally not repurposed s*x dolls, how dare you suggest such a thing https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/29/lets-palm-off-humanoid-robot-teachers-onto-the-poor-kids/ - 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.redbubble.com Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Realbotix Provides AI Humanoid Robot Delivery Update (PDF) https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66607b8e2bcc809d7b9d283e/69cc3019d8171a1f88f5c03a_Realbotix%20Announces%20Sale%20and%20Delivery.pdf Realbotix Partners with Bloom to Launch UK Pilot Using Humanoid Robots to Combat Elderly Social Isolation (PDF) https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66607b8e2bcc809d7b9d283e/6a4b87ff4c21f67aa1076311_Bloom%20PR%20Final.pdf Realbotix to Deploy First Humanoid Robot and AI Teachers Assistant in U.S. School District https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260624597868/en/Realbotix-to-Deploy-First-Humanoid-Robot-and-AI-Teachers-Assistant-in-U.S.-School-District 'Really inappropriate': teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/new-york-humanoid-robot-teachers-school MEET ARIA THE FEMALE COMPANION ROBOT https://x.com/dominicditanna/status/1877175915806945683 SCCSD Board of Education Meeting, July 21, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wr0ZN3Q1gI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Tokens.com Closes Acquisition of Simulacra Corporation https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240418830174/en/Tokens.com-Closes-Acquisition-of-Simulacra-Corporation Realbotix aims to shed X-rated past with crypto-funded pivot to AI and robots https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/simulacra-realbotix-sex-dolls-robots-pivot/ Realbotix Corp. Provides Corporate Structure and Operations Update https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260722562302/en/Realbotix-Corp.-Provides-Corporate-Structure-and-Operations-Update After backlash, Upstate NY school district pauses plan to add humanoid robot to classroom https://www.newyorkupstate.com/schools/2026/07/after-backlash-upstate-ny-school-district-pauses-plan-to-add-humanoid-robot-to-classroom.html New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/new-york-school-humanoid-robot-plan-paused Extras: Join the July patron read: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/july-patron-read-165055638 Nik Suresh Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/nik-suresh-165000116 Nik Suresh YouTube supporter preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LXyqUY13E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Will WOMEN have more SΕX with ROBOTS than MEN by 2025?? Your super soaraway Pivot investigates https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/23/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNIA6T0Xnis&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  3. vor 3 Tagen

    20260728 - Sam Altman: Guys, we're in the Singularity now

    the end of human history  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/28/sam-altman-guys-were-in-the-singularity-now/ - 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.redbubble.com Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Sam Altman: How to Start a Startup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv3CEAS_w34&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA South Korean stock market at three-month low as AI sell-off intensifies https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/28/ai-sell-off-chip-stocks-sk-hynix-samsung AI Market Correction Emerging as Major Credit Risk https://www.fitchratings.com/research/banks/ai-market-correction-emerging-as-major-credit-risk-27-07-2026 Tim Ferriss: The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich https://link.amazon/B05d6q2Bt (UK) https://amzn.to/4fZuLlN (US) Previously on Pivot to AI: Anthropic, Apollo astounded to find a chatbot will lie to you if you tell it to lie to you https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/19/anthropic-and-apollo-astounded-to-find-that-a-chatbot-will-lie-to-you-if-you-tell-it-to-lie-to-you/ How Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI in 2023: not being an AI doom crank (and lying a lot) https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/06/how-sam-altman-got-fired-from-openai-in-2023-not-being-an-ai-doom-crank-and-lying-a-lot/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlrBjeAtJUk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI may not be able to IPO in 2026 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/08/openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZRZcVM14E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI hacks HuggingFace with an AI — allegedly https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/22/openai-hacks-huggingface-with-an-ai-allegedly/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrI4VcJtFFs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Extras: Join the July patron read: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/july-patron-read-165055638 Nik Suresh Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/nik-suresh-165000116 Nik Suresh YouTube supporter preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LXyqUY13E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  4. vor 4 Tagen

    20260727 - Chrome forces Gemini AI global shortcut onto your Mac

    Google knows where you're going today  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/27/chrome-forces-gemini-global-shortcut-onto-your-mac/ - 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.redbubble.com Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Chrome's breaking and entering https://unsung.aresluna.org/chromes-breaking-and-entering/ Ctrl+G Shortcut collision between Gemini and DevTools Sources https://issues.chromium.org/issues/480172712 Access is denied to this issue https://issues.chromium.org/issues/536579239 C-g high jacked by Gemini https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p0e67s/cg_high_jacked_by_gemini/ Extras: David Gerard (Pivot to AI) and Kim Crawley discuss Recovering After Gen AI  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RSV0H9z3kQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Recovering After Gen AI https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/recovering-after-gen-ai/ Nik Suresh Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/nik-suresh-165000116 Nik Suresh YouTube supporter preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LXyqUY13E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Myrtlewood Software, our not-yet sponsor: https://myrtlewoodsoftware.com/code-review Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  5. 23. Juli

    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/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: Order on Fair Use (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.434709/gov.uscourts.cand.434709.231.0_1.pdf Inside an AI start-up's plan to scan and dispose of millions of books https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/ Zoom blog (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260622203623/https://zoombooks.ca/blogs/category/ai-training-books/ Zoom Books Responds To Accusations of Selling Books For AI Scraping https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2026/05/zoom-books-responds-to-accusations-of-selling-books-for-ai-scraping/ AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/ How Authors Are Fighting Back Against AI Training, And What It Means for Your Data Strategy https://isbndb.com/blog/ai-training-data-poisoning/ The Receipt is the New License: Print Books Sourcing for AI Training https://isbndb.com/blog/print-books-sourcing-ai-training/ Recovering After Gen AI Webinars https://stopgenai.com/mymeeting/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Anthropic AI wins broad fair use for training! — but not on pirated books https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/24/anthropic-wins-broad-fair-use-for-training-but-not-on-pirated-books/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwoScPzTWiA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Anthropic AI pays off authors with just $1.5 billion https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/07/anthropic-ai-pays-off-authors-with-just-1-5-billion/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Tr930opuI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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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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