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.

  1. 10 hr ago

    20260812 - xAI data centre contractors file liens for non-payment

    Elon still a drag  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/12/xai-data-centre-contractors-file-liens-for-non-payment/ - 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: 'I haven't slept': Contractors claim SpaceXAI owes them more than $130M https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2026/07/31/spacexai-liens-construction-colossus-darana.html Contractor says Musk companies owe him $600M for Memphis-area data center work https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/08/04/contractor-says-musk-companies-owe-him-600m-memphis-area-data-center-work/ How Darryl Cuttell's Would-Be IHRA Empire Came Crashing Down https://www.hagerty.com/media/great-reads/how-darryl-cuttells-would-be-ihra-empire-came-crashing-down/ Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnwd.111716/gov.uscourts.tnwd.111716.1.0.pdf Small businesses helped build Musk's empire. Their unpaid bills add up to millions https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-liens-invs Elon Musk Keeps Stiffing People. She Keeps Suing Him https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/shannon-liss-riordan-elon-musk Tech Report: AI has started killing itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KElBQ6CGHt4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Musk's xAI gas turbines: no emission controls, filling Memphis air with smog https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/14/musks-xai-gas-turbines-no-emission-controls-filling-memphis-air-with-smog/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibI6rQmBUF0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  2. 6 days ago

    20260806 - AI doomsday cults recruit social media influencers

    Come to our training camp! Not a cult!*  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers/ - 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Best new spam today https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117003533670109098 The Frame Fellowship https://framefellowship.com/ Inside a growing movement warning AI could turn on humanity https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/18/ai-doom-influencers-safety/ Hank Green apologizes for relying too heavily on ChatGPT https://mashable.com/life/hank-green-chatgpt-ai-apology Plzdontkillus https://portal.plzdontkillus.com/home Plz Don't Kill Us: Inside AI safety's influencer bootcamp https://www.transformernews.ai/p/inside-ai-safety-influencer-bootcamp-plz-dont-kill-us 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 Previously on Pivot to AI: AI 'hacks' system to cheat at chess! — because the researchers told it how to https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/23/ai-hacks-system-to-cheat-at-chess-because-the-researchers-told-it-how-to/ AI doomsday cultist throws Molotov at Sam Altman's house https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo7KI5jON_c&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  3. 5 Aug

    20260805 - Atomarine: nuclear-powered AI data centres at sea

    how to tell if you're in a bubble economy  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/05/atomarine-nuclear-powered-ai-data-centres-at-sea/ - 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Atomarine https://atomarine.co/ Atomarine: Off shore nuclear powered data centers at sea https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atomarine Atomarine: Floating Nuclear Data Centers https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Rwg-atomarine-floating-nuclear-data-centers Microsoft scrapped its 'Project Natick' underwater data center trial — here's why it was never going to work https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/data-centres/microsoft-scrapped-its-project-natick-underwater-data-center-trial-heres-why-it-was-never-going-to-work 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 Previously on Pivot to AI: AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/01/ai-data-centres-in-space-why-dcs-in-space-cant-work/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_SaKXM82yg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  4. 4 Aug

    20260804 - Aschenbrenner bet everything on AI and lost

    everyone's a genius in a bubble 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: Situational Awareness Tried to Sell Private Stakes Before Citadel Deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/aschenbrenner-tried-to-sell-private-stakes-before-citadel-deal SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead https://situational-awareness.ai/ Leopold Aschenbrenner's SITUATIONAL AWARENESS predicts we are on course for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2027 https://x.com/IvankaTrump/status/1839002887600370145 Situational Awareness is a global equity investor focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://situationalawarenesslp.com/ How Leopold Aschenbrenner, the 'golden child' of the AI trade, was laid low https://www.ft.com/content/620bd668-d112-412d-aa52-22489b128d55 Inside the Meltdown of a Wunderkind's A.I. Hedge Fund https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/situational-awareness-leopold-aschenbrenner.html Citadel Buys Situational Awareness's Stock Portfolio After Big Losses in AI https://www.wsj.com/finance/citadel-buys-situational-awarenesss-stock-portfolio-after-big-losses-in-ai-5117159b 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 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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