Pivot to AI

David Gerard
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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.

  1. 8 HR AGO

    20260416 - Shoe company pivots to AI, stock goes up 580%

    Long Island Iced AI Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sources: Allbirds Signs Definitive Asset Purchase Agreement with American Exchange Group https://ir.allbirds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allbirds-signs-definitive-asset-purchase-agreement-american Allbirds, Inc. Executes $50M Convertible Financing Facility Agreement; Announces Expansion into AI Compute Infrastructure https://ir.allbirds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allbirds-inc-executes-50m-convertible-financing-facility Allbirds stock tumbles after nearly 600% rally as the shoemaker rebrands as an AI company https://finance.yahoo.com/news/allbirds-stock-tumbles-after-nearly-600-rally-as-the-shoemaker-rebrands-as-an-ai-company-173129269.html Long Island Iced Tea Corp. to Rebrand as "Long Blockchain Corp." (2017) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1629261/000149315217014968/ex99-1.htm AIBirds https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-04-15/aibirds The karaoke company, the penny stock investor and the $17bn trucking rout https://www.ft.com/content/bb8d2108-f17d-4b7c-b9bc-e9c6dcfa34a5 Previously on Pivot to AI: The AI Scare Trade — the all-purpose excuse for number go down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/17/the-ai-scare-trade-the-all-purpose-excuse-for-number-go-down/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBj9sBLwb3c&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    20260415 - Maine bans new data centres until November 2027

    don't be left behind! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sources: State of Maine House of Representative: Bill (PDF) https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0207&item=2&snum=132 Maine passes first-in-nation freeze on big data centers https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5832039-maine-data-center-ban/ City Of Bangor: Agenda: Business & Economic Development Committee (PDF) https://bangormaine.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04062026-732 Lewiston City Council shoots down data center proposal https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/17/central-maine/central-maine-environment/lewiston-city-council-rejects-ai-data-center/ Data Center Moratorium Bills Are Spreading in 2026 https://goodjobsfirst.org/data-center-moratorium-bills-are-spreading-in-2026/ Local councils are calling to freeze AI data centre construction https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/02/nsw-local-councils-inquiry-freeze-ai-data-centre-construction/ Previously on Pivot to AI: US voters hate AI — and politicians are noticing https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/07/us-voters-hate-ai-and-politicians-are-noticing/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCK5CmcaClA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA How much water do the data centres use? It's a secret https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/06/how-much-water-do-the-data-centres-use-its-a-secret/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ4WnCavOIg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    20260414 - Neural Computing: your boss thinks the AI will become a PC

    It's a new paradigm! Don't be left behind! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/14/neural-computing-your-boss-thinks-the-ai-will-become-a-pc/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sources: Neural Computers (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.06425 Neural Computer: A New Machine Form Is Emerging https://metauto.ai/neuralcomputer/ NeuralOS: Towards Simulating Operating Systems via Neural Generative Models https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08800 Previously on Pivot to AI: Google's GameNGen AI Doom video game generator: dissecting a rigged demo https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/07/googles-gamengen-ai-doom-video-game-generator-dissecting-a-rigged-demo/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    20260413 - AI doomsday cultist throws Molotov at Sam Altman's house

    Sam might build a nothingburger so tasty it destroys the Earth https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sources: Statement by the San Francisco Police Department https://x.com/SFPD/status/2042651827905380461 Here is a photo of my family https://blog.samaltman.com/2279512 Sam Altman May Control Our Future — Can He Be Trusted? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All https://amzn.to/3Q6Xafn (UK) https://amzn.to/4tKQPoq (US) Roko's basilisk https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk OpenAI built a text generator so good, it's considered too dangerous to release https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/17/openai-text-generator-dangerous/ SFPD Arrests Suspects involved in Shooting #26-044 https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/news/sfpd-arrests-suspects-involved-shooting-26-044 Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI's Strawberry will turn you into paperclips any day now https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/13/openais-strawberry-will-turn-you-into-paperclips-any-day-now/ Sam Altman: The superintelligent AI is coming in just 'a few thousand days'! Maybe https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/25/sam-altman-the-superintelligent-ai-is-coming-in-just-a-few-thousand-days-maybe/ AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI fights the evil scheming AI! — which doesn't exist yet https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/openai-fights-the-evil-scheming-ai-which-doesnt-exist-yet/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZiy1L_vgE4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    12 min

  5. 6 DAYS AGO

    20260410 - OpenAI pulls out of Stargate UK data centre

    'Regulatory uncertainty' (not enough free stuff) https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/10/openai-pulls-out-of-stargate-uk-data-centre/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sources: OpenAI halts Stargate UK data centre project https://www.ft.com/content/124189b9-8b2b-4d62-a94b-8a91673ea378 Nscale Raises $2 Billion in Series C — the Largest in European History https://www.nscale.com/press-releases/nscale-series-c Previously on Pivot to AI: AI: powered by old jet turbines, near you! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/ai-powered-by-old-jet-turbines-near-you/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XREXd8V7Fck&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB415dkRsYI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  6. 9 APR

    20260409 - Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly

    Your expensive static checker https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/ - blog post    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 thanks to Brib! https://bribstodon.xyz/@brib Sources: Assessing Claude Mythos Preview's cybersecurity capabilities https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/ System Card: Claude Mythos Preview (PDF) https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/53566bf5440a10affd749724787c8913a2ae0841.pdf Anthropic: All your zero-days are belong to Mythos https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/07/anthropic_all_your_zerodays_are_belong_to_us/ AI Cybersecurity After Mythos: The Jagged Frontier https://aisle.com/blog/ai-cybersecurity-after-mythos-the-jagged-frontier Previously on Pivot to AI: Claude Code codebase is leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkyF-ugVq4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    7 min

  7. 8 APR

    20260408 - OpenAI IPO proceeds, even as CFO says company is 'not ready'

    SpaceX makes bankers buy Grok Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sources: OpenAI CEO and CFO Diverge on IPO Timing https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-cfo-diverge-ipo-timing An Inside Look at OpenAI and Anthropic's Finances Ahead of Their IPOs https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-anthropic-ipo-finances-04b3cfb9 Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX's I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk's Grok https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/business/spacex-ipo-grok-elon-musk.html Previously on Pivot to AI: Grok generates bikini pics of children — UK, US oddly powerless https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/09/grok-generates-bikini-pics-of-children-uk-us-oddly-powerless/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evezPiGyTas&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    5 min

  8. 7 APR

    20260407 - Associated Press dumps journalists for AI

    'Resistance is futile' — AP senior manager https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/07/associated-press-dumps-journalists-for-ai/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 UGREEN Nexode Power Bank with Built-in Cable 20000mAh 45W https://amzn.to/3NMSHhi (UK) https://amzn.to/4twQd5J (US) Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections https://wbng.org/2025/12/01/pen-guild-wins-landmark-arbitration-on-ai-protections/ AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history https://apnews.com/article/news-industry-buyouts-ap-newspapers-dd790effc6a385514b3323560161ea4f It's bots vs. reporters at the AP https://www.semafor.com/article/03/03/2026/its-bots-vs-reporters-at-the-ap Previously on Pivot to AI: At Politico, AI content doesn't need editorial standards! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/16/at-politico-ai-content-doesnt-need-editorial-standards/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFH-lG0nwos&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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  • Creator
    David Gerard
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    340
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025
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    Pivot to AI
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