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. 5 H FA

    20260309 - Block's AI layoffs are fake too

    ayahuasca beard weirdo https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/09/blocks-ai-layoffs-are-fake-too/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) 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: we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company https://x.com/jack/status/2027129697092731343 Q4 2025 Shareholder Letter (PDF) https://s29.q4cdn.com/628966176/files/doc_financials/2025/q4/Q4-2025-Shareholder-Letter_Block.pdf Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey's Block https://www.wired.com/story/inside-rolling-layoffs-jack-dorsey-block/ Jack Dorsey's 4,000 Job Cuts at Block Arouse Suspicions of AI-Washing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-01/jack-dorsey-s-4-000-job-cuts-at-block-arouse-suspicions-of-ai-washing Current and former Block workers say AI can't do their jobs after Jack Dorsey's mass layoffs: 'You can't really AI that' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/08/block-ai-layoffs-jack-dorsey My employer Block laid off 40% of its workforce last Thursday (2/26) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7434699479389405184/ yes we over-hired during covid https://x.com/jack/status/2027290756793135253 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  2. 3 GG FA

    20260306 - How much water do the data centres use? It's a secret!

    Google goes to court not to tell you https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/06/how-much-water-do-the-data-centres-use-its-a-secret/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) 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: With $1 Billion Google Data Center Deal Inked, the Roanoke Valley Enters the Game https://www.roanokerambler.com/with-1-billion-google-data-center-deal-inked-the-roanoke-valley-enters-the-game/ Ruling (PDF) https://storage.ghost.io/c/4f/7d/4f7d448e-fe49-4f83-b349-3cbb39e372de/content/files/2025/11/Henri-Gendreau-v.-Mike-McEvoy---CL25-2187--1-.pdf Google Strives To Keep Data Center Water Use Secret After Judge Orders Records Released https://www.roanokerambler.com/google-strives-keep-data-center-botetourt-county-water-use-secret-judge-orders-records-released/ Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2026/02/26/google-data-center-water-estimates-go-public-residents-in-roanoke-and-botetourt-react/ Sam Altman Unfiltered: ChatGPT, AI Risks & What's Coming Next, 40 Questions in 60 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH7thwrCluM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The Gentle Singularity https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity How People Use ChatGPT https://forklightning.substack.com/p/how-people-use-chatgpt Previously on Pivot to AI: Ilya Sutskever gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has 'super intelligence' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yHrZR_Sgg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    8 min

  3. 4 GG FA

    20260305 - Power prices: data centres. Nothing but data centres

    Brookings: make the data centres pay to build the power plants https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/05/power-prices-data-centres-nothing-but-data-centres/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) 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: Why are electricity prices rising in the US and what can be done about it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEu4NeAIjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Data Centers in Nvidia's Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/data-centers-in-nvidia-s-hometown-stand-empty-awaiting-power Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    9 min

  4. 5 GG FA

    20260304 - AI works can't be copyrighted or patented in the US

    even if you think your robot is alive https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/04/ai-works-cant-be-copyrighted-or-patented-in-the-us/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) 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: US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-declines-hear-dispute-over-copyrights-ai-generated-material-2026-03-02/ Stephen L. Thaler, Ph.D., President & CEO, Imagination Engines, Inc. https://imagination-engines.com/founder.html Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.1.0.pdf Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17458883/thaler-v-iancu/ Answer (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.13.0.pdf Memorandum opinion (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.33.0_1.pdf Appeal decided (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833.60.0.pdf Appeal docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64871696/thaler-v-vidal/ US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist's lawsuit over AI-generated inventions https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rejects-computer-scientists-lawsuit-over-ai-generated-2023-04-24/ 'It has feelings': Inventor says he has built a sentient AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcg0Qpzfzjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Respondent) https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0201 Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.1.0.pdf Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63356475/thaler-v-perlmutter/Memorandum opinion (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.24.0_2.pdfAppeal decided (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40231/gov.uscourts.cadc.40231.01208720945.0.pdf Appeal docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67892225/stephen-thaler-v-shira-perlmutter/ Previously on Pivot to AI: People are 'blatantly stealing my work,' AI artist complains https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/30/people-are-blatantly-stealing-my-work-ai-artist-complains/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  5. 6 GG FA

    20260303 - OpenAI's '$110b' funding round: $25b and some promises

    It's not circular! More of a Moebius strip Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Elgato Prompter: https://amzn.to/4rRaXVs 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: Scaling AI for everyone https://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-for-everyone/ $110 Billion in Name Only https://om.co/2026/03/02/110-billion-in-name-only/ Form 8-K https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000110465926021050/tm267374d1_8k.htm Amazon's $50 Billion Investment in OpenAI Could Hinge on IPO, AGI https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazons-50-billion-investment-openai-hinge-ipo-agi Follow-on Investments in OpenAI https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20260227 Form 10-K https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000021/nvda-20260125.htm OpenAI Finalizes $110 Billion Funding at $730 Billion Value https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-27/openai-finalizes-110-billion-funding-at-730-billion-valuation OpenAI Raises $110 Billion as It Races Toward IPO https://www.wsj.com/tech/openai-raises-110-billion-a2a34d23 Previously on Pivot to AI: AI screws us over again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWNSPL6BRuY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The OpenAI and Nvidia $100b not-a-deal is off https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/05/the-openai-and-nvidia-100b-not-a-deal-is-off/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUjc6XR_Vk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Get your war on: AI chatbots in the kill chain https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/02/get-your-war-on-ai-chatbots-in-the-kill-chain/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lLpB-VaN_U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    7 min

  6. 2 MAR

    20260302 - Get your war on: AI chatbots in the kill chain

    what if Anthropic and OpenAI were both bad https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/02/get-your-war-on-ai-chatbots-in-the-kill-chain/ - 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: Anthropic-Pentagon Clash Over Limits on AI Puts $200 Million Contract at Risk https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-ai-defense-department-contract-947d5f33 Exclusive: Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment https://www.axios.com/2026/02/16/anthropic-defense-department-relationship-hegseth Pentagon Gives A.I. Company an Ultimatum https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/us/politics/pentagon-anthropic.html How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/technology/anthropic-defense-dept-openai-talks.html Inside Anthropic's Killer-Robot Dispute With the Pentagon https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/inside-anthropics-killer-robot-dispute-with-the-pentagon/686200/ This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal https://x.com/SecWar/status/2027507717469049070 Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-war OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/technology/openai-agreement-pentagon-ai.html Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network https://x.com/sama/status/2027578652477821175 Anthropic's Claude Goes Down Amid 'Unprecedented Demand' https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/anthropic-s-claude-chatbot-goes-down-for-thousands-of-users Full interview: Anthropic CEO responds to Trump order, Pentagon clash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPTNHrq_4LU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-strikes-in-middle-east-use-anthropic-hours-after-trump-ban-ozNO0iClZpfpL7K7ElJ2 Previously on Pivot to AI: Military AI: I'm from the government and EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/09/military-ai-im-from-the-government-and-exterminate-exterminate/ Department of Defense goes to war by AI chatbot https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/10/department-of-defense-goes-to-war-by-ai-chatbot/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9dirnYeA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    9 min

  7. 27 FEB

    20260227 - Copilot: insecure and unhelpful, but oh those influencers!

    how does this keep happening https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/27/copilot-insecure-and-unhelpful-but-oh-those-influencers/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) 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: Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/ Microsoft 365 Alert – Service Degradation – Power BI – Users' email messages with a confidential label applied are being incorrectly processed by Microsoft 365 Copilot chat – RESOLVED https://support.nhs.net/2025/04/microsoft-365-alert-service-degradation-power-bi-users-email-messages-with-a-confidential-label-applied-are-being-incorrectly-processed-by-microsoft-365-copilot-chat/ Copilot Broke Your Audit Log, but Microsoft Won't Tell You https://pistachioapp.com/blog/copilot-broke-your-audit-log Living off Microsoft Copilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH6P288i2PE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA An Evaluation of DWP's Microsoft 365 Copilot Trial https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-evaluation-of-dwps-microsoft-copilot-365-trial/an-evaluation-of-dwps-microsoft-365-copilot-trial Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-pay-creators-500000-and-more-to-promote-ai.html About Pivot to AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/about/ Previously on Pivot to AI: UK government productivity not enhanced by Copilot AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/15/uk-government-productivity-not-enhanced-by-copilot-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vIFga-QiEg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    7 min

  8. 26 FEB

    20260226 - Blue Owl won't give your money back. This is fine.

    The AI data centre business is solid, honest https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/26/blue-owl-wont-give-your-money-back-this-is-fine/ - 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: Meta Announces Joint Venture with Funds Managed by Blue Owl Capital to Develop Hyperion Data Center https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2025/Meta-Announces-Joint-Venture-with-Funds-Managed-by-Blue-Owl-Capital-to-Develop-Hyperion-Data-Center/default.aspx Blue Owl's Woes Expose Private Credit Risks for Retail Investors https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/blue-owl-redemption-halt-stirs-private-credit-unease Certain Blue Owl BDCs to Sell $1.4 Billion of Assets to Institutional Investors https://www.blueowl.com/news/certain-blue-owl-bdcs-sell-14-billion-assets-institutional-investors Blue Owl private credit fund merger leaves some investors facing 20% hit https://www.ft.com/content/8c953f6d-3d30-4657-bda1-ba4c2911c8d8 Blue Owl Anxiety Rattles $1.8 Trillion Private Credit Market https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-22/blue-owl-redemptions-halt-intensifies-private-credit-fears Blue Owl Eyes New Deals as It Pushes Deeper Into AI Boom https://www.theinformation.com/articles/blue-owl-eyes-new-deals-pushes-deeper-ai-boom Previously on Pivot to AI: SaaSpocalypse: investors overspend badly on software companies and blame AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/12/saaspocalypse-investors-overspend-badly-on-software-companies-and-blame-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DYFmohEZHw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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

    8 min
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Descrizione

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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  • Creatore
    David Gerard
  • Anni di attività
    2025 - 2026
  • Puntate
    313
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti adatti a tutti
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Sito web del podcast
    Pivot to AI
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