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. -3 DIAS

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

    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: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Demo at D9: UBeam https://allthingsd.com/20110602/demo-at-d9-ubeam/index.html Investors Power Wireless-Electricity Start-Up UBeam With $750K https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00020120711e87bpkd6c DWECK v. PERRY https://dockets.justia.com/docket/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2011cv07057/452029 30 Under 30: Energy https://web.archive.org/web/20120108093349/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45eldh/meredith-perry-founder-ubeam-22 Is this woman the next Elon Musk? https://fortune.com/2015/07/29/ubeam-meredith-perry-wireless-charging/ How putting $10M into UBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today https://lookatmeimdanny.tumblr.com/post/101432017159/how-putting-10m-into-ubeam-illustrates-everything uBeam Declassifies Secrets To Try To Prove Wireless Power Is Possible https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/07/wireless-power-charger/ Experts Still Think uBeam's Through-the-Air Charging Tech Is Unlikely https://spectrum.ieee.org/experts-still-think-ubeamrsquos-throughtheair-charging-tech-is-unlikely The Sausage Factory https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-sausage-factory.html Conversation with an investor https://reddragdiva.tumblr.com/post/129387704618/conversation-with-an-investor Exclusive: uBeam CEO Meredith Perry steps down https://www.axios.com/2018/09/20/ubeam-ceo-meredith-perry-steps-down-1537464261 It's an ex-uBeam ... https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/2021/05/its-ex-ubeam.html SonicEnergy Overview: Out of Business https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/54800-92#overview Brain Gear Is the Hot New Wearable https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-wearables/ How to be a technology innovator: Meredith Perry at TEDxNashville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukgnU2aXM2c uBeam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH742F25MHg Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    10 min

  2. 24/12/2025

    20251224 - OpenAI does NORAD's Santa tracker! And it doesn't work

    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 Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com BUY the Cuban Boys: Art vs Commerce: https://cubanboys.bandcamp.com/album/art-vs-commerce-the-singles-collection Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXJ5oaU940U Sources: Official NORAD Tracks Santa https://www.noradsanta.org/en/map OpenAI and NORAD team up to bring new magic to "NORAD Tracks Santa" https://openai.com/index/norad-holiday-collaboration/ Video Dispatch: A Use Case is a Trojan Horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JdvqGafAk by @fasterandworse Previously on Pivot to AI: Sam Altman's Studio Ghibli memes are another distraction from OpenAI's money troubles https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/27/sam-altmans-studio-ghibli-memes-are-another-distraction-from-openais-money-troubles/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38T84uF771U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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

    5 min

  3. 23/12/2025

    20251223 - Firefox browser falls to AI. What do we do now?

    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: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ AI Chatbot, at your service https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/ai-chatbot-at-your-service/td-p/84919 Mozilla's next chapter: Building the world's most trusted software company https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/ Mozilla's new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox https://www.theverge.com/tech/845216/mozilla-ceo-anthony-enzor-demeo Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features https://bsky.app/profile/webdevs.firefox.com/post/3mab5kub3gs2b I've spoken to a lot of folks about what counts as opt-in https://bsky.app/profile/webdevs.firefox.com/post/3madx5u5km227 When did I opt in to this? https://bsky.app/profile/arborelia.net/post/3mae7sqerp22c Manifest V3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Manifest_V3_2 Mozilla boss Brendan Eich resigns after gay marriage storm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26868536 Brave: Easy, private AI https://brave.com/ai/ One of the last meetings I attended before leaving Apple (in 2017) https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1874518295350837401 Let's prototype a JavaScript JIT compiler! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mxubNQC5O8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Alternate browsers: Vivaldi: https://vivaldi.com LibreWolf: https://librewolf.net/ WaterFox: https://www.waterfox.com/ IronFox: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/-/tree/main?ref_type=heads#app-installation Previously on Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Brave web browser no longer claims to fundraise on behalf of others — so that's nice https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/ The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    10 min

  4. 22/12/2025

    20251222 - AI image generators have just 12 templates

    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 tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Autonomous language-image generation loops converge to generic visual motifs (PDF) https://www.cell.com/patterns/pdfExtended/S2666-3899%2825%2900299-5 AIs fail at the game of visual "telephone" https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1109574 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    7 min

  5. 19/12/2025

    20251219 - 'How do people survive?' A chat with StopGenAI

    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 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA ==== Notes from StopGenAI: Stop Gen AI is the only political activism organization that tries to provide survival mutual aid to people who have lost livelihoods to Gen AI. We're fully international! https://stopgenai.com Subscribe to our newsletter via our website. For membership in our inner circle, message crowgirl.84 via Signal app. Kim Crawley was fired by a clanker. She has a new job starting in January, but for now, she's unable to pay for December's rent and have a Christmas. Please donate to or share her Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/kimatstopgenai Kim Crawley's upcoming book, Digital Safety in a Dangerous World, had a successful Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/digital-safety-in-a-dangerous-world The book features tips on how to protect your privacy and safety from the American techno-fascist state. The unholy alliance between Silicon Valley and American law enforcement and intelligence agencies is a clear and present danger to ordinary people all around the world, especially for marginalized people. Under fascism, being a good person and doing nothing wrong won't protect you from criminal persecution and state violence. Kim's book makes good cybersecurity and opsec habits easy for technological laypeople to learn. The eBook will be published later in December. Email Kim for a retail link when the book is available, it will be priced at about $9 USD: kim.crawley@stopgenai.com Ryan Wilson is a political activist and proud husband and father. His new blog is a great way to learn about communism: https://wilson-reads.ghost.io/

    33 min

  6. 18/12/2025

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

    '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-146160976 Sources: Robin AI https://robinai.com/ ChatGPT can be a disaster for lawyers — Robin AI says it can fix that https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/713303/robin-ai-ceo-richard-robinson-chatgpt-ai-lawyer-legal-interview The UK's hottest legal tech companies in 2024 https://www.nonbillable.co.uk/posts/hottest-legal-tech-companies Robin AI raises $26 million Series B https://robinai.com/news-and-resources/news/robin-ai-raises-26-million-series-b SoftBank-backed Robin AI cuts a third of staff after failing to close $50m fundraise https://sifted.eu/articles/robin-ai-cuts-a-third-of-staff Interesting case in the UK where RobinAI, which used AI to review legal contracts, is up for a distressed sale just a few months after making the top 10 in a list of fastest-growing tech companies https://x.com/tracyalloway/status/2001277882748842211 Wrecked Legal Tech Co. Robin AI Sells Managed Services Unit https://www.law360.com/pulse/legal-tech/articles/2420009/wrecked-legal-tech-co-robin-ai-sells-managed-services-unit Is the Collapse of Robin.AI a One-Off or a Sign of a Legal Tech AI Bubble? https://www.geeklawblog.com/2025/11/is-the-collapse-of-robin-ai-a-one-off-or-a-sign-of-a-legal-tech-ai-bubble.html Fake AI, long hours, and no real technology https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Robin-AI-E6711215-RVW99690394.htm Beware and Avoid https://miro.medium.com/v2/format:jpeg/1*9pxMV459rr3puw7tVnmztg.jpeg Previously on Pivot to AI: Lawyers find more work! Cleaning up after AI bots https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/02/lawyers-find-more-work-cleaning-up-after-ai-bots/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpJZcl_eRfU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    7 min

  7. 17/12/2025

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

    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: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence The Cluetrain Manifesto https://www.cluetrain.com/ The Californian Ideology (PDF) https://monoskop.org/images/d/dc/Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf The Resonant Computing Manifesto https://resonantcomputing.org/ 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    7 min

  8. 16/12/2025

    20251216 - Amazon discovers AI sucks at automated TV recaps

    [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.com Sources: Prime Video launches AI-powered Video Recaps to help viewers catch up between seasons https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/ai-plot-summary-video-recaps-prime-video ai tv show recap video? https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/1pjnrsw/ai_tv_show_recap_video/ The official Fallout season 1 recap is filled with AI and thinks the show is set in the 1950s https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-movies/the-official-fallout-season-1-recap-is-filled-with-ai-and-thinks-the-show-is-set-in-the-1950s/ Amazon's Official 'Fallout' Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes https://gizmodo.com/fallout-ai-recap-prime-video-amazon-2000698573 Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Pet Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-12-03/amazon-streamed-ai-english-dubs-on-banana-fish-no-game-no-life-zero-pet-anime/.231513 Amazon removes controversial AI dubs from multiple anime https://www.polygon.com/amazon-prime-video-ai-english-dubs-banana-fish-no-game-no-life-zero-pet-anime/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Pivot to AI: Hallucinations worsen as the money runs out https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/04/11/pivot-to-ai-hallucinations-worsen-as-the-money-runs-out/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    5 min
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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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