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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    20260910 - Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign

    to keep you talking about Skynet — not the data centre down the road  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/10/jacob-coxon-how-to-run-an-ai-doomsday-media-campaign/ - 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 Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: I resigned from Anthropic today https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843 Anthropic Researcher Quits Over 'Out-of-Control' AI Fears https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-out-of-control-ai-fears-707b7628 Anthropic Researcher Quits Over 'Out-of-Control' AI Fears (archive of 8 September) http://archive.today/2026.09.09-115719/https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-out-of-control-ai-fears-707b7628 AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/ai-superintelligence-risks-warnings-scientists-politicians Extras: Valerie Veatch interview for Patreon (video and podcast) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ghost-in-machine-168979850 Valerie Veatch interview for YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZpRQQfX00 Previously on Pivot to AI: The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgAQD61xY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Your guide to astroturf fake anti-AI groups https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/02/your-guide-to-astroturf-fake-anti-ai-groups/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWyDio3Udlg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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    20260909 - Microsoft Vibe Gaming: an AI to play your games for you

    Microsoft literally titled the blog post 'Vibe Gaming'  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/09/microsoft-vibe-gaming-an-ai-to-play-your-games-for-you/ - 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 Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: Vibe Gaming https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/project-vega/ Beyond Pixel Histories: World Models with Persistent 3D State (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.03482 Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice https://blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/luanti-dmca-tracer-ai/ Minecraft Shows Why Game Cloning Can Be a Good Thing https://www.vox.com/2014/9/17/11630962/minecraft-shows-why-game-cloning-can-be-a-good-thing Microsoft/TracerAI withdraws copyright takedown against Luanti https://blog.luanti.org/2026/09/08/dmca-rescinded/ Empowering Creators and Players With Muse, a Generative AI Model for Gameplay https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/02/19/muse-ai-xbox-empowering-creators-and-players/ Extras: Valerie Veatch interview for Patreon (video and podcast) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ghost-in-machine-168979850 Valerie Veatch interview for YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZpRQQfX00 Previously on Pivot to AI: Microsoft Copilot for Games: an AI Clippy for your Xbox https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/15/microsoft-copilot-for-games-an-ai-clippy-for-your-xbox/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1ZLKM2t0k&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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    20260907 - AI data centre finance: building a bigger and bigger bomb

    when half of economic "growth" is fake  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/07/ai-data-centre-finance-building-a-bigger-and-bigger-bomb/ - 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 Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy  Logitech MX Brio Ultra HD 4K Collaboration and Streaming Webcam (Graphite) https://amzlinks.in/B08KWILxJ (UK) https://amzn.to/4iQCZP4 (US) Sources: From resilience to robustness? https://www.bis.org/publications/aer-2026-0 The multiplying risks of financing data centres https://www.ft.com/content/9cb63980-cd43-419d-a7e5-42039b9fd01e Are credit rating agencies getting fed up with hyperscalers? https://www.ft.com/content/623c286b-c973-4488-83f3-97e9016e85f6 Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/10/openai-does-deals-to-make-a-deal-and-the-money-is-getting-worried/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvT2k9qmA0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Banks turn data centre loans into 2008-style financial time bombs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/11/banks-turn-data-centre-loans-into-2008-style-financial-time-bombs/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBlliJ8QMU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Data centres get too hot for Texas politicians https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/18/data-centres-get-too-hot-for-texas-politicians/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfAJWeIoucM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Everybody hates the AI, more and more https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/25/everybody-hates-the-ai-more-and-more/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcEse_MEtk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  4. 4 sep.

    20260904 - OpenAI: GPT-6 is totally Artificial General Intelligence, guys

    Never mind the IPO, here's the AGI  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/04/openai-gpt-6-is-totally-artificial-general-intelligence-guys/ - 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 Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/ GPT-6 Astra System Card https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-astra/safety-overview-gpt-6-astra OpenAI's next big AI model has 'entered the AGI era' https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/989601/openai-gpt-6-astra-release OpenAI hails 'new era of artificial general intelligence' with Astra model release https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/03/openai-artificial-general-intelligence-astra-release OpenAI agents hijacked German website before Hugging Face hack, report claims https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg725z5kgzo Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI o3 beats FrontierMath — because OpenAI funded the test and had access to the questions https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/20/openai-o3-beats-frontiermath-because-openai-funded-the-test-and-had-access-to-questions/ AI benchmarks are self-promoting trash — but regulators keep using them https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/25/ai-benchmarks-are-self-promoting-trash-but-regulators-keep-using-them/ OpenAI's '$110b' funding round is $25b and some promises https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c1DC-gNizQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI loses even more executives ahead of the alleged IPO https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/26/openai-loses-even-more-executives-ahead-of-the-alleged-ipo/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EVSFYPcZ14&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  5. 3 sep.

    20260903 - UK AI medical transcription is dangerous and doesn't work

    but it sure saves on staff!  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/03/uk-ai-medical-transcription-is-dangerous-and-doesnt-work/ - 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 Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: Adopting ambient scribing products in health and care settings https://digital.nhs.uk/services/ambient-scribing Doctors' AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/31/doctors-ai-scribes-get-names-of-drugs-and-diagnoses-wrong-nhs-watchdog-warns The double-edged sword: AI Scribes in an overstretched NHS https://bjgplife.com/the-double-edged-sword-ai-scribes-in-an-overstretched-nhs/ GPs are urged to report all AI inaccuracies to medicine regulator https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1694.full MHRA clarifies regulatory status of ambient voice technologies used in the NHS https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-clarifies-regulatory-status-of-ambient-voice-technologies-used-in-the-nhs RCP expresses concern over MHRA decision not to regulate all automated voice technologies as medical devices https://www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-media/news-and-opinion/rcp-expresses-concern-over-mhra-decision-not-to-regulate-all-automated-voice-technologies-as-medical-devices/ Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/20/yorkshire-rotherham-ai-gp-receptionist-cannot-understand-accent Tech Report: AI Bubble: 'AI's use case is work that shouldn't be done' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkIn0Xh0Ld8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  6. 2 sep.

    20260902 - Your guide to astroturf fake anti-AI groups

    funded by AI vendors and Effective Altruist cultists  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/02/your-guide-to-astroturf-fake-anti-ai-groups/ - 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 Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Stop Gen AI Open House video meet https://stopgenai.com/open/ Sources: The AI Backlash Gets Professional https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/irreplaceable-climate-activists-ai-backlash/688404/ Irreplaceable Careers https://irreplaceable.org/careers I'm working with a really special group of people to build a grassroots movement to ensure AI benefits us all https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tristanzucker_im-working-with-a-really-special-group-of-activity-7493054288357638145-QIbB/ Distributed Organizer Contractor https://tally.so/r/WObr6v Stop the billionaire race to replace humanity https://action.eko.org/a/support-pro-human-ai-0 The Pro-Human AI Declaration (PDF) https://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/pro-human-ai-declaration.pdf Elon Musk-funded nonprofit run by MIT professor offered to finance Swedish pro-nazi group https://expo.se/nyhet/elon-musk-funded-nonprofit-run-mit-professor-offered-finance-swedish-pro-nazi-group/ The reality is there is a race between people who are trying to build a God-like entity that will basically most likely kill everyone, and us https://bsky.app/profile/pauseai.bsky.social/post/3m6wu3kb7qv2p QuitGPT https://quitgpt.org/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Ineffective altruism — FTX and the future robot apocalypse https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/02/06/ineffective-altruism-ftx-and-the-future-robot-apocalypse/ Vox: Arts funding is an outrage! Averting AI doom is much more effective altruism https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/12/vox-arts-funding-is-an-outrage-averting-ai-doom-is-much-more-effective-altruism/ 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 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 The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgAQD61xY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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