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. 1D AGO

    20251106 - Oxford pretends AI benchmarks are science, not marketing

    How could all these benchmarks be fake, it's a mystery https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/06/oxford-pretends-ai-benchmarks-are-science-not-marketing/ - text 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: Measuring what Matters: Construct Validity in Large Language Model Benchmarks (press release) https://oxrml.com/measuring-what-matters/ Measuring what Matters: Construct Validity in Large Language Model Benchmarks (PDF) https://openreview.net/pdf?id=mdA5lVvNcU 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/ The finance press finally starts talking about the 'AI bubble' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgR1TCllRgc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  2. 1D AGO

    20251105 - AI gets 45% of news wrong, but readers still trust it

    no plans to fix it, though https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/ai-gets-45-of-news-wrong-but-readers-still-trust-it/ - text 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: Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-content Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory https://www.ebu.ch/news/2025/10/ai-s-systemic-distortion-of-news-is-consistent-across-languages-and-territories-international-study-by-public-service-broadcaste News Integrity in AI Assistants: An international PSM study (PDF) https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/Publications/MIS/open/EBU-MIS-BBC_News_Integrity_in_AI_Assistants_Report_2025.pdf Audience Use and Perceptions of AI Assistants for News (PDF) https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/documents/audience-use-and-perceptions-of-ai-assistants-for-news.pdf Peter Archer: Programme Director, Generative AI https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/whoweare/peter-archer/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    5 min

  3. 2D AGO

    20251104 - It's the fake thing: Coca-Cola tries another AI Christmas TV ad

    the best ad Pepsi never paid for https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/04/its-the-fake-thing-coca-cola-tries-another-ai-christmas-tv-ad/ - text 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: Coca-Cola Injects 'Holidays Are Coming' Ads With an Upgraded Dose of AI https://www.wsj.com/articles/coca-cola-injects-holidays-are-coming-ads-with-an-upgraded-dose-of-ai-bc8921e2 Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/coke-new-ai-holiday-ad-video-1236416491/ Coca-Cola: Holidays Are Coming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy6fByUmPuE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Coca-Cola's new AI-generated Christmas ad is as bad as you'd expect https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/17/coca-colas-new-ai-generated-christmas-ad-is-as-bad-as-youd-expect/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    5 min

  4. 3D AGO

    20251103 - MIT releases, retracts nonsense AI cybersecurity paper

    The finest academic papers money can buy https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/03/mit-releases-then-quietly-removes-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper/ - text 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: Rethinking the Cybersecurity Arms Race: When 80% of Ransomware Attacks are AI-Driven (archive, PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20250425004338/https://cams.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/Safe-CAMS-MIT-Article-Final-4-7-2025-Working-Paper.pdf Security Community Slams MIT-linked Report Claiming AI Powers 80% of Ransomware https://socket.dev/blog/security-community-slams-mit-linked-report-claiming-ai-powers-80-of-ransomware CAMS Sponsorship Levels and Benefits https://cams.mit.edu/join-us/ What Is Agentic AI in Cybersecurity (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20250518233321/https://safe.security/resources/blog/what-is-agentic-ai-in-cybersecurity/ Also, if your management has seen the widely reported "80% of Ransomware Attacks are AI-Driven" headline published by MIT, it was paid for by a vendor. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115457200051772035 Safe Security: Company Profile https://tracxn.com/d/companies/safe-security/__KqxveSrMs7YVk2mC1UPxm6Y1sPfVMR6oGfXyu6LxN6w Technical Advisory Board https://safe.security/about-us/ 80% of ransomware attacks now use artificial intelligence https://archive.ph/SckSr AI cyberattacks and three pillars for defense https://archive.is/baNAe You have reached the Early Research Papers section of our website. (PDF) https://cams.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/Safe-CAMS-MIT-Article-Final-4-7-2025-Working-Paper.pdf Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  5. 6D AGO

    20251031 - AI makes you think you're a genius when you're an idiot

    Dunning-Kruger for everyone! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/31/ai-makes-you-think-youre-a-genius-when-youre-an-idiot/ - text 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 Logo, black text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174466546 Logo, no text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174467216?ref=studio-promote Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: AI makes you smarter but none the wiser: The disconnect between performance and metacognition https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563225002262 AI Makes You Smarter, But None the Wiser: The Disconnect between Performance and Metacognition (preprint) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5212902 AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1103616 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  6. OCT 30

    20251030 - AI: powered by old jet engines, near you!

    and you thought living near a bitcoin miner was bad https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/ai-powered-by-old-jet-turbines-near-you/ - text 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 Logo, black text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174466546 Logo, no text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174467216?ref=studio-promote Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Data Centers Look to Old Airplane Engines for Power https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-data-centers Built for Sound https://www.power-eng.com/operations-maintenance/built-for-sound/ Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines bolted onto trailers as AI power crunch bites — cast-off turbines generate up to 48 MW of electricity apiece https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers-turn-to-ex-airliner-engines-as-ai-power-crunch-bites Neighborhood residents frustrated by traffic from Lancium data center project in Abilene https://ktxs.com/news/local/neighborhood-residents-frustrated-by-traffic-from-lancium-data-center-project-in-abilene In Abilene, Stargate Project Puts AI Boom Ahead of Human Health https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-texas-stargate-natural-gas-plant-harms/ OpenAI shows off Stargate AI data center in Texas and plans 5 more elsewhere with Oracle, Softbank https://apnews.com/article/openai-stargate-oracle-data-center-0b3f4fa6e8d8141b4c143e3e7f41aba1 Previously on Pivot to AI: Texans versus bitcoin: Jackie Sawicky and the Texas Coalition Against Cryptomining https://amycastor.com/2023/10/23/texans-versus-bitcoin-jackie-sawicky-and-the-texas-coalition-against-cryptomining/ 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 OpenAI wants all the gas power — and prices go up https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/04/openai-wants-all-the-gas-power-and-prices-go-up/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gag3vzDiHRs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  7. OCT 29

    20251029 - OpenAI goes for-profit! What happens next?

    from non-profit to no-profit https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/29/openai-goes-for-profit-what-happens-next/ - text 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 Logo, black text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174466546 Logo, no text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174467216?ref=studio-promote Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: OpenAI Gives Microsoft 27% Stake, Completes For-Profit Shift https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/microsoft-to-get-27-of-openai-access-to-ai-models-until-2032 The next chapter of the Microsoft–OpenAI partnership https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/10/28/the-next-chapter-of-the-microsoft-openai-partnership/ Exclusive: OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-remove-non-profit-control-give-sam-altman-equity-sources-say-2024-09-25/ SoftBank approves remaining $22.5 billion of OpenAI investment, the Information reports https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/softbank-approves-remaining-225-billion-openai-investment-information-reports-2025-10-25/ California Memorandum of Understanding (PDF) https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Final%20Executed%20MOU%20Between%20OpenAI%20and%20California%20AG%20re%20Notice%20of%20Conditions%20of%20Non-Objection%20%2810.27.2025%29%20%28Signed%20by%20OpenAI%29%20%28Signed%20by%20CA%20DOJ%29.pdf AG Jennings completes review of OpenAI recapitalization https://news.delaware.gov/2025/10/28/ag-jennings-completes-review-of-openai-recapitalization/ Re: OpenAI, Inc.'s Corporate Restructuring (PDF) https://news.delaware.gov/files/2025/10/2025-10-28-OpenAI-DEAG-Statement-of-Nonobjection.pdf Sam, Jakub, and Wojciech on the future of OpenAI with audience Q&A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngDCxlZcecw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aP1zUUcmjk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1-3Ypmr1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA SoftBank needs OpenAI to stay alive — no matter what https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/27/softbank-needs-openai-to-stay-alive-no-matter-what/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYxEVRiCvM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Musk's Grokipedia — Grok AI rewrites Wikipedia https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/05/musks-grokipedia-grok-ai-rewrites-wikipedia/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-FyI_5n50&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA ChatGPT sales are flat — so Altman offers OpenAI adult chat https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/17/chatgpt-sales-are-flat-so-altman-offers-openai-adult-chat/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzFVuQl7xp8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    8 min

  8. OCT 28

    20251028 - Australia sues Microsoft for forcing Copilot AI onto Office 365 customers

    Call and demand a refund and reversion to Classic https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/28/australia-sues-microsoft-for-forcing-copilot-ai-onto-office-365-customers/ - text 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 Logo, black text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174466546 Logo, no text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174467216?ref=studio-promote Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Microsoft in court for allegedly misleading millions of Australians over Microsoft 365 subscriptions https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/microsoft-in-court-for-allegedly-misleading-millions-of-australians-over-microsoft-365-subscriptions ACC v Microsoft Concise Statement (PDF) https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/accc-v-microsoft-concise-statement-27-october-2025.pdf Microsoft sued for allegedly misleading millions of Australians with its AI pricing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/27/microsoft-sued-allegedly-misleading-millions-australians-ai-pricing-ntwnfb ACCC sues over Microsoft 365 subscription hikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lGK5CXtwKo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Nobody wants Copilot Pro AI for Office 365 — so Microsoft will force-bundle it and raise the price https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/07/nobody-wants-copilot-pro-ai-for-office-365-so-microsoft-will-force-bundle-it-and-raise-the-price/ 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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    David Gerard
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