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. 8h ago

    20261015 - Epic Games goes full vibe code: MAXIMUM AI ACCELERATION

    'No more hand-written code'  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/15/epic-games-goes-full-vibe-code-maximum-ai-acceleration/ - 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 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: We have a huge pivot underway here at Epic https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/2109705826688549304 Epic Games Delays Disney Project, Asks Developers to Use More AI https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-12/epic-games-delays-disney-project-asks-developers-to-use-more-ai The new Epic Games Launcher is finally here in Preview https://store.epicgames.com/news/epic-games-launcher-preview Epic's new games launcher is 'vibe coded' https://www.theverge.com/games/1010751/epic-games-launcher-vibe-coded-ai-linux More examples of AI coding issues with EPIC GAMES STORE coming out https://www.reddit.com/r/videogames/comments/1x6gmph/more_examples_of_ai_coding_issues_with_epic_games/ Awesome Gaming on Linux Without Cheating https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/news/introducing-easy-anti-cheat-linux-v2 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  2. 1d ago

    20261014 - Linux kernel goes full AI slop code, hides chatbot commits

    'The kernel project only wants serious developers. That includes having access to enough resources to function in this world'  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/14/linux-kernel-goes-full-ai-slop-code-hides-chatbot-commits/ - 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 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: The 2026 Maintainers Summit https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1099594/be20382b54a9b4cd/ What is Windows K2? Inside Microsoft's big plan to save Windows 11 and win back trust from users https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/what-is-windows-k2-everything-you-need-to-know-saving-windows-11 Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA AudioNoise https://github.com/torvalds/AudioNoise The new rules for AI-assisted code in the Linux kernel: What every dev needs to know https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-and-maintainers-finalize-ai-policy-for-linux-kernel-developers/ Linking Patchwork with Sashiko? https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/ [GIT PULL] Networking for 7.3 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260818212923.2725202-1-kuba@kernel.org/ [PATCH] docs: remove Assisted-by references https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261009083137.3-1-sashal@kernel.org/ Debian "trixie" Release Information https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/ The NetBSD Project https://netbsd.org/ THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 9-28-03: QUESTIONS FOR LINUS TORVALDS; The Sharer https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-9-28-03-questions-for-linus-torvalds-the-sharer.html Previously on Pivot to AI: Anthropic IPO filing: the disaster in numbers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/01/anthropic-ipo-filing-the-disaster-in-numbers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20VYK0-Q-3o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  3. 2d ago

    20261013 - The AI Photoshop clones: interface mockups that don't work

    the return of the SaaSpocalypse  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/13/the-ai-photoshop-clones-interface-mockups-that-dont-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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 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: Adobe Agrees to $150 Million Settlement and Injunction to Resolve Alleged Violations of the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/adobe-agrees-150-million-settlement-and-injunction-resolve-alleged-violations-restore-online Adobe in Trouble After Someone Reverse Engineered Adobe Creative Suite and Released It as Open Source https://futurism.com/future-society/adobe-creative-suite-software-open-source-artcraft Yes, no AI is now a feature https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/ Attack of the Vibe Coded Photoshop Clones https://www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/10/9/attack-of-the-vibe-coded-photoshop-clones Shopper denied $51 refund for 20TB HDD that's mostly a weighted plastic box https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/man-buys-20tb-portable-hdd-for-51-son-breaks-the-news-that-its-a-fake/ Adobe slips on back of HSBC downgrade https://www.tradingview.com/news/seekingalpha:d5935752b094b:0-adobe-slips-on-back-of-hsbc-downgrade/ 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  4. 3d ago

    20261012 - AI game demo is going broke on just 430 players

    all my apes gone  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/12/ai-game-demo-is-going-broke-on-just-430-players/ - 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 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: Teach My Little Sister How To Drive https://store.steampowered.com/app/3948460/Teach_My_Little_Sister_How_To_Drive/ How this game uses AI https://easyfoxgames.com/tsd/ai/privacy/gl v1.2.9 Update and a Development Status Update https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3948460/view/699903960312447039 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  5. 6d ago

    20261009 - Anthropic bans 'abusive or cruel behavior' toward Claude

    Us abusing our customers is different, you understand https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/09/anthropic-bans-abusive-or-cruel-behavior-toward-claude/ - 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 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: 2026 Usage Policy update https://www.anthropic.com/news/2026-usage-policy-update Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/anthropic-claude-morals-ai.html Previously on Pivot to AI: Generative AI runs on gambling addiction — just one more prompt, bro! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWngvJnoPJA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Anthropic: Could AI be conscious? Pope Leo: lol, no https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/05/anthropic-could-ai-be-conscious-pope-leo-lol-no/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCWgoIrRCo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  6. Oct 8

    20261008 - SpaceX to send Nvidia chips 'somewhere in the universe'

    pivoting from space  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/08/spacex-to-send-nvidia-chips-somewhere-in-the-universe/ - 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 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: SpaceX looks to raise $40bn to buy Nvidia chips https://app.ft.com/content/d3f5928d-f38c-4666-8f7a-8737f9c45f51 SpaceX credit risk jumps on worries over its borrowing spree https://app.ft.com/content/4f2417d3-3de6-4f62-bd3a-8c8f740a4b29 Adam Jonas on @SpaceX https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2106894988265099708 SpaceX pivots away from space https://www.ft.com/content/0fd15797-ac89-4222-a4bb-03a6a1330f48 No more AI https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2106672603536712025 Previously on Pivot to AI: AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/01/ai-data-centres-in-space-why-dcs-in-space-cant-work/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_SaKXM82yg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The SpaceX IPO works like a crypto fraud, but with AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/28/the-spacex-ipo-works-like-a-crypto-fraud-but-with-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkYiquKR0tA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Trump decrees: Artificial Intelligence is now Super Intelligence https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/23/trump-decrees-artificial-intelligence-is-now-super-intelligence/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuMYQkadVbw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  7. Oct 7

    20261007 - Mythos: not the magical AI hacking tool after all

    'scraped the web and found the bugs'  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/07/mythos-not-the-magical-ai-hacking-tool-after-all/ - 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 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: Project Glasswing https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing The Anthropic Glasswing Receipts Are Starting to Trickle In https://web.archive.org/web/20260908154028/https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/anthropic-glasswing-receipts Anthropic's coordinated vulnerability disclosure dashboard https://red.anthropic.com/2026/cvd/ Mythos finds a curl vulnerability https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/11/mythos-finds-a-curl-vulnerability/ This is my read as well but it is very good to have your judgement on this as well https://mastodon.social/@glyph/117239508873988690 Kernel Recipes 2026: Security in the LLM age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnV_cWeoo5Q&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI Cybersecurity After Mythos: The Jagged Frontier https://aisle.com/blog/ai-cybersecurity-after-mythos-the-jagged-frontier Extra: Tech Report: There's no such thing as Rogue AI: David Gerard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Q6LQ5oyDc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: 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 Mythos is just too powerful? OK, we'll ban it then https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/29/mythos-is-just-too-powerful-ok-well-ban-it-then/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dybon_41uI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

  8. Oct 6

    20261006 - But that's a sacrifice Sam Altman is willing to make

    'in the meantime, there will be great companies created with serious machine learning'  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/06/some-bad-things-may-happen-to-you-but-thats-a-sacrifice-sam-altman-is-willing-to-make/ - 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 EMART Green Screen Background With Stand https://link.amazon/B0aDeKrha (UK) https://amzn.to/4AOGnkd (US) 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: Sam Altman on Trump's AI rebrand and the industry's perception problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOHnaGTQFg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Fireside Chat: Sam Altman President, YCombinator and Mike Curtis, VP of Engineering, Airbnb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6lDZpvHAoo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Sam Altman Sees the Future. Are We In It? (Part 2 of 2) https://www.vanityfair.com/story/sam-altman-exclusive-interview-part-2 Previously on Pivot to AI: Sam Altman: Guys, we're in the Singularity now https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/28/sam-altman-guys-were-in-the-singularity-now/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6FPzOWi0YI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Memory prices are up 500% in the past year — because of AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/19/memory-prices-are-up-500-in-the-past-year-because-of-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Un7g_vyePI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/10/jacob-coxon-how-to-run-an-ai-doomsday-media-campaign/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IoTZNN6iM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI hacks Australian government health data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/24/openai-hacks-australian-government-health-data/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5dnkwAjuPs&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
    463
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