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. 1H AGO

    20260121 - What Satya Nadella actually said at Davos about the AI bubble

    Microsoft CEO one-shotted by GitHub Copilot https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/21/what-satya-nadella-actually-said-at-davos-about-ai/ - 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: AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/01/20/ai-boom-could-falter-without-wider-adoption-microsoft-chief-satya-nadella-warns/ Conversation with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLsoEJ7WpZY FasterAndWorse: https://www.youtube.com/@FasterAndWorse Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  2. 1D AGO

    20260120 - How to hack Copilot AI: ask it twice

    sudo make me a sandwich https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/20/how-to-hack-microsoft-copilot-ai-ask-it-twice/ - 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 Source: Reprompt: The Single-Click Microsoft Copilot Attack that Silently Steals Your Personal Data https://www.varonis.com/blog/reprompt Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    5 min

  3. 2D AGO

    20260119 - Art student protests other student's AI art: he eats it

    creates art a thousand times the worth https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/19/art-student-protests-other-students-ai-art-he-eats-it/ - 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: Student arrested for eating AI art in UAF gallery protest https://www.uafsunstar.com/news/student-eats-ai-art-in-uaf-gallery-protest-arrested My art in a gallery show was destroyed over ai use by a guy he ATE and chewed up and spit out my photos! (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260114165431/https://www.reddit.com/r/aiwars/comments/1qcektc/my_art_in_a_gallery_show_was_destroyed_over_ai/ My art in a gallery show was destroyed over ai use by a guy he ATE and chewed up and spit out my photos! (live) https://www.reddit.com/r/aiwars/comments/1qcektc/my_art_in_a_gallery_show_was_destroyed_over_ai/ Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student's AI-Generated Art in Protest https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alaska-art-student-arrested-eating-ai-generated-art-protest-1234770081/ Academic Misconduct Policy https://www.uaf.edu/orca/student-conduct/academic-misconduct.php Alaska Court System: Criminal Cases Filed 1/11/2026 to 1/17/2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260118215533/public.courts.alaska.gov/web/scheduled/docs/crchgfiled.pdf Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    5 min

  4. 5D AGO

    20260116 - Workday sued for AI-powered hiring discrimination

    We outsourced the bias machine https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/16/workday-sued-for-ai-powered-hiring-discrimination/ - 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: Millions of Résumés Never Make It Past the Bots. One Man Is Trying to Find Out Why https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/ai-resume-screening-hiring-676a4701 Second Amended Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.408645/gov.uscourts.cand.408645.231.0.pdf Order Granting Preliminary Collective Certification (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.408645/gov.uscourts.cand.408645.128.0.pdf Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66831340/mobley-v-workday-inc/ Workday Case https://workdaycase.com/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    5 min

  5. 5D AGO

    20260115 - Bondholders sue Oracle over OpenAI debt deals

    old devil washes out in deal with new devil https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/15/bondholders-sue-oracle-over-openai-debt-deals/ - 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 CORRECTION: I say in the audio that the Oracle stock price on 9 September 2025 was $251 - but it was $241. Sources: Oracle, OpenAI Sign $300 Billion Cloud Deal https://www.wsj.com/business/openai-oracle-sign-300-billion-computing-deal-among-biggest-in-history-ff27c8fe Oracle is already underwater on its 'astonishing' $300bn OpenAI deal https://www.ft.com/content/064bbca0-1cb2-45ab-85f4-25fdfc318d89 Oracle hit hard in Wall Street's tech sell-off over its huge AI bet https://www.ft.com/content/583e9391-bdd0-433e-91e0-b1b93038d51e Oracle's $10bn Michigan data centre in limbo after Blue Owl funding talks stall https://www.ft.com/content/84c147a4-aabb-4243-8298-11fabf1022a3 Oracle is Set to Power on New Data Center in Michigan https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/oracle-is-set-to-power-on-new-data-center-in-michigan-2025-1018/ Oracle Is Sued Over Disclosures Tied to 2025 Bond Offering https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/oracle-sued-over-disclosures-tied-to-18-billion-bond-offering Record $38 Billion Debt Sale Nears for Oracle-Tied Data Centers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-23/record-38-billion-debt-sale-nears-for-oracle-tied-data-centers Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  6. JAN 14

    20260114 - Microsoft now paying customers to train in Copilot AI

    Please use our lying chatbot. Please? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/14/microsoft-now-paying-customers-to-train-in-copilot-ai/ - 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: Applied AI: Microsoft Offers Training Funds for Copilot AI Customers https://www.theinformation.com/articles/applied-ai-microsoft-offers-training-funds-copilot-ai-customers Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  7. JAN 13

    20260113 - If AI coding is so good, where are the performance numbers?

    Claude bros know how to measure performance. They just don't. https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/ - 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: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089 DORA: State of AI-assisted Software Development (PDF) https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/2025_state_of_ai_assisted_software_development.pdf AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse: Newer models are more prone to silent but deadly failure modes https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-coding-degrades Previously on Pivot to AI: AI coding tools 'fix' bugs by adding bugs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/19/ai-coding-tools-fix-bugs-by-adding-bugs/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnzkgDt-d3o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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 AI coders think they're 20% faster — but they're actually 19% slower https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/11/ai-coders-think-theyre-20-faster-but-theyre-actually-19-slower/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96j1cIMYV1U&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 If AI coding is so good … where are the little apps? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/09/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-little-apps/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz_lG6SmgK0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    8 min

  8. JAN 12

    20260112 - No, Dell is still pushing AI in PCs

    Don't believe the PCGamer hype https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/12/no-dell-is-still-pushing-ai-in-pcs/ - 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: Most dubious uses of AI at CES 2026 https://www.theverge.com/tech/858315/most-dubious-ai-tech-ces-2026 Dell's CES 2026 chat was the most pleasingly un-AI briefing I've had in maybe 5 years https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/dells-ces-2026-chat-was-the-most-pleasingly-un-ai-briefing-ive-had-in-maybe-5-years/ Dell Technologies Delivers Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results https://investors.delltechnologies.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dell-technologies-delivers-third-quarter-fiscal-2026-financial Dell XPS 14 Laptop Model: DA14260 https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/xps-14-laptop/spd/xps-da14260-laptop Bit by Bit: Leadership Conversations: Inside Dell's Strategy and the Future of XPS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxK5-PaDcbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Kevin Terwilliger, Dell Technologies: Dell Bets Big on AI PCs at CES (2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTe4yhflqo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 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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  • Creator
    David Gerard
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    280
  • Rating
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