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

    20251114 - Anthropic: Chinese AI hackers are after you! Security researchers call BS

    Be VERY SCARED, okay? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/14/anthropic-chinese-ai-hackers-are-after-you-security-researchers-call-bs/ - 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: Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign https://www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign (PDF) https://assets.anthropic.com/m/ec212e6566a0d47/original/Disrupting-the-first-reported-AI-orchestrated-cyber-espionage-campaign.pdf Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/researchers-question-anthropic-claim-that-ai-assisted-attack-was-90-autonomous/ there's no IoCs at all in the report, or the usual threat indicators. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115547665123662504 So it'll take a while to go through it, https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115543986546986300 Previously on Pivot to AI: Vibe-coded build system NX gets hacked, steals vibe-coders' crypto https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/29/vibe-coded-build-system-nx-gets-hacked-steals-vibe-coders-crypto/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnFKkBBzpVg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  2. 2D AGO

    20251113 - No, fake AI music bought onto a minor chart is not popular

    the market for AI bands is gullible journalists https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/13/no-fake-ai-music-bought-onto-a-minor-chart-is-not-actually-popular/ - 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: Rolling Stone: The Velvet Sundown https://www.rollingstone.com/t/the-velvet-sundown/ The most downloaded country song in the US right now was made by AI https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/breaking-rust-country-ai-singer-billboard-b2863883.html How Many AI Artists Have Debuted on Billboard's Charts? https://www.billboard.com/lists/ai-artists-on-billboard-charts/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Got them AI spammin' blues: flooding Spotify with fake streams of fake songs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/05/got-them-ai-spammin-blues-flooding-spotify-with-fake-streams-of-fake-songs/ H&M's 'AI models' campaign makes impossible claims https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/15/hms-ai-models-campaign-makes-impossible-claims/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lICrD3qh_I&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Seraphinne Vallora: dubious AI fashion hype. Again. https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/27/seraphinne-vallora-dubious-ai-model-hype-again/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVc-5DOLbMY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA We try Suno's AI music generator — hear Suno fail the Fall https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/08/we-try-sunos-ai-music-hear-suno-fail-the-fall/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDJa67iHDQM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    6 min

  3. 3D AGO

    20251112 - GEMA wins against OpenAI on copying song lyrics

    yo ho ho, rum, etc https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/12/gema-wins-against-openai-on-copying-song-lyrics/ - 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: GEMA proposes licensing model for AI-generated music https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-proposes-licensing-model-for-ai-generated-music/ Two components — one goal: Music creators shall receive fair shares through effective AI licensing https://www.gema.de/en/w/generative-ai-licensing-model GEMA files model action to clarify AI providers' remuneration obligations in Europe https://www.gema.de/en/w/gema-files-lawsuit-against-openai Urteil GEMA gegen Open AI https://www.justiz.bayern.de/gerichte-und-behoerden/landgericht/muenchen-1/presse/2025/11.php GEMA vs. OpenAI: Niederlage für ChatGPT vor Münchner Gericht https://www.heise.de/news/GEMA-vs-OpenAI-Niederlage-fuer-ChatGPT-vor-Muenchner-Gericht-11073532.html OpenAI used song lyrics in violation of copyright laws, German court says https://www.reuters.com/world/german-court-sides-with-plaintiff-copyright-case-against-openai-2025-11-11/ Fair remuneration demanded: GEMA files lawsuit against Suno Inc. https://www.gema.de/en/w/press-release-lawsuit-against-suno Audio samples: How Suno copies famous songs https://www.gema.de/en/news/ai-and-music/ai-lawsuit/audio-samples-suno Previously on Pivot to AI: We try Suno's AI music generator — hear Suno fail the Fall https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/08/we-try-sunos-ai-music-hear-suno-fail-the-fall/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDJa67iHDQM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Getty Images loses UK suit against Stable Diffusion https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/11/getty-images-loses-uk-suit-against-stable-diffusion/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWctD7wl1Xg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    5 min

  4. 4D AGO

    20251111 - Getty Images loses UK suit against Stable Diffusion

    Getty insists this is a win, actually https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/11/getty-images-loses-uk-suit-against-stable-diffusion/ - 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: Getty Images lawsuit says Stability AI misused photos to train AI (2023) https://www.reuters.com/legal/getty-images-lawsuit-says-stability-ai-misused-photos-train-ai-2023-02-06/ Getty Images largely loses landmark UK lawsuit over AI image generator https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/getty-images-largely-loses-landmark-uk-lawsuit-over-ai-image-generator-2025-11-04/ Getty Images (US) Inc & Ors v Stability AI Limited [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch) https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2025/2863 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  5. 5D AGO

    20251110 - Rightmove discovers AI is no excuse for profit warnings

    let's dump 24% in an hour! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/10/rightmove-discovers-ai-is-no-excuse-for-profit-warnings/ - 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: Rightmove embraces AI and says 'will be good for estate agent listings' https://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/marketing-news/rightmove-embraces-ai-and-says-will-be-good-for-estate-agent-listings/ Rightmove plc: Trading and Investor Update (PDF) https://plc.rightmove.co.uk/content/uploads/2025/11/251106-RNS-Trading-Update.pdf AI's awfully exciting until companies want to use it: Rightmove edition https://www.ft.com/content/74e31d3e-4b50-43b2-9aa2-e53f41b776a8 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  6. NOV 7

    20251107 - Nicholas Weaver: The futile future of the gigawatt datacenter

    The edge is where it's at 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 An interview with Dr Nicholas Weaver, author of this guest post on the Pivot to AI blog: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/06/the-futile-future-of-the-gigawatt-datacenter-by-nicholas-weaver/ Please excuse the 360p video, I blame Zoom The transcript of this interview is up on the Patreon for $5-and-up patrons. Nick's BlueSky: @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com https://bsky.app/profile/ncweaver.skerry-tech.com Nick's website: Skerry Technologies: https://skerry-tech.com/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    27 min

  7. NOV 6

    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

  8. NOV 5

    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

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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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  • Episodes
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