Pivot to AI

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A short daily look at the latest foolishness from the AI bubble. It can't be that stupid, you must be prompting it wrong.

  1. 1H AGO

    20251012 - Microsoft OneDrive lets you disable AI face recognition three times a year!

    if the off switch works yet Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/12/microsoft-onedrive-lets-you-disable-ai-face-recognition-three-times-in-a-year/ 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 Sources: Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) https://slashdot.org/story/447740 Group photos by people https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/group-photos-by-people-21065f48-c746-48ad-a98a-cbe4631631bc Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  2. 1D AGO

    20251011 - Google won’t fix ‘ASCII smuggling’ hack in Gemini AI

    ‘the issue can only result in social engineering’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/11/google-wont-fix-ascii-smuggling-hack-in-gemini-ai/ 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 Sources: Gemini still gets tripped by it. https://mastodon.social/@eliocamp/115069737789365526 Ghosts in the Machine: ASCII Smuggling across Various LLMs https://www.firetail.ai/blog/ghosts-in-the-machine-ascii-smuggling-across-various-llms Previously on Pivot to AI: Prompt-inject an AI chatbot with ... an image! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/22/prompt-inject-an-ai-chatbot-with-an-image/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug5kTJrKeTM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  3. 2D AGO

    20251010 - OpenAI does deals to make a deal, the money is getting worried

    Plus: how the AI bubble pops 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 Sources: OpenAI, AMD Announce Massive Computing Deal, Marking New Phase of AI Boom https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-amd-deal-ai-chips-ed92cc42 Nvidia to invest up to $100bn in OpenAI https://www.ft.com/content/d3caeac1-def8-45ae-b56b-e34c7c435ccc SoftBank Seeks $5 Billion Margin Loan Backed by Arm Stock https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/softbank-in-talks-for-5-billion-margin-loan-backed-by-arm-stock ‘Circular’ mega-deals by Bay Area tech giants are raising eyebrows https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/circular-deals-bay-area-tech-21089538.php Financial Policy Committee Record – October 2025 https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/financial-policy-committee-record/2025/october-2025 Big Boss Interview: #3 JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: The AI Bubble Will Burst https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0m7h23s Previously on Pivot to AI: a16z raising fresh $20b to keep the AI bubble pumping https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7a1-6MU3QA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA In 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSnLt6Knbs&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 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 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

    9 min

  4. 3D AGO

    20251009 - OpenAI and Jony Ive’s Siri-alike has compute problems

    ‘a friend who’s a computer who isn’t your weird AI girlfriend’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/09/openai-and-jony-ives-siri-alike-has-compute-problems/ 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 Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive grapple with technical issues on secretive AI device https://www.ft.com/content/58b078be-e0ab-492f-9dbf-c2fe67298dd3 Order granting motion for temporary restraining order https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450913/gov.uscourts.cand.450913.51.0.pdf IYO, Inc. v. IO Products, Inc. case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70495566/iyo-inc-v-io-products-inc/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Iyo vs. Io — OpenAI and Jony Ive get sued https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/23/iyo-vs-io-openai-and-jony-ive-get-sued/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQsRTT2WqY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    3 min

  5. 4D AGO

    20251008 - Salesforce replaces help with Agentforce AI, customers outraged

    You WILL love Marc’s pet robot Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/08/salesforce-replaces-help-with-agentforce-ai-customers-outraged/ 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 Sources: Salesforce Hits 8,000 Agentforce Deals, Opens Up on Its Informatica Acquisition https://www.cxtoday.com/conversational-ai/salesforce-hits-8000-agentforce-deals-opens-up-on-its-informatica-acquisition/ Bring Back Search on Salesforce Help https://ideas.salesforce.com/s/idea/a0BHp000016LluLMAS/bring-back-search-on-salesforce-help Previously on Pivot to AI: AI agents mean Salesforce won’t hire software engineers in 2025, apparently https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/12/ai-agents-mean-salesforce-wont-hire-software-engineers-in-2025-apparently/ Salesforce: AI agents don’t work — but we’re charging 6% more for AI anyway https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/18/salesforce-ai-agents-dont-work-but-were-charging-6-more-for-ai-anyway/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7G_VL0VX9E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Podcast RSS feed: https://feeds.libsyn.com/577845/rss

    4 min

  6. 5D AGO

    20251007 - Deloitte Australia retracts ChatGPT report, refunds government

    vibe compliance Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/07/deloitte-australia-retracts-chatgpt-report-refunds-government/ 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 Sources: Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/deloitte-to-refund-government-after-admitting-ai-errors-in-440k-report-20251005-p5n05p Targeted Compliance Framework Final Report 26 September 2025 https://www.dewr.gov.au/download/17099/targeted-compliance-framework-assurance-review-final-report/41163/targeted-compliance-framework-independent-review-final-report/pdf Anthropic lands its biggest enterprise deployment ever with Deloitte deal https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/06/anthropic-deloitte-enterprise-ai.html Previously on Pivot to AI: Deloitte Australia writes government report with AI — and fake references https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/28/deloitte-australia-writes-government-report-with-ai-and-fake-references/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olG8wvK8SpA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    3 min

  7. 6D AGO

    20251006 - Microsoft: forget your IT department, use Copilot at work anyway!

    My workslop is of critical business importance! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/06/microsoft-forget-your-it-department-use-copilot-at-work-anyway/ 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 Sources: The Case Against Generative AI https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/ Employees can bring Copilot from their personal Microsoft 365 plans to work — what it means for IT https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/employees-can-bring-copilot-from-their-personal-microsoft-365-plans-to-work---wh/4458212 Meet Microsoft 365 Premium: Your AI and productivity powerhouse https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/10/01/meet-microsoft-365-premium-your-ai-and-productivity-powerhouse/ Work Trend Index Annual Report (PDF) https://assets-c4akfrf5b4d3f4b7.z01.azurefd.net/assets/2025/04/WTI-2025-04-The-Year-the-Frontier-v13_68535917c7c2a.pdf Previously on Pivot to AI: How to remove Copilot AI from your Office 365 subscription: hit ‘cancel’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/how-to-remove-copilot-ai-from-your-office-365-subscription-hit-cancel/ Workslop: bad ‘study’, but an excellent word https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/23/workslop-bad-study-but-an-excellent-word/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnI-Yr6plXI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft’s Office 365 workslop generator — for ‘vibe working’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/01/microsofts-office-365-workslop-generator-for-vibe-working/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH59-8dD08g&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    4 min

  8. OCT 5

    20251005 - Musk’s Grokipedia: Grok AI rewrites Wikipedia

    ‘maximum truth through first principles and physics’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/05/musks-grokipedia-grok-ai-rewrites-wikipedia/ 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 Sources: Wikipedia is controlled by far-left activists https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1849639215199650279 Why Conservatives Are Attacking ‘Wokepedia’ https://www.wsj.com/tech/wikipedia-conservative-complaints-ee904b0b We are building Grokipedia @xAI https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1972992095859433671 I know. We should have this fixed by end of year https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1973100475600847220 Grokipedia is going to be the world's biggest, most accurate knowledge source, for humans and AI with no limits on use https://x.com/amXFreeze/status/1974553507815428590 Version 0.1 early beta of Grokipedia will be published in 2 weeks https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1974698202625679361 Bible Retranslation Project https://www.conservapedia.com/Bible_Retranslation_Project WATCH: Elon Musk appears to give fascist salute during Trump inauguration celebration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Even Elon Musk can’t make Grok claim a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/15/even-elon-musk-cant-make-grok-claim-a-white-genocide-in-south-africa/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFuC-dzE73Q&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Apple retrains Siri AI for the Trump anti-’woke’ era https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/11/apple-retrains-siri-ai-for-the-trump-anti-woke-era/ video: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/11/apple-retrains-siri-ai-for-the-trump-anti-woke-era/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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