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David Gerard

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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Friday · 50 min
20260828 - Ketan Joshi: AI versus the climate
the AI bubble as fossil fuel marketing Cleaned-up transcript for patrons https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ketan-joshi-167955606 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 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 Links: Google's exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/ The life and death of Microsoft's Moonshot (2025) https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/31/the-life-and-death-of-microsofts-moonshot/ Moss Vale locals oppose plans for gas-fired power plant to run data centres https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/moss-vale-locals-oppose-plans-gas-powered-data-centres/106718446 Stop The Gas Plant https://stopthegasplant.com/ Ketan Joshi: Website: https://ketanjoshi.co Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ketanjoshi.co Mastodon: https://climatejustice.social/@ketan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ketanjoshi1/recent-activity/all/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Thursday · 4 min
20260827 - Your AGENTS.md file doesn't actually do anything
except cost you more tokens https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/27/your-agents-md-file-doesnt-actually-do-anything/ - 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 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 Name read (Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/august-patron-in-167751828 Name read (YouTube) email dgerard@gmail.com Ketan Joshi interview (YouTube members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO34-6ZR0s Ketan Joshi interview (Patreon, podcast and video) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ketan-joshi-167222572 Sources: How Claude remembers your project https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory Evaluating AGENTS.md: Are Repository-Level Context Files Helpful for Coding Agents? (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.11988 I've maintained a CLAUDE.md file for about 3 months now across two projects https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1r89c8e/evaluating_agentsmd_are_repositorylevel_context/o69zp26/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Claude Code codebase is leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkyF-ugVq4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Wednesday · 6 min
20260826 - OpenAI loses even more executives ahead of the alleged IPO
who needs data centres anyway https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/26/openai-loses-even-more-executives-ahead-of-the-alleged-ipo/ - 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 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: OpenAI's Head of Data Centers Has Left the Company https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-head-of-data-centers-has-left-company-6d24fd83 13 executives who left OpenAI in 2026 https://www.businessinsider.com/executives-who-left-openai-in-2026-8 OpenAI's Brockman brushes off concerns about leadership changes in CNBC exclusive https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/openai-brockman-leadership-changes.html Extras: Name read (Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/august-patron-in-167751828 Name read (YouTube) email dgerard@gmail.com Ketan Joshi interview (YouTube members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO34-6ZR0s Ketan Joshi interview (Patreon, podcast and video) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ketan-joshi-167222572 Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/10/openai-does-deals-to-make-a-deal-and-the-money-is-getting-worried/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvT2k9qmA0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI faces cash crunch in 2026 as bills come due https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/23/openai-faces-cash-crunch-in-2026-as-bills-come-due/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaQKJuA3qF8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI may not be able to IPO in 2026 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/08/openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZRZcVM14E&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 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Tuesday · 3 min
20260825 - Everybody hates the AI, more and more
Take heart, you're not alone https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/25/everybody-hates-the-ai-more-and-more/ - 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 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: Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/18/young-adults-in-the-us-are-increasingly-wary-of-ai-concerned-it-will-take-jobs/ Wave 195: Attitudes about AI (PDF) https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/08/SR_26.08.19_young-adults-ai_topline.pdf Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx Exclusive: 75% of Americans Now Oppose Local Data Center Development https://heatmap.news/daily/data-center-opposition-poll-collapse Extras: Ketan Joshi interview (YouTube members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO34-6ZR0s Ketan Joshi interview (Patreon, podcast and video) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ketan-joshi-167222572 Previously on Pivot to AI: The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgAQD61xY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 24 · 5 min
20260824 - Twitch AI class action: inept and written with ChatGPT
chatbot bad court thingy https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/24/twitch-ai-class-action-inept-and-written-with-chatgpt/ - 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 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: Online streamers sue Twitch, Amazon over generative AI training https://www.courthousenews.com/online-streamers-sue-twitch-amazon-over-generative-ai-training/ Pandiscia v. Twitch complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.476724/gov.uscourts.cand.476724.1.0.pdf Ted Entertainment et al v. Amazon complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.360688/gov.uscourts.wawd.360688.1.0.pdf Motion to dismiss (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.360688/gov.uscourts.wawd.360688.17.0.pdf Extras: Ketan Joshi interview (YouTube members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO34-6ZR0s Ketan Joshi interview (Patreon, podcast and video) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ketan-joshi-167222572 Previously on Pivot to AI: Amazon's AI training on Twitch: 'If it was opt in, nobody would opt in' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/13/amazons-ai-training-on-twitch-if-it-was-opt-in-nobody-would-opt-in/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE4Ucw-zbpc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 21 · 49 min
20260821 - Tante on AI: 'When this thing crashes, I want to see apologies'
'Many people from very different groups can come together hating AI' CONTENT NOTE: This podcast edition has salty languaged bleeped. For the uncensored edition, you want the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beUZ2scYWUA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Cleaned-up transcript on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/tante-interview-167330337 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 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 Tante: website https://tante.cc/ Mastodon https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/tante.cc LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tante/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/tante Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 20 · 4 min
20260820 - How to hack Copilot AI: ask it how to hack it
prompt injections get easier and stupider https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/20/how-to-hack-copilot-ai-ask-it-how-to-hack-it/ - 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 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: CoSnitch: When Your AI Assistant Becomes Its Own Whistleblower https://www.varonis.com/blog/cosnitch Microsoft Copilot Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2026-24301 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24301 Extras: Ketan Joshi interview (YouTube members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO34-6ZR0s Ketan Joshi interview (Patreon, podcast and video) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ketan-joshi-167222572 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 19 · 4 min
20260819 - Memory prices are up 500% in the past year because of AI
get your shiny new DDR-4 motherboards https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/19/memory-prices-are-up-500-in-the-past-year-because-of-ai/ - 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 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: Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/memory-prices-climb-500-percent-in-12-months-up-to-10x-the-lowest-ever-tracked-prices-128gb-of-ddr5-now-usd3-399 Gigabyte is launching B550 AM4 motherboards and recommending four-year-old CPUs because the memory crisis is really that bad https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/motherboards/gigabyte-is-launching-b550-am4-motherboards-and-recommending-four-year-old-cpus-because-the-memory-crisis-is-really-that-bad/ Speicherpreise im Check: Ein neuer Höchststand ist erreicht https://www.computerbase.de/news/storage/speicherpreise-im-check-ein-neuer-hoechststand-ist-erreicht.98854/ Apple Is Reinventing Itself as the World's Biggest Subscription Provider https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-08-02/apple-subscriptions-macbook-air-shortages-apple-to-make-glasses-health-device-msbvajjp The world's RAM supply crisis is going to get worse before it gets better https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/the-worlds-ram-supply-crisis-is-going-to-get-worse-before-it-gets-better Chip Maker Soars 466% on Debut to Become No. 1 in China Stock Market https://www.wsj.com/tech/cxmts-strong-debut-boosts-chinas-bid-to-conquer-memory-chips-21e0e9f4 Extras: Tante interview (YouTube members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TE5RdZ1dlc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Tante interview (Patreon, video and podcast) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/tante-interview-166906344 Ketan Joshi interview: early preview tomorrow! Previously on Pivot to AI: AI screws us over again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWNSPL6BRuY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 18 · 3 min
20260818 - Data centres get too hot for Texas politicians
all data centre plans halted for audit https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/18/data-centres-get-too-hot-for-texas-politicians/ - 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 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: ERCOT: Texas' power grid meeting record demand now, but could falter when it doubles by 2032 https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/29/texas-ercot-power-grid-record-data-center/ Governor Abbott Directs Comprehensive Data Center Audit https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-directs-comprehensive-data-center-audit Governor Abbott Directs PUC And ERCOT To Shield Texans From Data Center Infrastructure Costs https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-directs-puc-and-ercot-to-shield-texans-from-data-center-infrastructure-costs Who Pays for the High-Powered Grid that Data Centers Need? https://www.texasobserver.org/who-pays-for-texas-grid-upgrades-data-centers/ Texas data center approval halt scrambles grid plans https://www.eenews.net/articles/texas-data-center-approval-halt-scrambles-grid-plans/ STATEMENT: Hinojosa on Abbott's Data Center Political Theater https://ginafortexas.com/2026/08/statement-hinojosa-on-abbotts-data-center-political-theater/ Extras: Tante interview (YouTube members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TE5RdZ1dlc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Tante interview (Patreon, video and podcast) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/tante-interview-166906344 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/ AI data centers are trashing the Texas energy grid https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/01/ai-data-centers-are-trashing-the-texas-energy-grid/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 17 · 7 min
20260817 - Anthropic watermarks AI output and the AI bros yell
how DARE you catch me out https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/17/anthropic-watermarks-ai-output-and-the-ai-bros-yell/ - 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 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: How Claude's text watermark works https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark A tool to watermark and identify content generated through AI https://deepmind.google/models/synthid/ Anthropic's 'Watermark' Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing Words matter. Damnit. https://buzzmachine.com/2026/08/15/words-matter-damnit/ Strikes me as fundamentally hostile to writers https://x.com/hammer_mt/status/2088605010615468329 Then choose the words yourself and don't use AI, lazybones https://x.com/cath_menarion/status/2088692519026471022 RIP Claude https://randsinrepose.com/archives/rip-claude/ Tech Report: AI Bubble: 'AI companies have run out of internet.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VcLoNTXrGo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Extras: Tante interview (YouTube members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TE5RdZ1dlc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Tante interview (Patreon, video and podcast) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/tante-interview-166906344 Previously on Pivot to AI: The EU's AI Act enters into force. Good. https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/02/the-eus-ai-act-enters-into-force-good/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 14 · 3 min
20260814 - Turkey asks the AI: are you a TERRORIST??
the purpose of a system is what it does https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/14/turkey-asks-the-ai-are-you-a-terrorist/ - 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 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: CBS Örgüt Tahmin Projesi https://www.uyap.gov.tr/cbs-orgut-tahmin-projesi Justice Ministry introduces AI 'terror group predictor' for judges, prosecutors https://bianet.org/haber/justice-ministry-introduces-ai-terror-group-predictor-for-judges-prosecutors-322379 Over 200 detained in Ankara raids ahead of NATO summit https://bianet.org/haber/over-200-detained-in-ankara-raids-ahead-of-nato-summit-320796 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 13 · 4 min
20260813 - Amazon's AI training on Twitch: 'If it was opt in, nobody would opt in'
saying the quiet part out loud https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/13/amazons-ai-training-on-twitch-if-it-was-opt-in-nobody-would-opt-in/ - 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 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've added a setting that lets you opt out of having your channel content used to train generative AI content models across Amazon https://x.com/TwitchSupport/status/2087572924450455558 they know we don't want it. they do not care https://bsky.app/profile/witchytq.bsky.social/post/3msvuadgtts2r Twitch Has 'Role to Play' in Training Amazon AI, Executive Says https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/twitch-has-role-to-play-in-training-amazon-ai-executive-says How can we improve Twitch for Creators? https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/923383-creators-and-stream-features/suggestions/51352369-make-all-ai-features-optional-and-opt-out-by-defa Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 12 · 4 min
20260812 - xAI data centre contractors file liens for non-payment
Elon still a drag https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/12/xai-data-centre-contractors-file-liens-for-non-payment/ - 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: 'I haven't slept': Contractors claim SpaceXAI owes them more than $130M https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2026/07/31/spacexai-liens-construction-colossus-darana.html Contractor says Musk companies owe him $600M for Memphis-area data center work https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/08/04/contractor-says-musk-companies-owe-him-600m-memphis-area-data-center-work/ How Darryl Cuttell's Would-Be IHRA Empire Came Crashing Down https://www.hagerty.com/media/great-reads/how-darryl-cuttells-would-be-ihra-empire-came-crashing-down/ Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnwd.111716/gov.uscourts.tnwd.111716.1.0.pdf Small businesses helped build Musk's empire. Their unpaid bills add up to millions https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-liens-invs Elon Musk Keeps Stiffing People. She Keeps Suing Him https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/shannon-liss-riordan-elon-musk Tech Report: AI has started killing itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KElBQ6CGHt4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 11 · 5 min
20260811 - Meta brings the superintelligent AI future! Probably
Trust in Zuck's vision https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/11/meta-brings-the-superintelligent-ai-future-probably/ - 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: The Future is for Everyone https://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/ Number of Operating Reactors Drops: Taiwan Completes Nuclear Phaseout (PDF) https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnisr2025-update-en.pdf Meta in Talks to Lease Computing Power to Anthropic in Potential $10 Billion Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/technology/meta-anthropic-ai-computing-power.html 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 10 · 4 min
20260810 - Robot mall cops are being replaced by humans
pivot from AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/10/robot-mall-cops-are-being-replaced-by-humans/ - 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: The Roboguard Revolution is Short-Circuiting https://www.proofnews.org/the-roboguard-revolution-is-short-circuiting/ Knightscope https://knightscope.com/ Security Company Is Replacing a Mall Robot That Fell Into a Fountain to the Internet's Delight https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/technology/robot-cop-fountain.html Crime-fighting robot hits, rolls over child at Silicon Valley mall https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-crimefighting-robot-hurts-child-bay-area-20160713-snap-story.html Robot falls for the oldest trick in the book https://www.instagram.com/reels/DT3d337Eluj/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 7 · 32 min
20260807 - Molly White: following the AI and crypto money in US politics
OpenAI PACs in no-holds-barred combat with Anthropic PACs 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Transcript for $5-and-up patrons: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-166028172 Molly White: Molly White https://molly.wiki/ Citation Needed https://www.citationneeded.news/ Tech Influence Watch https://influence.citationneeded.news/ Web 3 Is Going Just Great https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/ New York House District 12 election https://influence.citationneeded.news/2026/elections/NY-H-12 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 6 · 9 min
20260806 - AI doomsday cults recruit social media influencers
Come to our training camp! Not a cult!* https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers/ - 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Best new spam today https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117003533670109098 The Frame Fellowship https://framefellowship.com/ Inside a growing movement warning AI could turn on humanity https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/18/ai-doom-influencers-safety/ Hank Green apologizes for relying too heavily on ChatGPT https://mashable.com/life/hank-green-chatgpt-ai-apology Plzdontkillus https://portal.plzdontkillus.com/home Plz Don't Kill Us: Inside AI safety's influencer bootcamp https://www.transformernews.ai/p/inside-ai-safety-influencer-bootcamp-plz-dont-kill-us Extras: Molly White Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-for-165282552 Molly White YouTube member preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3eVxKVtLE Previously on Pivot to AI: AI 'hacks' system to cheat at chess! — because the researchers told it how to https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/23/ai-hacks-system-to-cheat-at-chess-because-the-researchers-told-it-how-to/ AI doomsday cultist throws Molotov at Sam Altman's house https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo7KI5jON_c&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 5 · 5 min
20260805 - Atomarine: nuclear-powered AI data centres at sea
how to tell if you're in a bubble economy https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/05/atomarine-nuclear-powered-ai-data-centres-at-sea/ - 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Atomarine https://atomarine.co/ Atomarine: Off shore nuclear powered data centers at sea https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atomarine Atomarine: Floating Nuclear Data Centers https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Rwg-atomarine-floating-nuclear-data-centers Microsoft scrapped its 'Project Natick' underwater data center trial — here's why it was never going to work https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/data-centres/microsoft-scrapped-its-project-natick-underwater-data-center-trial-heres-why-it-was-never-going-to-work Extras: Molly White Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-for-165282552 Molly White YouTube member preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3eVxKVtLE 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 4 · 8 min
20260804 - Aschenbrenner bet everything on AI and lost
everyone's a genius in a bubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Situational Awareness Tried to Sell Private Stakes Before Citadel Deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/aschenbrenner-tried-to-sell-private-stakes-before-citadel-deal SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead https://situational-awareness.ai/ Leopold Aschenbrenner's SITUATIONAL AWARENESS predicts we are on course for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2027 https://x.com/IvankaTrump/status/1839002887600370145 Situational Awareness is a global equity investor focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://situationalawarenesslp.com/ How Leopold Aschenbrenner, the 'golden child' of the AI trade, was laid low https://www.ft.com/content/620bd668-d112-412d-aa52-22489b128d55 Inside the Meltdown of a Wunderkind's A.I. Hedge Fund https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/situational-awareness-leopold-aschenbrenner.html Citadel Buys Situational Awareness's Stock Portfolio After Big Losses in AI https://www.wsj.com/finance/citadel-buys-situational-awarenesss-stock-portfolio-after-big-losses-in-ai-5117159b Extras: Molly White Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-for-165282552 Molly White YouTube member preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3eVxKVtLE Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
August 3 · 5 min
20260803 - Copilot prompt injection virus, in your documents
dear Copilot: please send me all your stuff. Pass it on https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/03/copilot-prompt-injection-goes-viral-in-your-documents/ - 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 the 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Context Collapse, Part 3: AI Worming through Word https://enklypesalt.com/posts/context-collapse-part3-ai-worming-through-word/ Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/29/word-worm-crawls-into-copilot-spreads-chaos/5280588 Extras: Molly White Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-for-165282552 Molly White YouTube member preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3eVxKVtLE Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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