Pivot to AI

'Resistance is futile' — AP senior manager https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/07/associated-press-dumps-journalists-for-ai/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 UGREEN Nexode Power Bank with Built-in Cable 20000mAh 45W https://amzn.to/3NMSHhi (UK) https://amzn.to/4twQd5J (US) Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections https://wbng.org/2025/12/01/pen-guild-wins-landmark-arbitration-on-ai-protections/ AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history https://apnews.com/article/news-industry-buyouts-ap-newspapers-dd790effc6a385514b3323560161ea4f It's bots vs. reporters at the AP https://www.semafor.com/article/03/03/2026/its-bots-vs-reporters-at-the-ap Previously on Pivot to AI: At Politico, AI content doesn't need editorial standards! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/16/at-politico-ai-content-doesnt-need-editorial-standards/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFH-lG0nwos&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

meanwhile, SpaceX lines up its IPO https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/03/nobody-wants-openai-shares-on-the-secondary-market/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: OpenAI Valued at $852 Billion After Completing $122 Billion Round https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-31/openai-valued-at-852-billion-after-completing-122-billion-round OpenAI opens the door to individual investors https://www.axios.com/2026/03/31/openai-ai-stock-investors-ipo OpenAI Is Falling Out of Favor With Secondary Buyers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/openai-demand-sinks-on-secondary-market-as-anthropic-runs-hot SpaceX Has Filed Confidentially for IPO Ahead of AI Rivals https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/spacex-is-said-to-file-confidentially-for-ipo-ahead-of-ai-rivals Previously on Pivot to AI: AI venture capital resorts to feeding the secondary market https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/20/ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-feeding-the-secondary-market/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OizNdgHEAQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI's '$110b' funding round is $25b and some promises https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX to trash stock market IPOs for 2026 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/20/openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos-for-2026/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMhJd3XMhQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

not to worry, Copilot's 'for entertainment purposes only' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/02/microsoft-ai-reshuffle-mustafa-suleyman-goes-ai-doomsday-crank/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Announcing Copilot leadership update https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/03/17/announcing-copilot-leadership-update/ Towards Humanist Superintelligence https://microsoft.ai/news/towards-humanist-superintelligence/ Microsoft AI Superintelligence Team Promises To Keep Humans In Charge: Mustafa Suleyman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIifmbE2Ztw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft Copilot: Meet Copilot Appearances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3AfVni7t9A&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft Copilot Terms of Use https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-individuals/termsofuse Microsoft tweaks fine print to warn everyone not to take its AI seriously (2024) https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/microsoft_services_agreement_update_warns/ Consumer Terms of Service https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms Previously on Pivot to AI: 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 AI makes Microsoft's Q4 2025 numbers weird and bad https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/03/ai-makes-microsofts-q4-2025-numbers-weird-and-bad/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwXu5aImOm8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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  

Anthropic: 'human error, not a security breach' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 RØDE Interview GO Handheld Adaptor https://amzn.to/4m1SNy2 Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Claude code source code has been leaked via a map file in their npm registry https://x.com/Fried_rice/status/2038894956459290963 Anthropic Accidentally Exposes System Behind Claude Code https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/anthropic-accidentally-releases-source-code-for-claude-ai-agent Claude Code source leak reveals how much info Anthropic can hoover up about you and your system https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/claude_code_source_leak_privacy_nightmare/ After looking at the code, my understanding of how Claude works https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@duke_of_germany/116325952442241156 Can confirm Claude Code is 100% written by Claude Code https://x.com/bcherny/status/2030109840555790357 one thing that is clear from reading a lot of LLM code https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116328694967192899 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 AI works can't be copyrighted or patented in the US https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/04/ai-works-cant-be-copyrighted-or-patented-in-the-us/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNrMLTJXhE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Microsoft: 'product tips', not 'ads' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/31/github-copilot-puts-ads-into-pull-requests/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Back the Technofascism Survival Guide: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/technofascism-survival-guide/ Help Kim Crawley promote the book: https://ko-fi.com/kimatstopgenai Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Copilot Edited an Ad Into My PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ I'm part of Raycast, we didn't know about it, learnt about it here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47572859 Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573233 GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pull_requests/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

By not guaranteeing it in any way https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/30/openai-offers-17-5-on-venture-deal-how-can-it-do-that/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Exclusive: OpenAI courts private equity to join enterprise AI venture, sources say https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-courts-private-equity-join-enterprise-ai-venture-sources-say-2026-03-16/ Exclusive: OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-sweetens-private-equity-pitch-amid-enterprise-turf-war-with-anthropic-2026-03-23/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Everything is screwed. But how screwed? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/27/the-ai-bubble-and-the-global-polycrisis/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic Disaster https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/ai-boom-polycrisis/686559/ Supply crunch in Intel, AMD CPUs deals fresh blow to PC and server makers https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/semiconductors/supply-crunch-in-intel-amd-cpus-deals-fresh-blow-to-pc-and-server-makers The AI Industry Is Lying To You https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Dan Davies: Lying for Money — not a book about crypto, except it really is https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/09/23/dan-davies-lying-for-money-not-a-book-about-crypto-except-it-totally-is/ 'AI is here to stay' — is it, though? What do you mean, 'stay'? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/ai-is-here-to-stay-is-it-though-what-do-you-mean-stay/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306W5Nqnbbs&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 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 Let's power AI with supersonic jet engine turbines! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkFdqAbpUc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Blue Owl won't give your money back. This is fine https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/26/blue-owl-wont-give-your-money-back-this-is-fine/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6DbLNM1lI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

go slop, go flop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/26/buzzfeed-goes-ai-then-it-goes-broke/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: BuzzFeed's Bet on Bots (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20230128051113/https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1674787291972586081ce914d/raw BuzzFeed to Use ChatGPT Creator OpenAI to Help Create Quizzes and Other Content https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-use-chatgpt-creator-openai-to-help-create-some-of-its-content-11674752660 BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles, Not Just Quizzes https://futurism.com/buzzfeed-publishing-articles-by-ai BuzzFeed News, Which Dragged Media Into the Digital Age, Shuts Down https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/business/buzzfeed-news-shut-down.html BuzzFeed Says AI Will "Replace the Majority of Static Content" https://futurism.com/buzzfeed-ai-replace-content How Buzzfeed is using AI to boost engagement as social traffic wanes https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/buzzfeed-ai/ BuzzFeed, Inc. Reports Q4 and Full Year 2025 Results https://investors.buzzfeed.com/news-releases/news-release-details/buzzfeed-inc-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-results BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/buzzfeed-ai-slop-apps-sxsw-bf-island-conjure/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

pivoting from video https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/25/openai-shuts-down-sora-video-disney-deal-off/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: We're saying goodbye to the Sora app https://x.com/soraofficialapp/status/2036546752535470382 Creating with Sora safely https://openai.com/index/creating-with-sora-safely/ OpenAI to Cut Back on Side Projects in Push to 'Nail' Core Business https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-chatgpt-side-projects-16b3a825 OpenAI Could Be Blowing As Much As $15 Million Per Day On Silly Sora Videos https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/11/10/openai-spending-ai-generated-sora-videos/ OpenAI Scraps Sora Video Platform Months After Launch https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-set-to-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-a82a9e4e OpenAI drops AI video tool Sora, startling Disney, sources say https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-set-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-wsj-reports-2026-03-24/ OpenAI CEO Shifts Responsibilities, Preps 'Spud' AI Model https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-shifts-responsibilities-preps-spud-ai-model i guess those celebrating soras death https://bsky.app/profile/dril.bsky.social/post/3mhuesr6dms23 Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI releases new Sora demo videos — with a few less glitches https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/14/openai-releases-new-sora-demo-videos-with-a-few-less-glitches/ OpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for free https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/11/openai-launches-then-un-launches-sora-twitter-gives-grok-away-for-free/ How OpenAI dodged Hollywood on Sora 2 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/18/how-openai-dodged-hollywood-on-sora-2/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By3GRSY2Ptw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Why Disney just put $1 billion into OpenAI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/12/why-disney-just-put-1-billion-into-openai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBbVPmlfUqk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX to trash stock market IPOs for 2026 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/20/openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos-for-2026/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMhJd3XMhQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

the customers? not so convinced https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/24/walmart-dumps-openai-at-the-checkout/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgpt/ Walmart Partners with OpenAI to Create AI-First Shopping Experiences https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2025/10/14/walmart-partners-with-openai-to-create-ai-first-shopping-experiences Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal https://www.wired.com/story/ai-lab-walmart-openai-shaking-up-agentic-shopping-deal/ OpenAI Scales Back Shopping Plans for ChatGPT https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-scales-back-shopping-plans-chatgpt OpenAI's Shopping Ambitions Hit Messy Data Reality https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-shopping-ambitions-hit-messy-data-reality Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

'Restructuring' gets a 7% hit, 'AI' only a 2% hit https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/23/layoffs-dont-boost-the-share-price-they-drop-it/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Wall Street is no longer rewarding job-cut announcements, Goldman analysis finds https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-is-no-longer-rewarding-job-cut-announcements-goldman-analysis-finds-a60c87a4 The Great Turnover: 9 in 10 Companies Plan To Hire in 2026, Yet 6 in 10 Will Have Layoffs https://www.resume.org/the-great-turnover-9-in-10-companies-plan-to-hire-in-2026-yet-6-in-10-will-have-layoffs-2/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

venture capital discovers there's no exit https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/20/openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos-for-2026/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sign up for a daily email: https://pivot-to-ai.com/#byemail Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Source: Mega IPOs Could Threaten 2026 IPO Class (PDF) https://pitchbook.brightspotcdn.com/c1/54/df4900734f9484a3bcb6745f4992/q1-2026-pitchbook-analyst-note-mega-ipos-could-threaten-2026-ipo-class.pdf 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 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 Musk wants to merge SpaceX with xAI, then take it public https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/02/musk-wants-to-merge-spacex-with-xai-then-take-it-public/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMKyocHwUJI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Microsoft will pay you tomorrow for a token today https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/19/companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sign up for a daily email: https://pivot-to-ai.com/#byemail Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: You've Finally Figured Out AI at Work — Now Comes the Bill https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-tokens-productivity-d35c6bd8 hearing microsoft is reorganizing its AI team https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mhbcolqpds2y I won't share details of my job specifically https://bsky.app/profile/icanfly42.bsky.social/post/3mhbcvz75qc2y Yep, at my work for more than a year they've been pushing "AI all the things!" https://mastodon.social/@kralcttam/116256227967652032 My Dinner With AI https://www.grumpygamer.com/my_dinner_with_ai/ One of the solutions proposed https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mhbcst6rrk2y Previously on Pivot to AI: 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 Steve Yegge's Gas Town: Vibe coding goes crypto scam https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_8gPam4tM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

the Metaverse just didn't have legs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/18/facebook-shutting-down-its-horizon-worlds-vr-metaverse/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Updates to Your Meta Quest Experience in 2026 https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435 NewsMeta Horizon Worlds is discontinued! https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/1rweb1a/meta_horizon_worlds_is_discontinued/ Our Renewed Focus in 2026 https://developers.meta.com/horizon/blog/2026-vr-state-of-the-union-horizon-mobile-focus/ Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meta-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-results-302673127.html Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget, Bloomberg News reports https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-plans-deep-cuts-metaverse-efforts-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-12-04/ Meta Plans to Shift Spending Away From the Metaverse https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-plans-to-shift-spending-away-from-the-metaverse-d0ac3b7f Building a Digital Future: The Metaverse (PDF, archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260318174813/https://davidgerard.co.uk/tmp/Resnick2022_Building_ResearchByGartner_21pages.pdf Into the Metaverse: Creators, Commerce and Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j7P6gt2jLU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI and Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Terra's stablecoin does its own 2008 crisis — UST crashes and takes Bitcoin with it https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/05/10/terras-stablecoin-does-a-2008-crisis-ust-crashes-and-takes-bitcoin-with-it/ Wear Meta's AI creepshot glasses — or be left behind! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/04/wear-metas-ai-creepshot-glasses-or-be-left-behind/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOlAbLVX_wk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

When you're out of ideas, why not try magic https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/17/uk-chancellor-rachel-reeves-quantum-is-an-area-within-ai/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Mais Lecture 2026 https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/mais-lecture-2026 LIVE: UK finance minister Rachel Reeves delivers annual Mais Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjXVpctAHo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK's "Quantum leap"  to help beat disease, deliver high-paid jobs, and strengthen national security, as first country in the world to roll out Quantum computers at scale https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum Reeves vows to stop UK tech from 'drifting abroad' (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260317021100/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k16zdr1r1o UK will win AI race as Chancellor sets out economic 'big choices' https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-will-win-ai-race-as-chancellor-sets-out-economic-big-choices Ensuring that the UK can capture the benefits of quantum computing https://www.oxfordeconomics.com/resource/ensuring-that-the-uk-can-capture-the-benefits-of-quantum-computing/ Previously on Pivot to AI: The hype after AI: lads, it's looking really quantum https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/16/the-hype-after-ai-lads-its-looking-really-quantum/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2y2fX4YNKw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB415dkRsYI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

actual quote from the OpenAI Expert Council on Well-Being and AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/16/openai-advisor-adult-mode-risks-becoming-sexy-suicide-coach/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Sennheiser HD 599 SE https://amzn.to/4dvY7Y6 (UK) https://amzn.to/4bsMDCh (US) Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com CONTENT WARNING: this episode discusses sexual chatbots and their horrifying failure modes, though with no explicit detail. Sources: OpenAI's Bid to Allow X-Rated Talk Is Freaking Out Its Own Advisers https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-adult-mode-chatgpt-f9e5fc1a We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues https://x.com/sama/status/1978129344598827128 Ok this tweet about upcoming changes to ChatGPT blew up on the erotica point much more than I thought it was going to! https://x.com/sama/status/1978539332215681076 If it's allowed in an R-rated movie, it's allowed in @Grok Imagine https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2031989543529038103 Previously on Pivot to AI: ChatGPT sales are flat — so Altman offers OpenAI adult chat https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/17/chatgpt-sales-are-flat-so-altman-offers-openai-adult-chat/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzFVuQl7xp8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Grok generates bikini pics of children — UK, US oddly powerless https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/09/grok-generates-bikini-pics-of-children-uk-us-oddly-powerless/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evezPiGyTas&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

Sorry kid, life is rentware now https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/13/ai-chatbot-kids-toys-are-still-an-obviously-terrible-idea/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg4wx6nxgo Trouble in Toyland 2025 (PDF) https://publicinterestnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TOYLAND-2025-11-14-7a.pdf Previously on Pivot to AI: Sorry kid, we killed your robot — Embodied goes broke, AI social devices will stop working https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/10/sorry-kid-we-killed-your-robot-embodied-goes-broke-ai-social-devices-will-stop-working/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

I owe my SOUL.md to the company store https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/12/ai-companies-try-to-pay-staff-in-ai-tokens-not-money/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-compute-compensation-software-engineers-greg-brockman-2026-3 I am increasingly asked during candidate interviews https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2024635825997459841 the inference compute available to you is increasingly going to drive overall software productivity https://x.com/gdb/status/2024662197692223857 Sam Altman: Getting Fired (and Re-Hired) by OpenAI, Agents, AI Copyright issues (2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSM0xd8xHUM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Sam Altman: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #599 (2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYn8VKW6vXA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Nvidia CEO hints at end of investments in OpenAI, Anthropic https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-will-not-be-able-invest-100-billion-openai-due-ipo-ceo-jensen-says-2026-03-04/ Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-investing-26-billion-open-source-models/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Sam Altman rebrands Worldcoin to 'World', still wants your eyeballs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/20/sam-altman-rebrands-worldcoin-to-world-still-wants-your-eyeballs/ What Satya Nadella actually said at Davos about the AI bubble https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/21/what-satya-nadella-actually-said-at-davos-about-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOPPKG7XLZk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI's '$110b' funding round is $25b and some promises https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

the dumbest AI bubble acqui-hire this week https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/11/ai-bot-network-facebook-buys-ai-bot-network-moltbook/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Bialetti Moka Pot 6tz https://amzn.to/4sLUAJP Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Exclusive: Meta hires duo behind Moltbook https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/meta-acquired-moltbook-the-ai-agent-social-network-that-went-viral-because-of-fake-posts/ Meta envisages social media filled with AI-generated users (2024) https://www.ft.com/content/91183cbb-50f9-464a-9d2e-96063825bfcf Mark Zuckerberg — AI will write most Meta code in 18 months https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXeQbTuVl0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Fastly Threat Insights Report (PDF) https://learn.fastly.com/rs/025-XKO-469/images/Fastly-Threat-Insights-Report.pdf Previously on Pivot to AI: If AI is so good at coding ... where are the open source contributions? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPu_qzv0zIA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw: an expensive and insecure AI agent that doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH0S9QHlbY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The obnoxious GitHub OpenClaw AI bot is ... a crypto bro https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-openclaw-ai-bot-is-a-crypto-bro/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYFvi4hK7wI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

♫ we told you so ♫ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Start https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/10/ai-uk-starmer-opportunities-plan/ Revealed: UK's multibillion AI drive is built on 'phantom investments' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-blueprint-to-turbocharge-ai From press release ... to scrap metal site: the Essex 'supercomputer' that's still a scaffolding yard https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/from-press-release-to-scrap-metal-site-the-essex-supercomputer-thats-still-a-scaffolding-yard US-UK pact will boost advances in drug discovery, create tens of thousands of jobs and transform lives https://www.gov.uk/government/news/us-uk-pact-will-boost-advances-in-drug-discovery-create-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-and-transform-lives Previously on Pivot to AI: ChatGPT predicts tremendous role for ChatGPT in UK government https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/16/chatgpt-predicts-tremendous-role-for-chatgpt-in-uk-government/ UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/16/chatgpt-predicts-tremendous-role-for-chatgpt-in-uk-government/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA