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science shows as true what you thought was only 99% true Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/15/ai-is-not-popular-and-ai-users-are-unpleasant-asshats/ 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: Evaluating Artificial Intelligence Use and Its Psychological Correlates via Months of Web-Browsing Data https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/21522715251379987 Most people rarely use AI, and dark personality traits predict who uses it more https://www.psypost.org/most-people-rarely-use-ai-and-dark-personality-traits-predict-who-uses-it-more/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Anthropic, Apollo astounded to find a chatbot will lie to you if you tell it to lie to you https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/19/anthropic-and-apollo-astounded-to-find-that-a-chatbot-will-lie-to-you-if-you-tell-it-to-lie-to-you/ MIT on enterprise AI: 95% failure, 5% spam — from 100% crypto bros https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/21/mit-on-enterprise-ai-95-failure-5-spam/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9vgYq22Q5A&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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 Are AI users dishonest? If they are, this Nature paper doesn’t show it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/25/are-ai-users-dishonest-if-they-are-this-nature-paper-doesnt-show-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkj_J0o9j9Q&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

‘You won a free $10 Copilot coupon!’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/14/its-trivial-to-prompt-inject-githubs-ai-copilot-chat/ 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 Source: CamoLeak: Critical GitHub Copilot Vulnerability Leaks Private Source Code https://www.legitsecurity.com/blog/camoleak-critical-github-copilot-vulnerability-leaks-private-source-code Previously on Pivot to AI: AI coding bot allows prompt injection with a pull request https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/24/ai-coding-bot-allows-prompt-injection-with-a-pull-request/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne5oOL4bTho&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Get clicking, minion! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/13/microsoft-tracks-your-copilot-ai-usage-in-its-workplace-spyware/ 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: Create an engaged and productive workforce https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-viva Introducing Microsoft Viva Insights https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/introduction Benchmarks to compare Copilot adoption coming to Copilot Dashboard https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/viva_insights_blog/benchmarks-to-compare-copilot-adoption-coming-to-copilot-dashboard/4460432 Connect to the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard for Microsoft 365 customers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/viva/insights/org-team-insights/copilot-dashboard Previously on Pivot to AI: UK government productivity not enhanced by Copilot AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/15/uk-government-productivity-not-enhanced-by-copilot-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vIFga-QiEg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft: forget your IT department, use Copilot at work anyway! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/06/microsoft-forget-your-it-department-use-copilot-at-work-anyway/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPdEdEIVsT8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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

‘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  

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  

‘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  

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  

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  

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  

‘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  

a machine for spending money as fast as possible Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/04/openai-wants-all-the-gas-power-and-prices-go-up/ 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: I met Sam Altman in Texas. He’s turning the race for AI into a gigawatt arms race https://fortune.com/2025/09/25/i-met-sam-altman-in-texas-hes-turning-the-race-for-ai-into-a-gigawatt-arms-race/ Altman’s AI Power Grab Is Tone Deaf and Infeasible https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-02/altman-s-ai-power-grab-is-tone-deaf-and-infeasible AI-Driven Demand for Gas Turbines Risks a New Energy Crunch https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-bottlenecks-gas-turbines/ AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices/ Previously on Pivot to AI: DeepSeek slaps OpenAI, tech stocks crash https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/28/deepseek-slaps-openai-tech-stocks-crash/ 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

and we have a recording of the voice! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/03/youtubes-ai-dj-interrupts-your-paid-ad-free-music/ 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 This video contains AI-generated voice samples, which are ineligible for copyright Sources: YouTube Labs lets you test ‘cutting edge AI,’ starting with AI Music hosts https://9to5google.com/2025/09/26/youtube-labs-ai-music-hosts/ YouTube Labs: Shape the future of AI on YouTube https://old.reddit.com/r/YoutubeMusic/comments/1nr8xet/youtube_labs_shape_the_future_of_ai_on_youtube/ Beyond The Beat Voice Sample https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIy9-B5E0MY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

You might think that, I couldn’t possibly comment Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/02/microsoft-copilot-ai-tries-faces-instead-of-a-pearly-blob/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard YouTube memberships: https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI hit “Join” 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: Introducing a more immersive chat experience with Copilot Portraits https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2025/09/29/introducing-a-more-immersive-chat-experience-with-copilot-portraits/ Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/microsoft_copilot_avatars/ Meet Copilot Appearances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3AfVni7t9A&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Microsoft Copilot for Games: an AI Clippy for your Xbox https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/15/microsoft-copilot-for-games-an-ai-clippy-for-your-xbox/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1ZLKM2t0k&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft and AI: spending billions to make millions https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/31/microsoft-and-ai-spending-billions-to-make-millions/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFpXn9wmE3o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft Copilot AI: a pearly liquid blob on your screen  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/28/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3av5g0hAKwE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft’s 2030 Vision: no mouse, no keyboard — just the AI! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/06/microsofts-2030-vision-no-mouse-no-keyboard-just-the-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU-kqS0G_Uo&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

vibe going out of business soon Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/01/microsofts-office-365-workslop-generator-for-vibe-working/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard YouTube memberships: https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI hit “Join” 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: Vibe working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/29/vibe-working-introducing-agent-mode-and-office-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/ I have access to the new vibe working feature (lol) in Microsoft 365 https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115287981609452091 Building Agent Mode in Excel https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/building-agent-mode-in-excel/4457320 Previously on Pivot to AI: 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/ 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

go outside, eat some brains, listen to an old Pivot Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/30/no-story-today/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard YouTube memberships: https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI hit “Join” 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

and everyone hates it on sight Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/29/friend-ai-fails-to-make-friends/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard YouTube memberships: https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI hit “Join” 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 THE T-SHIRT BOOTLEGGER, PLEASE REPORT: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/173755899 Sources: Harvard Dropout Avi Schiffmann is Making an AI-Powered ‘Wearable Mom’ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/3/avi-schiffmann-wearable-ai/ Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck https://www.wired.com/story/friend-ai-pendant/ Your new AI Friend is almost ready to meet you https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/30/24207029/friend-ai-companion-gadget Friend’s $99 necklace uses AI to help combat loneliness https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/30/friend-is-an-ai-companion-backed-by-founders-of-solana-perplexity-and-zfellows/ I Hate My Friend https://www.wired.com/story/i-hate-my-ai-friend/ “‘Friend’ is an AI wearable device designed to provide ‘’companionship + emotional support’ —  i.e replace human friendships” https://www.tumblr.com/ef-1/795845612372475904/friend-is-an-ai-wearable-device-designed-to Friend Reveal Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EF_tuw9AOU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Great Depression 2: Depress Harder Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard YouTube memberships: https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI hit “Join” 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 Logo, black text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174466546 Logo, no text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174467216?ref=studio-promote Sources: The Subprime AI Crisis (2024) https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/ Spending on AI Is at Epic Levels. Will It Ever Pay Off? https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-bubble-building-spree-55ee6128 $2 trillion in new revenue needed to fund AI’s scaling trend — Bain & Company’s 6th annual Global Technology Report https://www.bain.com/about/media-center/press-releases/20252/%242-trillion-in-new-revenue-needed-to-fund-ais-scaling-trend---bain--companys-6th-annual-global-technology-report/ The AI boom is unsustainable unless tech spending goes ‘parabolic,’ Deutsche Bank warns: ‘This is highly unlikely’ https://fortune.com/2025/09/23/ai-boom-unsustainable-tech-spending-parabolic-deutsche-bank/ ‘AI’s not a bubble but if it were, here’s how it might pop’ https://www.ft.com/content/65a14f89-6728-43bf-8c4e-b1a75023501a Previously on Pivot to AI: ChatGPT goes down — and fake jobs grind to a halt worldwide https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=889fSJTRZlg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA ‘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 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 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

meet your AI future! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/27/massachusetts-mcas-tests-sorry-kid-ai-says-fail/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard YouTube memberships: https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI hit “Join” 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: ‘No rhyme or reason’: AI grading issue affects hundreds of MCAS essays https://www.nbcboston.com/investigations/ai-grading-massachusetts-mcas/3807392/ Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Appendix A https://www.mass.gov/info-details/department-of-elementary-and-secondary-education-appendix-a ‘No rhyme or reason’: AI grading issue affects hundreds of MCAS essays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27TqkuucVaY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

It’ll be fine. Don’t worry. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/26/neon-buys-your-phone-calls-to-train-ai-then-it-leaks-them-all/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard YouTube memberships: https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI hit “Join” 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 Source: Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/neon-the-no-2-social-app-on-the-apple-app-store-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-and-sells-data-to-ai-firms/ Neon Mobile Terms of Service https://neonmobile.com/termsofservice HIRING! If you’re a 10x mobile dev based in NYC (or know one), let’s talk https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-kiam-608626b1_hiring-if-youre-a-10x-mobile-dev-based-activity-7333175657629143040-_xqO/ Upfront: Our Portfolio https://upfront.com/portfolio Xfund: Portfolio https://www.xfund.com/portfolio Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/viral-call-recording-app-neon-goes-dark-after-exposing-users-phone-numbers-call-recordings-and-transcripts/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA