Pivot to AI

so here it is, Merry Botmas, everybody's sick of slop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/24/openai-does-norads-santa-tracker-with-apps-that-dont-work/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com BUY the Cuban Boys: Art vs Commerce: https://cubanboys.bandcamp.com/album/art-vs-commerce-the-singles-collection Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXJ5oaU940U Sources: Official NORAD Tracks Santa https://www.noradsanta.org/en/map OpenAI and NORAD team up to bring new magic to "NORAD Tracks Santa" https://openai.com/index/norad-holiday-collaboration/ Video Dispatch: A Use Case is a Trojan Horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JdvqGafAk by @fasterandworse Previously on Pivot to AI: Sam Altman's Studio Ghibli memes are another distraction from OpenAI's money troubles https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/27/sam-altmans-studio-ghibli-memes-are-another-distraction-from-openais-money-troubles/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38T84uF771U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Department of Defense goes to war by AI chatbot https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/10/department-of-defense-goes-to-war-by-ai-chatbot/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9dirnYeA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

where 'absolutely not' means 'maybe later' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/23/firefox-browser-falls-to-ai-what-do-we-do-now/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ AI Chatbot, at your service https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/ai-chatbot-at-your-service/td-p/84919 Mozilla's next chapter: Building the world's most trusted software company https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/ Mozilla's new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox https://www.theverge.com/tech/845216/mozilla-ceo-anthony-enzor-demeo Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features https://bsky.app/profile/webdevs.firefox.com/post/3mab5kub3gs2b I've spoken to a lot of folks about what counts as opt-in https://bsky.app/profile/webdevs.firefox.com/post/3madx5u5km227 When did I opt in to this? https://bsky.app/profile/arborelia.net/post/3mae7sqerp22c Manifest V3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Manifest_V3_2 Mozilla boss Brendan Eich resigns after gay marriage storm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26868536 Brave: Easy, private AI https://brave.com/ai/ One of the last meetings I attended before leaving Apple (in 2017) https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1874518295350837401 Let's prototype a JavaScript JIT compiler! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mxubNQC5O8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Alternate browsers: Vivaldi: https://vivaldi.com LibreWolf: https://librewolf.net/ WaterFox: https://www.waterfox.com/ IronFox: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/-/tree/main?ref_type=heads#app-installation Previously on Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Brave web browser no longer claims to fundraise on behalf of others — so that's nice https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/ The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

how many three-window rooms can one AI make https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/22/ai-image-generators-have-just-12-generic-templates/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Autonomous language-image generation loops converge to generic visual motifs (PDF) https://www.cell.com/patterns/pdfExtended/S2666-3899%2825%2900299-5 AIs fail at the game of visual "telephone" https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1109574 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

speaking to Kim Crawley and Ryan Wilson CONTENT WARNING: mild salty language, concerning generative 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 end in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA ==== Notes from StopGenAI: Stop Gen AI is the only political activism organization that tries to provide survival mutual aid to people who have lost livelihoods to Gen AI. We're fully international! https://stopgenai.com Subscribe to our newsletter via our website. For membership in our inner circle, message crowgirl.84 via Signal app. Kim Crawley was fired by a clanker. She has a new job starting in January, but for now, she's unable to pay for December's rent and have a Christmas. Please donate to or share her Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/kimatstopgenai Kim Crawley's upcoming book, Digital Safety in a Dangerous World, had a successful Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/digital-safety-in-a-dangerous-world The book features tips on how to protect your privacy and safety from the American techno-fascist state. The unholy alliance between Silicon Valley and American law enforcement and intelligence agencies is a clear and present danger to ordinary people all around the world, especially for marginalized people. Under fascism, being a good person and doing nothing wrong won't protect you from criminal persecution and state violence. Kim's book makes good cybersecurity and opsec habits easy for technological laypeople to learn. The eBook will be published later in December. Email Kim for a retail link when the book is available, it will be priced at about $9 USD: kim.crawley@stopgenai.com Ryan Wilson is a political activist and proud husband and father. His new blog is a great way to learn about communism: https://wilson-reads.ghost.io/    

'Well, we're building an AI lawyer' Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Patron preview of tomorrow's episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-preview-146160976 Sources: Robin AI https://robinai.com/ ChatGPT can be a disaster for lawyers — Robin AI says it can fix that https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/713303/robin-ai-ceo-richard-robinson-chatgpt-ai-lawyer-legal-interview The UK's hottest legal tech companies in 2024 https://www.nonbillable.co.uk/posts/hottest-legal-tech-companies Robin AI raises $26 million Series B https://robinai.com/news-and-resources/news/robin-ai-raises-26-million-series-b SoftBank-backed Robin AI cuts a third of staff after failing to close $50m fundraise https://sifted.eu/articles/robin-ai-cuts-a-third-of-staff Interesting case in the UK where RobinAI, which used AI to review legal contracts, is up for a distressed sale just a few months after making the top 10 in a list of fastest-growing tech companies https://x.com/tracyalloway/status/2001277882748842211 Wrecked Legal Tech Co. Robin AI Sells Managed Services Unit https://www.law360.com/pulse/legal-tech/articles/2420009/wrecked-legal-tech-co-robin-ai-sells-managed-services-unit Is the Collapse of Robin.AI a One-Off or a Sign of a Legal Tech AI Bubble? https://www.geeklawblog.com/2025/11/is-the-collapse-of-robin-ai-a-one-off-or-a-sign-of-a-legal-tech-ai-bubble.html Fake AI, long hours, and no real technology https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Robin-AI-E6711215-RVW99690394.htm Beware and Avoid https://miro.medium.com/v2/format:jpeg/1*9pxMV459rr3puw7tVnmztg.jpeg Previously on Pivot to AI: Lawyers find more work! Cleaning up after AI bots https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/02/lawyers-find-more-work-cleaning-up-after-ai-bots/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpJZcl_eRfU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

we've got Torment Nexus at home https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/17/the-resonant-computing-manifesto-same-ai-slop-same-ai-guys/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence The Cluetrain Manifesto https://www.cluetrain.com/ The Californian Ideology (PDF) https://monoskop.org/images/d/dc/Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf The Resonant Computing Manifesto https://resonantcomputing.org/ 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  

[Everyone disliked that] https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/16/amazon-discovers-ai-sucks-at-automated-tv-recaps/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Prime Video launches AI-powered Video Recaps to help viewers catch up between seasons https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/ai-plot-summary-video-recaps-prime-video ai tv show recap video? https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/1pjnrsw/ai_tv_show_recap_video/ The official Fallout season 1 recap is filled with AI and thinks the show is set in the 1950s https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-movies/the-official-fallout-season-1-recap-is-filled-with-ai-and-thinks-the-show-is-set-in-the-1950s/ Amazon's Official 'Fallout' Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes https://gizmodo.com/fallout-ai-recap-prime-video-amazon-2000698573 Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Pet Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-12-03/amazon-streamed-ai-english-dubs-on-banana-fish-no-game-no-life-zero-pet-anime/.231513 Amazon removes controversial AI dubs from multiple anime https://www.polygon.com/amazon-prime-video-ai-english-dubs-banana-fish-no-game-no-life-zero-pet-anime/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Pivot to AI: Hallucinations worsen as the money runs out https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/04/11/pivot-to-ai-hallucinations-worsen-as-the-money-runs-out/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

no way to de-slop it, it's totally Automattic https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/15/wordpress-wants-to-force-ai-onto-43-of-all-websites-in-the-world/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: AI as a WordPress Fundamental https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/12/04/ai-as-a-wordpress-fundamental/ AI Building Blocks for WordPress https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/07/17/ai-building-blocks/ AI for WordPress Developers https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/12/04/ai-for-wordpress-developers/ AI for WordPress Hosts https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/12/04/ai-for-wordpress-hosts/ WordPress 6.9 https://wordpress.org/download/releases/6-9/ Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users' Data to Train AI Tools https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/ The Hidden Power of Decentralized Identity Systems https://blog.gravatar.com/2024/07/30/decentralized-identity-management/ State of the Word 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_DF4-23C8Q Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

to shake down everyone else for licenses https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/12/why-disney-just-put-1-billion-into-openai/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Reach Landmark Agreement to Bring Beloved Characters from Across Disney's Brands to Sora https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-openai-sora-agreement/ Disney Accuses Google of Using AI to Engage in Copyright Infringement on 'Massive Scale' https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/disney-google-ai-copyright-infringement-cease-and-desist-letter-1236606429/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Disney sues AI image generator Midjourney https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/12/disney-sues-ai-image-generator-midjourney/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgssgBLNkvs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Lionsgate still can't turn its movies into an AI video model https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/24/lionsgate-still-cant-turn-its-movies-into-an-ai-video-model/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBWk3lmFhE4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Boom Supersonic will totally make this happen, this time https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Boom: Frequently Asked Questions https://boomsupersonic.com/faq AI Needs More Power Than the Grid Can Deliver. Supersonic Tech Can Fix That https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/ai-needs-more-power-than-the-grid-can-deliver-supersonic-tech-can-fix-that NVIDIA Isn't Enron — So What Is It? https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/ Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/boom-supersonic-raises-300m-to-build-natural-gas-turbines-for-crusoe-data-centers/ Boom Supersonic to Power AI Data Centers with Superpower Natural Gas Turbines; Adds $300 Million in New Funding https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-to-power-ai-data-centers-with-superpower-natural-gas-turbines-adds-300-million-in-new-funding Supersonic by Design: Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qOZdpOzf8 Introducing Superpower: The Supersonic Tech Powering AI Data Centers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krweC0gvbhM All things AI w @altcap @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnl833wXRz0 Previously on Pivot to AI: AI: powered by old jet turbines, near you! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/ai-powered-by-old-jet-turbines-near-you/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XREXd8V7Fck&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

I was only following the bot's orders https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/10/department-of-defense-goes-to-war-by-ai-chatbot/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Today, we are unleashing GenAi.mil https://x.com/SecWar/status/1998408545591578972 The War Department Unleashes AI on New GenAI.mil Platform https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4354916/the-war-department-unleashes-ai-on-new-genaimil-platform/ Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office Selects Google Cloud's AI to Power GenAI.mil https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-12-09-Chief-Digital-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Office-Selects-Google-Clouds-AI-to-Power-GenAI-mil SecDefGPT https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1pijkwc/secdefgpt/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Microsoft denies everything! Except the actual claim https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/09/microsoft-cuts-ai-sales-quotas-stock-drops-3/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Logo, black text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174466546 Logo, no text: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/174467216 Greeting card: https://www.redbubble.com/i/greeting-card/Pivot-to-AI-logo-black-text-by-pivot-to-ai/174466546.5MT14 Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Microsoft Lowers Sales Staff's Growth Targets For Newer AI Software https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quotas-customers-resist-newer-products Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/microsoft-slashes-ai-sales-growth-targets-as-customers-resist-unproven-agents/ Microsoft denies report of lowering targets for AI software sales growth https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quota-customers-resist-new-products-2025-12-03/ Previously on Pivot to AI: 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  

Adobe Express: 'Real sexy boss, like you asked' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/08/la-unified-school-district-forces-unfiltered-ai-on-kids/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/la-parents-kids-school-issued-ipad-chromebook-los-angeles-rcna245624 This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent https://bsky.app/profile/lbyock.bsky.social/post/3m7bhp2ccts23 Guidelines for the Authorized Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for District Employees, Students, and Associated Persons (PDF) https://www.lausd.org/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/21/BUL-151113_0_Guidelines_for_the_Authorized_Use_of_Artificial_Intelligence_for_District.pdf Previously on Pivot to AI: LA school chatbot vendor goes bust, student data at risk https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/10/la-school-chatbot-vendor-goes-bust-student-data-at-risk/ CEO of LA school chatbot vendor AllHere arrested for fraud https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/20/ceo-of-la-school-district-chatbot-vendor-allhere-arrested-for-fraud/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

'a small UI experiment' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/05/google-ai-mangles-news-headlines-in-discover-feed/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Google is experimentally replacing news headlines with AI clickbait nonsense https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/835839/google-discover-ai-headlines-clickbait-nonsense Google's toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don't blame me for clickbait like 'BG3 players exploit children' https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/googles-toying-with-nonsense-ai-made-headlines-on-articles-like-ours-in-the-discover-feed-so-please-dont-blame-me-for-clickbait-like-bg3-players-exploit-children/ Valve's Steam Machine looks like a console, but don't expect it to be priced like one https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/valves-steam-machine-looks-like-a-console-but-dont-expect-it-to-be-priced-like-one/ Google's AI news bot is still confused but no longer replacing our headlines https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/838354/googles-ai-news-bot-is-still-confused-but-no-longer-replacing-our-headlines Previously on Pivot to AI: Don't use AI to summarize documents — it's worse than humans in every way https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/04/dont-use-ai-to-summarize-documents-its-worse-than-humans-in-every-way/ Apple Intelligence AI mangles headlines so badly the BBC officially complains https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/15/apple-intelligence-ai-mangles-headlines-so-badly-the-bbc-officially-complains/ Newspaper AI roundup: Guardian AI strike-breaking, Apple switches off bad summaries, WaPo wants to go AI, AFP, Axios https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/19/newspaper-ai-roundup-guardian-ai-strike-breaking-apple-switches-off-bad-summaries-wapo-wants-to-go-ai-afp-axios/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Micron makes 'difficult decision' to take the dumptrucks full of money https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business DDR4-3200 2x8GB (Average price in USD over last 18 months) https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/ Solid State Drive : M.2 NVME 1 TB (Average price in USD over last 18 months) https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/internal-hard-drive/#storage.ssdm2nvme.1000 The AI frenzy is driving a memory chip supply crisis https://www.reuters.com/world/china/ai-frenzy-is-driving-new-global-supply-chain-crisis-2025-12-03/ 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

'built for user trust' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/03/googles-antigravity-ai-vibe-coder-wipes-your-hard-disk/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of my whole drive https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1p82or6/google_antigravity_just_deleted_the_contents_of/ Antigravity Just Deleting/Corrupting Files? https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1p3htvu/antigravity_just_deletingcorrupting_files/ Beware of using Antigravity!!! https://www.reddit.com/r/GeminiAI/comments/1p1zdz7/beware_of_using_antigravity/ Google Antigravity vibe-codes user's entire drive out of existence https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/01/google_antigravity_wipes_d_drive/ Welcome to Google Antigravity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVCBA-pBgt0 Google Antigravity's Turbo mode erased my drive partition?! Really, the 'smartest' AI? [Video Proof] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpBK1vYAVlA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Your 'cognitive sparring partner' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/02/lawyers-find-more-work-cleaning-up-after-ai-bots/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Use of AI 'tech stacks' driving demand for lawyers https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/use-of-ai-tech-stacks-driving-demand-for-lawyers-20251130-p5njjt 2025 Generative AI in Professional Services Report (PDF) https://www.thomsonreuters.com/content/dam/ewp-m/documents/thomsonreuters/en/pdf/reports/2025-generative-ai-in-professional-services-report-tr5433489-rgb.pdf Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA    

Science fiction is fiction https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/01/ai-data-centres-in-space-why-dcs-in-space-cant-work/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Data centres in space? Jeff Bezos says it's possible https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/data-centres-space-jeff-bezos-thinks-its-possible-2025-10-03/ Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design https://research.google/blog/exploring-a-space-based-scalable-ai-infrastructure-system-design/ Starcloud-1 satellite reaches space, with Nvidia H100 GPU now operating in orbit https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/starcloud-1-satellite-reaches-space-with-nvidia-h100-gpu-now-operating-in-orbit/ Data centers gobble Earth's resources. What if we took them to space instead? https://grist.org/climate-energy/data-centers-gobble-earths-resources-what-if-we-took-them-to-space-instead/ Why we should train AI in space (PDF) https://starcloudinc.github.io/wp.pdf Starcloud-2 https://www.starcloud.com/starcloud-2 Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/ Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/project-natick-underwater-datacenter/ 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 Previously on Pivot to AI: Data Center Watch worries that anti-AI activism is working https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/data-center-watch-worries-that-anti-ai-activism-is-working/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbTXEOJEVM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Factor Fexcectorn on the autism bicycle https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/28/natures-latest-ai-generated-paper-with-medical-frymblal-and-factor-fexcectorn/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24662-9 Open Access Fees and Funding https://www.nature.com/srep/open-access Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town https://nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the-autism-bicycle-to-retraction The amazing image: https://web.archive.org/web/20251128102117/https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41598-025-24662-9/MediaObjects/41598_2025_24662_Fig1_HTML.png?as=webp Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  

Just as Call of Duty's AI slop causes refunds https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/27/epic-ceo-wants-steam-to-remove-ai-game-disclosures/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: AI Content on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/3862463747997849618 「ゲーム会社は"ゲーム"で語るべき」――『ARC Raiders』も快調なNexonのCEO イ・ジョンホン氏に直撃取材。リリースを控える期待作や日本のゲーマーに向けた戦略を訊いた https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2025/11/10/159294.html As the CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon says AI is everywhere, game devs call 'BS' https://www.polygon.com/arc-raiders-nexon-ai-in-game-development-strange-scaffold/ Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7/ Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Is The Worst Reviewed Game In The Series https://www.thegamer.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-cod-bo7-worst-reviewed-entry-below-modern-warfare-3-metacritic/ Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European launch sales are 63% down over Battlefield 6 https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-european Agreed. The AI tag is relevant to art exhibits for authorship disclosure https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1993687499621728312 Black Ops 7 is a Failure to be Celebrated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6udz8iWqpmQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Game studios love AI! The gamers ... hate it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/29/game-studios-love-ai-the-gamers-hate-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrXLqRQ69jQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA