• 20250710 - ‘AI is here to stay.’ Is it, though? What do you mean, ‘stay’?
    Jul 10 2025
    What they’re really telling you is ‘give in.’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/ai-is-here-to-stay-is-it-though-what-do-you-mean-stay/ 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: Resources by Subject Area: Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/resources-subject-area OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/ Own FYRE Festival — Iconic Brand, Trademarks, IP, Social Media Assets, and More https://www.ebay.com/itm/357251347049 Previously on Pivot to AI: Strawberry fields forever — delving into OpenAI’s new ‘o1’ model https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/13/strawberry-fields-forever-openais-new-o1-model/ Adobe AI auto-fills part of a seagull photo with ... a bitcoin https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/11/adobe-ai-auto-fills-part-of-a-seagull-photo-with-a-bitcoin/ UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for advice https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/13/foi-reveals-uk-science-secretary-peter-kyle-cribs-chatgpt-for-advice/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqHi3806cSc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK government cuts funds for actually-working anti-cancer AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/31/uk-government-cuts-funds-for-actually-working-anti-cancer-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he0dAvl37BY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aP1zUUcmjk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/ 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 power and water use is through the roof, and 80–90% is per query https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/23/ai-power-and-water-use-is-through-the-roof-and-80-90-is-each-query/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW67BrNj7fE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Crime is legal — but the actual dollars aren’t showing up https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2025/05/24/crime-is-legal-but-the-actual-dollars-arent-showing-up/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISd2dKyI5w&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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 Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/04/only-3-of-us-ai-users-are-willing-to-pay-a-penny-for-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usoUIGqBKFk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Cursor tries setting less money on fire — AI vibe coders outraged https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/09/cursor-tries-setting-less-money-on-fire-ai-vibe-coders-outraged/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2S7PKWaP7c&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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  • 20250709 - Cursor tries setting less money on fire, AI vibe coders outraged
    Jul 9 2025

    The AI bubble party slows just a little.
    Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/09/cursor-tries-setting-less-money-on-fire-ai-vibe-coders-outraged/

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    Updates to Ultra and Pro https://cursor.com/blog/new-tier
    Cursor 1.2 and Claude 4 Sonnet Rate Limit — Is This a Joke? https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1lqvl21/cursor_12_and_claude_4_sonnet_rate_limit_is_this/
    “Why is no one talking about how @cursor_ai essentially rug pulled???” https://x.com/0ni_x4/status/1940885976127283342
    Clarifying Our Pricing https://cursor.com/en/blog/june-2025-pricing

    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    Cursor AI assistant tells vibe coder: learn to code https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/12/cursor-ai-assistant-tells-vibe-coder-learn-to-code/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETqfWTDp2BI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    ‘Guys, I’m under attack’ — AI ‘vibe coding’ in the wild https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/18/guys-im-under-attack-ai-vibe-coding-in-the-wild/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBL_tD_x3OA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    Cursor’s AI-powered tech support vibe-codes a customer revolt https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/16/cursors-ai-powered-tech-support-vibe-codes-a-customer-revolt/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fBLCogS2cs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    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
    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

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  • 20250708 - Calling in the AI vibe-writing cleanup crew
    Jul 8 2025

    Where there’s muck, there’s brass.
    Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/08/calling-in-the-ai-vibe-writing-cleanup-crew/

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    CORRECTION! I called Sophie Warner "Sarah Warner" in the recording. https://createdesigns.co.uk/ My apologies!

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    ‘I’m being paid to fix issues caused by AI’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvm1dyp9v2o

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  • 20250707 - Google AI overviews: publishers file competition complaints in UK and EU
    Jul 7 2025

    Google: users love lying AI slop, actually
    Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/07/publishers-file-competition-complaints-in-uk-and-eu-over-googles-ai-overviews/

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    Urgent bid lodged with UK regulator to stop Google AI Overviews ‘stealing journalism’ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/urgent-bid-lodged-with-uk-regulator-to-stop-google-ai-overviews-stealing-journalism/
    Exclusive: Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/googles-ai-overviews-hit-by-eu-antitrust-complaint-independent-publishers-2025-07-04/
    How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/how-google-forced-publishers-to-accept-ai-scraping-as-price-of-appearing-in-search/
    Commission sends preliminary findings to Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_811
    CMA set to force Google to work more fairly with UK publishers https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/cma-to-force-google-to-work-more-fairly-with-uk-publishers/

    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/19/google-is-no-longer-asking-feed-the-ai-or-youre-not-in-search-results/

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  • 20250706 - Venture capital is lending money against video cards
    Jul 6 2025

    That famously long-term asset class.
    Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/06/venture-capital-is-lending-money-against-video-cards/

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    Wall Street frenzy creates $11bn debt market for AI groups buying Nvidia chips https://www.ft.com/content/41bfacb8-4d1e-4f25-bc60-75bf557f1f21
    Wall Street's Elites Are Piling Into a Massive AI Gamble https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-17/ai-s-1-trillion-hysteria-offers-fat-payday-for-wall-street-bankers
    Venture debt hits all-time high as startups diverge from VC expectations https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/venture-debt-all-time-high-startups-vc-expectations
    AI startups gobbling more than a third of venture debt dollars this year https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/ai-startups-gobbling-more-than-third-venture-debt-dollars-2025

    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    Silicon Valley and Wall Street invent collateralized GPU obligations. Surely this will work out fine https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/04/silicon-valley-and-wall-street-invent-collateralized-gpu-obligations-surely-this-will-work-out-fine/
    Pumping the AI bubble: a data center funding craze with ‘novel types of debt structures’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/19/pumping-the-ai-bubble-a-data-center-funding-craze-with-novel-types-of-debt-structures/
    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

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  • 20250705 - Google Veo 3 fails, week 3: Fail hard with a vengeance
    Jul 5 2025
    Aron Peterson (Shokunin Studio) rolls the dice Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/05/google-veo-3-fails-week-3-fail-harder-with-a-vengeance/ Here is the video! Watch this! 20 minutes of worked examples! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCYw9EwxAwo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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: Day 15 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7344154102613876736-C671/ Day 16 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7344712123400306690-Wuzm/ Day 17 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7345041854574280708-fRrQ/ Day 18 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7345402727763484672-YorX/ Day 19 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7345813691855978496-xUie/ Day 20 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7346143156813348864-jgUd/ Day 21 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7346593136816627715-Y0mH/ Godfather 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zam_5ltusak&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA In The Mood For Love scene 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1w4qnfux-o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Apocalypse Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXL5_tc8UyY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA In The Mood For Love scene 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdeS-dR61zQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Memento https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-mMkr_h3po&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Sexy Beast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT7FOjnGw1Q&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Fatboy Slim "Weapon Of Choice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Aron Peterson: https://www.shokunin.studio/about Previously on Pivot to AI: We test Google Veo: impressive demo, unusable results https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/21/we-test-google-veo-impressive-demo-unusable-results/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDkkUdyxkek&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Google Veo 3 fails, week 2: fail harder https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/29/google-veo-3-fails-week-2-fail-harder-shokunin-studio-spins-the-gacha/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5u8fUMGzI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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  • 20250704 - Only 3% of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it
    Jul 4 2025

    Just imagine that 97% conversion opportunity!
    Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/04/only-3-of-us-ai-users-are-willing-to-pay-a-penny-for-it/

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    2025: The State of Consumer AI https://menlovc.com/perspective/2025-the-state-of-consumer-ai/
    Make Fun Of Them https://www.wheresyoured.at/make-fun-of-them/
    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    Oops, all AI! Google replaces search with the AI Overview https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/07/oops-all-ai-google-replaces-search-with-the-ai-overview/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02tR-e47OxY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    ‘AI is no longer optional’ — Microsoft admits AI doesn’t help at work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/30/ai-is-no-longer-optional-microsoft-admits-ai-doesnt-help-at-work/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jud2iYT66OY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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  • 20250703 - Microsoft lays off the staff who make the money to fund AI that doesn’t
    Jul 3 2025

    Cutting off body parts to spend more on AI
    Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/03/microsoft-lays-off-the-staff-who-make-the-money-to-fund-ai-that-doesnt/

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    Microsoft laying off about 9,000 employees in latest round of cuts https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/microsoft-laying-off-about-9000-employees-in-latest-round-of-cuts.html
    Microsoft to lay off about 9,000 employees in latest round https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/microsoft-to-lay-off-as-many-as-9000-employees-in-latest-round/

    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
    No, Microsoft did not state ‘strong AI demand’ in Q1 2025 — the FT is wrong https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/02/no-microsoft-did-not-state-strong-ai-demand-in-q1-2025-the-ft-is-wrong/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ytdeHHrLnE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    ‘AI is no longer optional’ — Microsoft admits AI doesn’t help at work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/30/ai-is-no-longer-optional-microsoft-admits-ai-doesnt-help-at-work/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jud2iYT66OY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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