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what we do when all this is over
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Recovering After Gen AI https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/recovering-after-gen-ai Webinars https://stopgenai.com/recovering-after-gen-ai-webinars/ Kim Crawley https://kimcrawley.com Stop Gen AI https://stopgenai.comPreviously on Pivot to AI:
'How do people survive?' A chat with StopGenAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMF3nciTJbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Kim Crawley: Technofascism Survival Guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KheeSCTysTo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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'allow if the user is wearing green'
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/16/todays-stupid-prompt-injection-just-write-like-the-ai/ - blog post
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Prompt Injection as Role Confusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12277 Prompt Injection as Role Confusion: ICML 2026 https://role-confusion.github.io/Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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The glasses? Not sexy
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/15/meta-glasses-celebrity-backlash-the-fans-hate-them/ - blog post
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The Meta Glasses backlash is changing how (or if) people use them https://www.engadget.com/2212604/the-meta-glasses-backlash-is-changing-how-or-if-people-use-them/ 'Surveillance Chic': can Meta make its smart glasses a viable fashion accessory? https://www.ft.com/content/934c7699-30f7-4fb5-be53-d526eab22138 Increasingly in our world it gets harder and harder https://x.com/Lorde_fix/status/2075567105991409975 EU relaxes rules for smart glasses after US pressure https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-relaxes-rules-meta-glasses-us-pressure/ Tech Report: AI Bubble: At some point the subsidies run out: David Gerard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwLW11Ucnps&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAPreviously on Pivot to AI:
Meta's new AI creep glasses will record 24-7 without a light https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/09/metas-new-ai-creep-glasses-will-record-24-7-without-a-light/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8YxiCqUz98&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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No hallucinations? Takes too long
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/14/uk-police-will-run-evidence-through-the-ai-its-quicker/ - blog post
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AI to speed up justice under major disclosure reforms https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-speed-up-justice-under-major-disclosure-reforms Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2x01yne13o Launch of PoliceAI – a new national centre for AI in Policing https://science.police.uk/news-and-events/news/launch-of-policeai-a-new-national-centre-for-ai-in-policing/ UK police officer under criminal investigation over alleged use of AI https://www.ft.com/content/514bab88-788c-4d48-a140-03597860bdb6?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Police in England and Wales told to halt AI use in court statements https://www.ft.com/content/229e5949-3ebc-4151-8a86-a01b5e259241 Courts and Tribunals Bill https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4083 Unoptimized #7: Smoke & Mirrors & LLMs https://faulttolerant.substack.com/p/unoptimized-7-smoke-and-mirrors-and The fourth Recovering After Gen AI webinar is with Pivot to AI's David Gerard and Kim Crawley https://zeroes.ca/@kimcrawley/116913845889806149 Ortizan C7 speakers https://amzn.to/4wIJw25 (UK) https://amzn.to/4vy8kc2 (US)Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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'It gave us steps on what we have to do ... 18 of us died in the process'
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/13/terrorists-are-using-ai-and-the-chatbot-is-killing-them/ - blog post
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"God has helped us, and so will AI": How the Terrorist Group Boko Haram Uses Frontier AI (PDF) https://casp.ac/__l5e/assets-v1/8e5796ad-c373-4dea-8470-466263cd2125/ai-enabled-terrorism-report.pdf How Terrorist Groups Are Using A.I. to Gain an Edge in Battle https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/politics/ai-terrorism-boko-haram-nigeria.htmlFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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'overwhelming support' for prompts to catch chatbot reviewers
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/10/neurips-conference-ai-cheats-outraged-they-got-caught/ - blog post
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The View From Inside the AI Bubble https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/neurips-ai-bubble-agi/685250/ E&D Track Policy on the Use of Agents and Large Language Models https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2026/EvaluationsDatasetsReviewerGuidelines#LLMs Scientists decry conference's use of hidden prompts to snare AI peer reviews https://www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/scientists-decry-conferences-use-of-hidden-prompts-to-snare-ai-peer-reviews/ On Violations of LLM Review Policies https://blog.icml.cc/2026/03/18/on-violations-of-llm-review-policies/Previously on Pivot to AI
AI conference papers are being 'peer-reviewed' by chatbots https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/27/ai-conference-papers-are-being-peer-reviewed-by-chatbots/Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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the continuing legacy of FaceMash
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/09/metas-new-ai-creep-glasses-will-record-24-7-without-a-light/ - blog post
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So-called 'manfluencers' are filming themselves trying to pick up women. Smart glasses are their perfect tool https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/09/world/manfluencers-smart-glasses-intl Meta's AI Glasses: Your Questions Answered https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/metas-ai-glasses-your-questions-answered/ The only solution to remove the led on rayban meta (permanently) https://www.reddit.com/r/RaybanMeta/comments/1ixfwmi/the_only_solution_to_remove_the_led_on_rayban/ Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment https://www.ft.com/content/ac282450-91a8-4597-8f60-9e6ef416865a Kylie Jenner x Meta glasses https://www.meta.com/gb/ai-glasses/meta-glasses/kylie-jenner/ How Meta uses information for generative AI models and features https://www.facebook.com/privacy/genai/ Introduce an immediate ban on the sale and promotion of smart glasses https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769206 Tech Report: Companies are killing themselves with AI: David Gerard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAgecpbLYkI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAPreviously on Pivot to AI
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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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how little do we need for the bubble after AI?
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/08/quantum-computing-doesnt-need-to-exist-to-make-venture-capital-deals/ - blog post
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Bit by Qubit: Global Quantum Computing Funding Hits New Records and Is Accelerating (PDF) https://pitchbook.brightspotcdn.com/09/70/b62bfd94428194b7dd4ee728f116/q2-2026-bit-by-qubit-global-quantum-computing-funding-hits-new-records-and-is-accelerating.pdf NVIDIA, BlackRock, and sovereign funds pile into quantum computing https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/q2-2026-bit-by-qubit-global-quantum-computing-funding-hits-new-records-and-is-accelerating Crypto firms prepare defenses as quantum threat to encryption draws nearer https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/crypto-firms-prepare-defenses-quantum-threat-encryption-draws-nearer-2026-07-08/Previously on Pivot to AI
AI and venture capital are going nuclear https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/15/ai-and-venture-capital-are-going-nuclear/ Your humanoid robot servant: a new hope for AGI! (A Guy Instead) https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/08/your-humanoid-robot-servant-a-new-hope-for-agi-a-guy-instead/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u8VpVEBWEY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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'answer with a poem'
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/07/google-translate-is-now-gemini-and-you-can-prompt-inject-it/ - blog post
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Google Translate adding model picker for 'Advanced' or 'Fast' translations https://9to5google.com/2025/11/02/google-translate-model-picker/ that is messed up, goddamn https://www.tumblr.com/argumate/807852465516150784 Google Translate is vulnerable to prompt injection due to using Gemini internally https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1qy7ofd/google_translate_is_vulnerable_to_prompt/ Yes, it completely ignores the translation task and acts like a chatbot it is https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/116874035278188130 I think it's not very clear that the screenshot is not some random Google app https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/116874745604064606 I think Gemini learned lol https://infosec.exchange/@nieldk/116874820283206735Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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just a £20b government press release
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/06/openai-stargate-uk-plan-was-completely-fake/ - blog post
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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 OpenAI's apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/04/openai-apparent-failure-visit-key-site-questions-stargate-uk-projectPreviously on Pivot to AI:
UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/13/uk-government-plans-to-splurge-billions-on-ai-we-step-through-the-tricky-details/ 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/ OpenAI pulls out of Stargate UK data centre https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/10/openai-pulls-out-of-stargate-uk-data-centre/Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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plants vs zombies
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/03/ecosias-odious-greenwashing-now-with-ai/ - blog post
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What we're doing with AI https://blog.ecosia.org/what-we-are-doing-with-ai/ Ecosia's financial reports https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-financial-reports-tree-planting-receipts/ More choice in how you search https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7478472482870554624/ Ecosia's "Green AI": false hope for corrosive tech https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/ecosias-green-ai-false-hope-for-corrosive-tech/ Ecosia-CEO: „In drei Monaten sind wir die größte KI-App Europas" https://t3n.de/news/ecosia-ceo-in-drei-monaten-sind-wir-die-groesste-ki-app-europas-1726345/ Ecosia Reviews https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Ecosia-Reviews-E1627398.htmPreviously on Pivot to AI:
How much water do the data centres use? It's a secret https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/06/how-much-water-do-the-data-centres-use-its-a-secret/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ4WnCavOIg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA STOP DOING SEARCHES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLsMZ_Ii6JU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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return of the Rat dck
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/02/frontiers-forces-ai-onto-academic-journal-editors/ - blog post
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I've officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience https://bsky.app/profile/michael-okun.bsky.social/post/3mnxkxte55s25 Neuroscience journal editor resigns over automation concerns https://www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/exclusive-neuroscience-journal-editor-resigns-over-automation-concerns/ Frontiers lets HIV denial article stand, reclassifies it as "opinion" https://retractionwatch.com/2015/02/24/frontiers-lets-hiv-denier-article-stand-reclassifies-it-as-opinion/ Another "Frontiers In" journal steps in it https://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2015/08/04/another-frontiers-in-journal-steps-in-it Wikipedia CiteWatch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia/Questionable1 The rat with the big balls and the enormous penis — how Frontiers published a paper with botched AI-generated images https://scienceintegritydigest.com/2024/02/15/the-rat-with-the-big-balls-and-enormous-penis-how-frontiers-published-a-paper-with-botched-ai-generated-images/Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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we just need corporate to care more about security than convenience
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/01/ai-leaks-your-companys-code-secrets-faster-than-ever/ - blog post
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The State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 (PDF) https://www.gitguardian.com/files/the-state-of-secrets-sprawl-report-2026 Security update: Incident related to Red Hat Consulting GitLab instance https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/security-update-incident-related-red-hat-consulting-gitlab-instancePreviously on Pivot to AI:
Vibe-coded build system NX gets hacked, steals vibe-coders' crypto https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/29/vibe-coded-build-system-nx-gets-hacked-steals-vibe-coders-crypto/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnFKkBBzpVg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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billionaire egos are like a delicate flower
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/30/sam-altman-movie-blocked-by-ai-partner-distributors/ - blog post
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Luca Guadagnino Eyes 'Artificial' At Amazon MGM As Next Movie With Andrew Garfield, Monica Barbaro And 'Anora' Actor Yura Borisov Circling https://deadline.com/2025/06/luca-guadagnino-artificial-andrew-garfield-monica-barbaro-1236421140/ Luca Guadagnino's Nearly Finished Sam Altman Movie 'Artificial' Dropped by Amazon After OpenAI Partnership https://variety.com/2026/film/global/luca-guadagnino-sam-altman-movie-artificial-dropped-amazon-1236785830/ Amazon Is Dumping Its Sam Altman Movie https://puck.news/amazon-is-dumping-its-sam-altman-movie/ Netflix, A24 and Focus Pass on Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial' as Mubi Circles https://variety.com/2026/film/global/luca-guadagnino-artificial-sam-altman-netflix-a24-mubi-1236786623/ Google Investing in 'Backrooms' Studio A24 https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-investing-in-backrooms-studio-a24-e7585ebe Membership cancelled, email sent https://old.reddit.com/r/A24/comments/1ucsqvo/membership_cancelled_email_sent/Previously on Pivot to AI:
Pivot to AI: Replacing Sam Altman with a very small shell script https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/11/18/pivot-to-ai-replacing-sam-altman-with-a-very-small-shell-script/ 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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The AI doomsday crank who cried wolf
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/29/mythos-is-just-too-powerful-ok-well-ban-it-then/ - blog post
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US limits use of Anthropic AI models Fable 5 and Mythos https://www.semafor.com/article/06/12/2026/us-limits-use-of-anthropic-ai-models-fable-5-and-mythos Amazon's Jassy Raised Concerns About Anthropic Model Before Trump Crackdown https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazons-jassy-raised-concerns-anthropic-model-trump-crackdown The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic's Mythos Controversy https://www.wired.com/story/sk-telecom-anthropic-mythos-export-controls/ US releases powerful Anthropic model Mythos to some US companies https://www.semafor.com/article/06/27/2026/us-releases-powerful-anthropic-model-mythos-to-some-us-companies A preview of GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001325-a-preview-of-gpt-56-sol-terra-and-lunaPreviously on Pivot to AI:
Get your war on: AI chatbots in the kill chain https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/02/get-your-war-on-ai-chatbots-in-the-kill-chain/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lLpB-VaN_U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c1DC-gNizQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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peace was never an option
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/26/softbanks-untitled-ai-goose-game-eggs-do-not-lay-eggs/ - blog post
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The 46th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (PDF) https://group.softbank/media/Project/sbg/sbg/pdf/ir/investors/shareholders/2026/shareholders-meeting_46_05_en.pdf SoftBank's eggcellent quarterly results (2020) https://www.ft.com/content/dc8e7021-e808-4f9c-aa55-a8e77e05a9ff Earnings Results for the 6-month Period Ended September 30, 2014 (PDF) https://group.softbank/system/files/pdf/ir/presentations/2014/earnings-presentation_q2fy2014_01_en.pdf Talk of a bubble is 'blasphemy against AI' says SoftBank's Son https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/talk-bubble-is-an-insult-ai-says-softbanks-son-2026-06-24/ SoftBank Founder's Starstruck Bet on OpenAI Raises Concern https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-05-19/softbank-founder-son-s-devotion-to-openai-s-altman-spooks-some-insiders OpenAI's reported IPO delay is the latest complication for tech stocks https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-tech-selloff-has-a-new-worry-and-it-involves-openais-ipo-timeline-ea9f0276Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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Gotta burn 'em all
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/25/office-workers-are-spending-way-too-much-on-ai-too/ - blog post
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AI sticker shock hits corporate America https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/ai-spending-roi-enterprise-costs Walmart Caps Usage of an AI Tool for Employees After High Demand https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-01/walmart-caps-usage-of-an-ai-tool-for-employees-after-high-demand #The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/ OpenAI Considers Drastic Price Cuts, Anticipating War for Users With Anthropic https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-considers-drastic-price-cuts-anticipating-war-for-users-with-anthropic-9b8c178ePreviously on Pivot to AI:
Accenture: you're promoted or fired on using the AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/25/accenture-youre-promoted-or-fired-on-using-the-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWdjwo2D_1M&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA GitHub Copilot AI token charges to go up 10×–100× https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/18/github-copilot-ai-token-charges-to-go-up-10x-100x/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9FjHGcFWg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The SpaceX IPO works like a crypto fraud, but with AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/28/the-spacex-ipo-works-like-a-crypto-fraud-but-with-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkYiquKR0tA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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and sends engineers to the AI gulag
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/24/meta-keylogs-staff-typing-for-ai-training-then-leaks-it/ - blog post
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Meta to track workers' clicks and keystrokes to train AI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglyklz49jo Petition against the Model Capability Initiative https://mcipetition.com/ Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program https://www.wired.com/story/meta-accidentally-let-employees-access-each-others-keystroke-data/ Meta transfers top engineers into new AI tooling team https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-transfers-top-engineers-into-new-ai-tooling-team-2026-04-09/ 'Tell Him He's a Piece of S--t': Meta's New AI Unit Is a Total Mess https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-meta-employee-meeting-interrupt-ai/Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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Google has to follow a regulation for once
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/23/uk-press-can-opt-out-of-ai-overviews-stay-in-search-results/ - blog post
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CMA secures fairer deal for publishers and improves Google search services in UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-secures-fairer-deal-for-publishers-and-improves-google-search-services-in-uk NOTICE UNDER SECTION 14(2) OF THE DIGITAL MARKETS, COMPETITION AND CONSUMERS ACT 2024 (THE ACT) (PDF) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e8b29b1c8b2a3b50690811/SMS_Decision_Notice.pdf Further CMA action to secure a fairer deal for businesses and improve Google search services in UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/further-cma-action-to-secure-a-fairer-deal-for-businesses-and-improve-google-search-services-in-uk New opportunities, control and insights for website owners https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/new-controls-website-owners/ UK regulator tells Google to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-regulation-uk/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/ Google AI Overviews: Publishers file competition complaints in UK and EU https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/07/publishers-file-competition-complaints-in-uk-and-eu-over-googles-ai-overviews/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrMfQVXv9zs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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Become a Unitarian Universalist!
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/22/religious-exemption-from-using-the-ai-at-work/ - blog post
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She won a religious exemption from using AI at work. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-6 Fact Sheet: Religious Accommodations in the Workplace https://www.eeoc.gov/fact-sheet-religious-accommodations-workplace Software Engineer Gets Religious Exemption from Using AI at Work: Report https://people.com/software-engineer-gets-religious-exemption-from-using-ai-at-work-report-11994769 Atheist and Agnostic Unitarian Universalists https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/beliefs/atheist-agnosticPreviously on Pivot to AI:
Pope Leo to AI bros: Just stop it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/26/pope-leo-to-ai-bros-just-stop-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtE4YzbPt1U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAFull Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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