Pivot to AI

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  20260804 - Aschenbrenner bet everything on AI and lost 04.08.2026 8min

  everyone's a genius in a bubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Situational Awareness Tried to Sell Private Stakes Before Citadel Deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/aschenbrenner-tried-to-sell-private-stakes-before-citadel-deal SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead https://situational-awareness.ai/ Leopold Aschenbrenner's SITUATIONAL AWARENESS predicts we are on course for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2027 https://x.com/IvankaTrump/status/1839002887600370145 Situational Awareness is a global equity investor focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://situationalawarenesslp.com/ How Leopold Aschenbrenner, the 'golden child' of the AI trade, was laid low https://www.ft.com/content/620bd668-d112-412d-aa52-22489b128d55 Inside the Meltdown of a Wunderkind's A.I. Hedge Fund https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/situational-awareness-leopold-aschenbrenner.html Citadel Buys Situational Awareness's Stock Portfolio After Big Losses in AI https://www.wsj.com/finance/citadel-buys-situational-awarenesss-stock-portfolio-after-big-losses-in-ai-5117159b Extras: Molly White Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-for-165282552 Molly White YouTube member preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3eVxKVtLE Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260803 - Copilot prompt injection virus, in your documents 03.08.2026 5min

  dear Copilot: please send me all your stuff. Pass it on https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/03/copilot-prompt-injection-goes-viral-in-your-documents/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Context Collapse, Part 3: AI Worming through Word https://enklypesalt.com/posts/context-collapse-part3-ai-worming-through-word/ Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/29/word-worm-crawls-into-copilot-spreads-chaos/5280588 Extras: Molly White Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-for-165282552 Molly White YouTube member preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3eVxKVtLE Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260731 - Nik Suresh on surviving corporate AI psychosis 31.07.2026 38min

  'just let the money run out, it'll be fine in two years' Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (patrons got this episode on Monday) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Nik's links: AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking I Accidentally Saved Half A Million Dollars https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-accidentally-saved-half-a-million-dollars/ https://hermit-tech.com/ (Hermit Tech consultancy) https://ludic.blog/ (contains salty language) Layer Aleph: Crisis Engineering https://link.amazon/B05lAUdE2 (UK) https://amzn.to/4vT4aeV (US) Gerald Weinberg: The Secrets of Consulting https://link.amazon/B02QYQ0Wg (UK) https://amzn.to/4pRljnV (US) Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260730 - Google kills AlphaFold. So much for AI curing cancer 30.07.2026 5min

  not SAYING that AlphaFold cures cancer, BUT, https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/30/google-kills-alphafold-so-much-for-ai-curing-cancer/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Google DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning AlphaFold team in strategy shift https://www.ft.com/content/61b2953d-ee0d-45de-af6e-a9c1cf524b33 >be me https://x.com/sama/status/1904921537884676398 OpenFold https://openfold.io/index.html Extras: Molly White Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/molly-white-for-165282552 Molly White YouTube member preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3eVxKVtLE Nik Suresh Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/nik-suresh-165000116 Nik Suresh YouTube supporter preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LXyqUY13E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Geoffrey Hinton for his work in computer science. What? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/08/the-nobel-prize-in-physics-goes-to-geoffrey-hinton-for-his-work-in-computer-science-what/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260729 - Let's palm off humanoid robot teachers onto poor kids 29.07.2026 8min

  totally not repurposed s*x dolls, how dare you suggest such a thing https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/29/lets-palm-off-humanoid-robot-teachers-onto-the-poor-kids/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Realbotix Provides AI Humanoid Robot Delivery Update (PDF) https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66607b8e2bcc809d7b9d283e/69cc3019d8171a1f88f5c03a_Realbotix%20Announces%20Sale%20and%20Delivery.pdf Realbotix Partners with Bloom to Launch UK Pilot Using Humanoid Robots to Combat Elderly Social Isolation (PDF) https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66607b8e2bcc809d7b9d283e/6a4b87ff4c21f67aa1076311_Bloom%20PR%20Final.pdf Realbotix to Deploy First Humanoid Robot and AI Teachers Assistant in U.S. School District https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260624597868/en/Realbotix-to-Deploy-First-Humanoid-Robot-and-AI-Teachers-Assistant-in-U.S.-School-District 'Really inappropriate': teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/new-york-humanoid-robot-teachers-school MEET ARIA THE FEMALE COMPANION ROBOT https://x.com/dominicditanna/status/1877175915806945683 SCCSD Board of Education Meeting, July 21, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wr0ZN3Q1gI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Tokens.com Closes Acquisition of Simulacra Corporation https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240418830174/en/Tokens.com-Closes-Acquisition-of-Simulacra-Corporation Realbotix aims to shed X-rated past with crypto-funded pivot to AI and robots https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/simulacra-realbotix-sex-dolls-robots-pivot/ Realbotix Corp. Provides Corporate Structure and Operations Update https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260722562302/en/Realbotix-Corp.-Provides-Corporate-Structure-and-Operations-Update After backlash, Upstate NY school district pauses plan to add humanoid robot to classroom https://www.newyorkupstate.com/schools/2026/07/after-backlash-upstate-ny-school-district-pauses-plan-to-add-humanoid-robot-to-classroom.html New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/new-york-school-humanoid-robot-plan-paused Extras: Join the July patron read: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/july-patron-read-165055638 Nik Suresh Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/nik-suresh-165000116 Nik Suresh YouTube supporter preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LXyqUY13E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Will WOMEN have more SΕX with ROBOTS than MEN by 2025?? Your super soaraway Pivot investigates https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/23/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNIA6T0Xnis&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260728 - Sam Altman: Guys, we're in the Singularity now 28.07.2026 8min

  the end of human history  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/28/sam-altman-guys-were-in-the-singularity-now/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Sam Altman: How to Start a Startup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv3CEAS_w34&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA South Korean stock market at three-month low as AI sell-off intensifies https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/28/ai-sell-off-chip-stocks-sk-hynix-samsung AI Market Correction Emerging as Major Credit Risk https://www.fitchratings.com/research/banks/ai-market-correction-emerging-as-major-credit-risk-27-07-2026 Tim Ferriss: The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich https://link.amazon/B05d6q2Bt (UK) https://amzn.to/4fZuLlN (US) 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/ How Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI in 2023: not being an AI doom crank (and lying a lot) https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/06/how-sam-altman-got-fired-from-openai-in-2023-not-being-an-ai-doom-crank-and-lying-a-lot/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlrBjeAtJUk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI may not be able to IPO in 2026 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/08/openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZRZcVM14E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI hacks HuggingFace with an AI — allegedly https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/22/openai-hacks-huggingface-with-an-ai-allegedly/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrI4VcJtFFs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Extras: Join the July patron read: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/july-patron-read-165055638 Nik Suresh Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/nik-suresh-165000116 Nik Suresh YouTube supporter preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LXyqUY13E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260727 - Chrome forces Gemini AI global shortcut onto your Mac 27.07.2026 4min

  Google knows where you're going today  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/27/chrome-forces-gemini-global-shortcut-onto-your-mac/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: Chrome's breaking and entering https://unsung.aresluna.org/chromes-breaking-and-entering/ Ctrl+G Shortcut collision between Gemini and DevTools Sources https://issues.chromium.org/issues/480172712 Access is denied to this issue https://issues.chromium.org/issues/536579239 C-g high jacked by Gemini https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1p0e67s/cg_high_jacked_by_gemini/ Extras: David Gerard (Pivot to AI) and Kim Crawley discuss Recovering After Gen AI  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RSV0H9z3kQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Recovering After Gen AI https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/recovering-after-gen-ai/ Nik Suresh Patreon preview (podcast and video): https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/nik-suresh-165000116 Nik Suresh YouTube supporter preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LXyqUY13E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Myrtlewood Software, our not-yet sponsor: https://myrtlewoodsoftware.com/code-review Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260724 - Codeberg bans AI slop software projects 24.07.2026 6min

  crypto scams too  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/24/codeberg-bans-ai-slop-software-projects/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: Proposal Assembly 2026: ToU extension to prohibit LLM-extrusions https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1253 Proposal Assembly 2026: prohibit LLM-extrusions https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/commit/96fac426a32d1ba91ff879366d59bf1af54080c2 Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html We apologize for a period of extreme slowness today https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/115033782514845941 Proposal for Assembly 2026: Disallow cryptocurrency projects https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1254/commits/1eff5dbfcf56e68bff0472ac91689cab20953786 Recovering After Gen AI Webinars https://stopgenai.com/mymeeting/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260723 - AI vendors destroying rare books to feed the chatbot 23.07.2026 8min

  Strip-mining the world of old books  This episode written by Amy Castor and David Gerard  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/23/ai-vendors-are-destroying-rare-books-to-feed-the-chatbot/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: Order on Fair Use (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.434709/gov.uscourts.cand.434709.231.0_1.pdf Inside an AI start-up's plan to scan and dispose of millions of books https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/ Zoom blog (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260622203623/https://zoombooks.ca/blogs/category/ai-training-books/ Zoom Books Responds To Accusations of Selling Books For AI Scraping https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2026/05/zoom-books-responds-to-accusations-of-selling-books-for-ai-scraping/ AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/ How Authors Are Fighting Back Against AI Training, And What It Means for Your Data Strategy https://isbndb.com/blog/ai-training-data-poisoning/ The Receipt is the New License: Print Books Sourcing for AI Training https://isbndb.com/blog/print-books-sourcing-ai-training/ Recovering After Gen AI Webinars https://stopgenai.com/mymeeting/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Anthropic AI wins broad fair use for training! — but not on pirated books https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/24/anthropic-wins-broad-fair-use-for-training-but-not-on-pirated-books/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwoScPzTWiA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Anthropic AI pays off authors with just $1.5 billion https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/07/anthropic-ai-pays-off-authors-with-just-1-5-billion/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Tr930opuI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260722 - OpenAI hacks HuggingFace with an AI. Allegedly 22.07.2026 7min

  just in time for the IPO  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/22/openai-hacks-huggingface-with-an-ai-allegedly/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: Security incident disclosure — July 2026 https://github.com/huggingface/blog/blob/main/security-incident-july-2026.md OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/ ExploitGym https://github.com/sunblaze-ucb/exploitgym reading this: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116962420054181281 Am I reading this correctly as https://tech.lgbt/@eestileib/116962477028031577 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260721 - New UK PM Andy Burnham puts AI Britain into the Cabinet 21.07.2026 5min

  Kanishka Narayan, your new Minister for the AI Bros  https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/21/new-uk-pm-andy-burnham-puts-ai-britain-into-the-cabinet/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: Burnham eyes Jonathan Reynolds to lead beefed-up business department https://www.ft.com/content/fec8b92e-081f-469f-b1c0-576316c75def How Andy Burnham will start: digital ID axed, cabinet post for AI https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/how-andy-burnham-will-start-digital-id-axed-cabinet-post-for-ai-g8vr2d89s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety) (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20250923120724/https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-minister-for-ai-and-online-safety Burnham Appoints First AI Minister to Cabinet in Tech Reshuffle https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-20/burnham-names-narayan-as-uk-s-first-ai-minister-to-new-cabinet AI minister: UK sets sights on global AI leadership, not Silicon Valley emulation https://www.cityam.com/ai-minister-uk-sets-sights-on-global-ai-leadership-not-silicon-valley-emulation/ Tech Report: Kimi 3: AI still isn't profitable: David Gerard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a53vcZhKOck&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously 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 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260720 - Use Gemini AI to send messages from someone else's locked phone 20.07.2026 4min

  thanks, Gemini power button! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/20/use-gemini-ai-to-send-messages-from-someone-elses-locked-phone/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 fixing Android lock screen bug that lets Gemini send SMS without a PIN https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/17/google-fixing-android-lock-screen-bug-that-lets-gemini-send-sms-without-a-pin/5273027 Android Lock Screen Bypass via Google Gemini — The Patch That Wasn't (Status: Not Fixed) https://infosecwriteups.com/android-lock-screen-bypass-via-google-gemini-the-patch-that-wasnt-5509c5c21630 Android Lock Screen Bypass Through Google Gemini https://payatu.com/blog/android-lock-screen-bypass-through-google-gemini/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20250717 - Kim Crawley: Recovering After Gen AI 17.07.2026 32min

  what we do when all this is over Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Links: 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.com Previously 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260716 - Today's stupid prompt injection: just write like the AI 16.07.2026 6min

  '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  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: 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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  20260715 - Meta glasses celebrity backlash: the fans hate them 15.07.2026 4min

  The glasses? Not sexy https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/15/meta-glasses-celebrity-backlash-the-fans-hate-them/ - blog post  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260714 - UK police will run evidence through the AI. It's quicker 14.07.2026 5min

  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  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 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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  20260713 - Terrorists are using AI, and the chatbot is killing them 13.07.2026 8min

  '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  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard  Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: "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.html Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260710 - NeurIPS conference AI cheats outraged they got caught 10.07.2026 5min

  '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  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 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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  20260709 - Meta's new AI creep glasses to record 24-7 without a light 09.07.2026 5min

  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  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA  
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  20260708 - Quantum computing doesn't need to exist to make VC deals 08.07.2026 6min

  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  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set the delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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: 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA