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Pivot to AI
Hosted by David Gerard · EN
The latest foolishness from the AI bubble, every weekday. It can't be that stupid, you must be prompting it wrong.
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20260520 - Google replacing search results with only the AI
5d ago00:09:04Tap to summarizereplace the Web with slop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/20/google-is-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai/ - 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 Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: http://amzn.to/2iW7kzW (UK) http://amzn.to/2xSxs1e (US) Libra Shrugged: https://amzn.to/3mF8bke (UK) https://amzn.to/2HLzxGa (US) Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com Sources: The Man Who Killed Google Search https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ Google Search as you know it is over https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ A new era for AI Search https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/search-io-2026/ 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 doomsday cultist throws Molotov at Sam Altman's house https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo7KI5jON_c&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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260519 - Tucson Project Blue: data centres lie about water again
5d ago00:07:48Tap to summarizea flood of NDAs in the desert https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/19/tucson-project-blue-data-centres-lie-about-water-again/ - 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: Public officials reconsider NDA process amid Project Blue outrage https://azluminaria.org/2025/08/04/project-blue-nda-policy-secrecy/ Detailed Timeline of Project Blue https://nodesertdatacenter.com/detailed-timeline-of-project-blue/ Pima County approves $3.6 billion data center project near fairgrounds https://www.azpm.org/s/101149-pima-county-approves-36-billion-data-center-project-near-fairgrounds/ City of Tucson shares details on Project Blue potential water and energy use https://www.kgun9.com/news/community-inspired-journalism/southeast-side-news/city-of-tucson-shares-details-on-project-blue-potential-water-and-energy-use Tucson deal: 'Project Blue' data centers would thirst for water & electricity https://azmirror.com/2025/07/18/tucson-deal-project-blue-data-centers-would-thirst-for-water-electricity/ Pima County NDA confirms Amazon is behind Project Blue data center https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/01/pima-county-nda-confirms-amazon-is-behind-project-blue-data-center/ Tucson City Council rejects Project Blue data center amid intense community pressure https://azluminaria.org/2025/08/06/tucson-city-council-rejects-project-blue-amid-intense-community-pressure/ Beale Infrastructure Confirms Updated Plan for Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Investment in Pima County https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250917601961/en/Beale-Infrastructure-Confirms-Updated-Plan-for-Sustainable-Digital-Infrastructure-Investment-in-Pima-County Amazon pulls out of Project Blue data centers, sources say https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_de6c4456-ff05-4403-a869-b7261838e24c.html City says Project Blue must stop using Tucson Water for data center construction https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050526_project_blue_water/city-says-project-blue-must-stop-using-tucson-water-data-center-construction/ Contractor working on Project Blue data center issued Notice of Violation https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/contractor-working-on-project-blue-data-center-issued-notice-of-violation Project Blue's 2 new Tucson wells could draw up to 31 million gallons of water annually https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051826_project_blue_wells/project-blues-2-new-tucson-wells-could-draw-up-31-million-gallons-water-annually/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Blue Owl won't give your money back. This is fine https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/26/blue-owl-wont-give-your-money-back-this-is-fine/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6DbLNM1lI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260518 - GitHub Copilot AI token charges go up 10x-100x
6d ago00:07:33Tap to summarizeHow Enterprise Software as a Service works https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/18/github-copilot-ai-token-charges-to-go-up-10x-100x/ - 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: Microsoft Fiscal Year 2026 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/events/fy-2026/earnings-fy-2026-q3 GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/ GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing #192948 https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/192948 おー https://x.com/Sugar_develop/status/2054323790327492851 Well, party is over i guess https://x.com/abebeos/status/2054445525030654461 約$5000の値上げは草 https://x.com/wogikaze/status/2054365603994255639 I'll just leave this here ... https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1tbfkui/ill_just_leave_this_here/ GitHub Copilot individual plans: Introducing flex allotments in Pro and Pro+, and a new Max plan https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-individual-plans-introducing-flex-allotments-in-pro-and-pro-and-a-new-max-plan/ GitHub Copilot code review will start consuming GitHub Actions minutes on June 1, 2026 https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-27-github-copilot-code-review-will-start-consuming-github-actions-minutes-on-june-1-2026/ You think? My company is large https://x.com/CodyExistslol/status/2052042188998008840 Previously on Pivot to AI: Cash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — 'in the spirit of a donation' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/03/cash-incinerator-openai-secures-its-6-6-billion-lifeline-in-the-spirit-of-a-donation/ 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 Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/19/companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBEOdoYs8v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Claude Code rate limits: Anthropic AI squeezes the customers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/23/claude-code-rate-limits-anthropic-ai-squeezes-the-customers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSg0Xsic8k&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260215 - arXiv bans academic authors for AI slop papers
1w ago00:08:39Tap to summarizethe hit AI dogs holler https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/15/arxiv-bans-academic-authors-for-ai-slop-papers/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Attention @arxiv authors https://x.com/tdietterich/status/2055000956144935055 Yes, he told me earlier today https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7460828707713257472/?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7460828707713257472%2C7460851047045992448%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287460851047045992448%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7460828707713257472%29 Examples of incontrovertible evidence https://bsky.app/profile/tdietterich.bsky.social/post/3mlreyrmsw22u ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/ Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category https://blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/attention-authors-updated-practice-for-review-articles-and-position-papers-in-arxiv-cs-category/ ACL Statement on Desk Rejecting Papers with Hallucinated References https://2026.aclweb.org/acl_statement/ I am quite convinced that https://x.com/LucaAmb/status/2055227745483788297 We rely on some standard LLM detectors https://bsky.app/profile/tdietterich.bsky.social/post/3mlreys4ppc2u Previously on Pivot to AI: $119 Springer cancer treatments book: 'As an AI language model ...' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/12/119-springer-cancer-treatments-book-as-an-ai-language-model/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3dIL_Ljro8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260514 - Kevin O'Leary's giant Utah data centre: will it happen?
1w ago00:08:27Tap to summarizeMr Wonderless https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/14/kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Box Elder County commissioners OK controversial data center proposal https://www.ksl.com/article/51492962/box-elder-county-commissioners-ok-controversial-data-center-proposal Hundreds of Utahns file to block Kevin O'Leary's proposed massive data center campus over water concerns https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/05/01/utahns-send-state-deluge-concerns/ I'm the only developer of data centers on earth that graduated from environmental studies https://x.com/kevinolearytv/status/2051667709574733826 Where Are All The Data Centers? https://www.wheresyoured.at/where-are-all-the-data-centers/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Oh no! The President Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus is in trouble https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/22/oh-no-the-president-donald-j-trump-advanced-energy-and-intelligence-campus-is-in-trouble/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQr3FlvGJrw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260513 - Google replaces your mouse with yelling at Gemini
2w ago00:05:38Tap to summarize'reimagining' the mouse pointer https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/13/google-replaces-your-pc-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: Reimagining the mouse pointer for the AI era https://deepmind.google/blog/ai-pointer/ Meet Gemini in Chrome https://gemini.google/overview/gemini-in-chrome/ Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/meet-googlebook/ Previously on Pivot to AI: AI computers aren't selling because users don't care https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/07/ai-computers-arent-selling-because-users-dont-care/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX38eEA2vN8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft's 2030 Vision: no mouse, no keyboard — just the AI! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/06/microsofts-2030-vision-no-mouse-no-keyboard-just-the-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU-kqS0G_Uo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Google Chrome force-installs a 4-gigabyte AI model — how to get rid of it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/07/google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model-how-to-get-rid-of-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYJeON5Xv4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260512 - GitLab announces AI layoffs, stock goes down 9%
2w ago00:04:53Tap to summarizeseize the day! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/12/gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 Missing GitHub Status Page https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/ GitLab Act 2 https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ Forgejo https://forgejo.org/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Steve Yegge's Gas Town: Vibe coding goes crypto scam https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_8gPam4tM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Layoffs don't boost the share price — they drop it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/23/layoffs-dont-boost-the-share-price-they-drop-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2ck27fJhI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260511 - Banks turn data centre loans into 2008-style time bombs
2w ago00:05:40Tap to summarizeparty like it's 2007 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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 CORRECTION: of course you don't "lend" the tranches out. You sell them (as financial products). Sources: Banks seek to offload risk to avoid 'choking' on data centre debt https://www.ft.com/content/08aba5e4-5834-4e79-a48d-989a2c5bad0f 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/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260508 - OpenAI may not be able to IPO in 2026
2w ago00:06:18Tap to summarizeBut your pension fund will pay if it does https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/08/openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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: OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-misses-key-revenue-user-targets-in-high-stakes-sprint-toward-ipo-94a95273 OpenAI Wants to Go Public. First Sarah Friar Needs to Get It to Grow Up https://www.wsj.com/business/openai-sam-altman-ipo-sarah-friar-392c582b OpenAI: The IPO That Cannot Afford to Wait (PDF) https://pitchbook.brightspotcdn.com/ca/14/061592ef4dc29560d4a762c47eea/q2-2026-pitchbook-analyst-note-openai-the-ipo-that-cannot-afford-to-wait.pdf Exclusive: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-lays-groundwork-juggernaut-ipo-up-1-trillion-valuation-2025-10-29/ SpaceX Financials Are Leaking Out. What Surprised Us https://www.barrons.com/articles/spacex-financials-what-surprised-us-45f50ba6 New Nasdaq rules offer SpaceX free liquidity https://www.ft.com/content/ed08478f-89a3-405e-ab03-464f0959d0a0 Previously on Pivot to AI: SoftBank needs OpenAI to stay alive — no matter what https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/27/softbank-needs-openai-to-stay-alive-no-matter-what/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYxEVRiCvM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI IPO proceeds — even as CFO says the company is 'not ready' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/08/openai-ipo-proceeds-even-as-cfo-says-the-company-is-not-ready/ video: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/08/openai-ipo-proceeds-even-as-cfo-says-the-company-is-not-ready/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Transcribe →20260507 - Google Chrome force-installs a 4-gigabyte AI model
3w ago00:03:43Tap to summarizeHow to get rid of it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/07/google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model-how-to-get-rid-of-it/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful 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's Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro — and eventually to Android https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/6/23989591/google-gemini-ai-model-pixel-8-pro-recorder-smart-reply 10 updates from Google I/O 2024: Unlocking the power of AI for every web developer https://developer.chrome.com/blog/web-at-io24 Manage on-device Generative AI models in Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/16961953?visit_id=639136487924121801-2123957226&p=on_device_genAI&rd=1 By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/116527624628906700 Previously on Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: 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
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