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David Gerard
David Gerard @ dgerard @awful.systems
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Meta buys into Scale AI in the quest for fresh data
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/13/meta-buys-into-scale-ai-in-the-quest-for-fresh-data/
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Disney sues AI image generator Midjourney
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/12/disney-sues-ai-image-generator-midjourney/
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ChatGPT goes down — and fake jobs grind to a halt worldwide
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/
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Doctors against data abuse — BMA and RCGP protest NHS AI data handover
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/10/doctors-against-data-abuse-bma-and-rcgp-protest-nhs-ai-data-handover/
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Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2025! Don’t expect much — it still doesn’t work
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/09/apple-intelligence-at-wwdc-2025-dont-expect-much-it-still-doesnt-work/
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Apple: ‘Reasoning’ AIs fail hard if they actually have to think
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/08/apple-reasoning-ais-fail-hard-if-they-actually-have-to-think/
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UK — High Court to lawyers: cut the ChatGPT or else
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/07/uk-high-court-to-lawyers-cut-the-chatgpt-or-else/
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Builder․ai even more fake: creative accounting, no AI, no money
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/06/builder-ai-even-more-fake-creative-accounting-no-ai-no-money/
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Generative AI runs on gambling addiction — just one more prompt, bro!
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/
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Washington Post goes AI to clean up amateur right-wing op-eds
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/04/washington-post-goes-ai-to-clean-up-amateur-right-wing-op-eds/
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Let’s put more AI slop into advertising!
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/03/lets-put-more-ai-slop-into-advertising/
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Fighting the AI scraper bots at Pivot to AI and RationalWiki
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/02/fighting-the-ai-scraper-bots-at-pivot-to-ai-and-rationalwiki/
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Business Insider layoffs as traffic drops — but publisher Axel Springer says AI will fix it!
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/06/01/business-insider-layoffs-as-traffic-drops-but-publisher-axel-springer-says-ai-will-fix-it/
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Microsoft and AI: spending billions to make millions
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/05/31/microsoft-and-ai-spending-billions-to-make-millions/
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1970s AI bros (incl McCarthy) whining about the inventor of ELIZA telling them to gfy
dl.acm.org /doi/pdf/10.1145/1045264.1045265
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The UK will totally replace two-thirds of junior civil servants with AI chatbots, says the chatbot
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/05/30/the-uk-will-totally-replace-two-thirds-of-junior-civil-servants-with-ai-chatbots-says-the-chatbot/
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lol the shit, who picked these actors
x.com /netflix/status/1928153876475097117
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Game studios love AI! The gamers … hate it
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/05/29/game-studios-love-ai-the-gamers-hate-it/
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Google takes AI propaganda to the movies
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/05/28/google-takes-ai-propaganda-to-the-movies/
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Telstra embraces AI — with Accenture
pivot-to-ai.com /2025/05/27/telstra-embraces-ai-with-accenture/