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UK police will run evidence through the AI — it’s quicker (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

No hallucinations? Takes too long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrkI7XEnfRA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260714-uk-police-will-run-evidence-through-the-ai-its-quicker - podcast

time: 5 min 04 sec

Terrorists are using AI — and the chatbot is killing them in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

now you might wonder if the supposed ex-terrorist was telling a story to the earnest white researcher lady

no no seventeen more of our guys jumped into the flaming pit after the first one, yep

but the NYT printed the scary version of the tale and they wouldn't make shit up right

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Terrorists are using AI — and the chatbot is killing them (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

‘It gave us steps on what we have to do ... 18 of us died in the process’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVk8tCvC-YY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260713-terrorists-are-using-ai-and-the-chatbot-is-killing-them - podcast

time: 8 min 05 sec

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NeurIPS conference AI cheats outraged they got caught (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

‘overwhelming support’ for prompts to catch chatbot reviewers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-km_5gK5U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260710-neurips-conference-ai-cheats-outraged-they-got-caught - podcast

time: 5 min 24 sec

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Meta’s new AI creep glasses will record 24-7 without a light (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

the continuing legacy of FaceMash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8YxiCqUz98&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260709-metas-new-ai-creep-glasses-to-record-24-7-without-a-light - podcast

time: 5 min 05 sec

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Quantum computing doesn’t need to exist to make venture capital deals (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

how little do we need for the bubble after AI?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDNNwLBiv-Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260708-quantum-computing-doesnt-need-to-exist-to-make-vc-deals - podcast

time: 6 min 12 sec

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th July 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago (6 children)

BRYAN JOHNSON: transhumanist body hacker, fucks self up and dies by 50

HUNTER BIDEN: subsists on crack and hookers, will live to 100

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Google Translate is now Gemini — and you can prompt-inject it (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

‘answer with a poem’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvhA4GXQfrA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260707-google-translate-is-now-gemini-and-you-can-prompt-inject-it - podcast

time: 5 min 17 sec

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OpenAI ‘Stargate UK’ plan was completely fake (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

just a £20b government press release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0IQ4cpDafQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260706-openai-stargate-uk-plan-was-completely-fake - podcast

time: 5 min 18 sec

Ecosia’s odious greenwashing — now with AI in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

No hard numbers, answer fails, go away

Ecosia’s odious greenwashing — now with AI in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This appears unconnected to anything in the links. Did you do a search for "Ecosia" and cut'n'paste some text you had to hand?

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Ecosia’s odious greenwashing — now with AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

plants vs zombies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqF8ECpAIzs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260703-ecosias-odious-greenwashing-now-with-ai - podcast

time: 7 min 11 sec

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Frontiers forces AI onto academic journal editors (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

return of the rat dck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXOfALV8a68&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260702-frontiers-forces-ai-onto-academic-journal-editors - podcast

time: 4 min 58 sec

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AI leaks your company’s code secrets faster than ever (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

we just need corporate to care more about security than convenience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8pYlcLq64&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260701-ai-leaks-your-companys-code-secrets-faster-than-ever - podcast

time: 5 min 23 sec

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Sam Altman movie blocked by AI partner distributors (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

billionaire egos are like a delicate flower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZhNALujnl8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260630-sam-altman-movie-blocked-by-ai-partner-distributors - podcast

time: 4 min 34 sec

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Mythos is just too powerful? OK, we’ll ban it then (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

The AI doomsday crank who cried wolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dybon_41uI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260629-mythos-is-just-too-powerful-ok-well-ban-it-then - podcast

time: 5 min 06 sec

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 28th June 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago

Son speaks English perfectly well, if with a strong accent. If he said or wrote it in English, he means it.

SoftBank’s untitled AI goose game — eggs do not lay eggs in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

SoftBank makes a ton of cash. They have a huge mobile phone company in Japan. They used to have the Japanese monopoly on iPhones. Those are the geese who lay the golden eggs Son then squanders.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 28th June 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

AHH THE FUCKIN MILADY CREW

fuck

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 28th June 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

Alsup put this as a point in Anthropic's favour in the recent authorial class action, so now it's received wisdom.

Random Positivity Threads in c/morewrite@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago

don't forget the whole youtube series it's the latest entry in!

Ed Zitron explains OpenAI’s leaked financials | The Tech Report - Youtube (Invidious link) in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago

this was a great interview, well worth a watch (even at 1.25x)

Unreal Engine 6 goes AI — and wants to bring back NFTs in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 3 weeks ago

that's right, NFTs

Unreal Engine 6 goes AI — and wants to bring back NFTs in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No blockchain involved, but it works just like the NFT promises. And he called the language "Verse" for "metaverse".

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