20260519 - Tucson Project Blue: data centres lie about water again

20260527 - McClatchy runs AI slop with journalists' names on it

'Journalists who are defiant will fall behind' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/27/mcclatchy-runs-ai-slop-with-journalists-names-on-it/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/27/mcclatchy-runs-ai-slop-with-journalists-names-on-it/] - blog post * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard [https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard] * Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 [https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5] * Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 [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 [https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com] Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com [dgerard@gmail.com] Sources: * 'More Stories, More Inventory': Inside the Backlash to McClatchy's AI News Tool https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/mcclatchy-content-scaling-agents-roiling-newsrooms/ [https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/mcclatchy-content-scaling-agents-roiling-newsrooms/] * McClatchy Journalists Revolt Against AI: 'It's a Betrayal' https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/mcclatchy-ai-tool-revolt-sacramento-bee-miami-herald-charlotte-observer/ [https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/mcclatchy-ai-tool-revolt-sacramento-bee-miami-herald-charlotte-observer/] * McClatchy violated new contract by rolling out AI tool, union claims https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2026/04/27/sacramento-bee-union-grievance-ai.html [https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2026/04/27/sacramento-bee-union-grievance-ai.html?rel=plus] * VICTORY: POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center of landmark arbitration https://newsguild.org/victory-politico-agrees-to-shut-down-both-ai-tools-at-center-of-landmark-arbitration/ [https://newsguild.org/victory-politico-agrees-to-shut-down-both-ai-tools-at-center-of-landmark-arbitration/] Previously on Pivot to AI: * At Politico, AI content doesn't need editorial standards! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/16/at-politico-ai-content-doesnt-need-editorial-standards/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/16/at-politico-ai-content-doesnt-need-editorial-standards/] * video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFH-lG0nwos&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFH-lG0nwos&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] * Google is replacing search results with only the AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/20/google-is-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/20/google-is-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai/] * video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aji8lhaV3XM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aji8lhaV3XM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA]

20260526 - Pope Leo to AI bros: just stop it

'Artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/26/pope-leo-to-ai-bros-just-stop-it/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/26/pope-leo-to-ai-bros-just-stop-it/] - blog post Written by Amy Castor and David Gerard * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard [https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard] * Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 [https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5] * Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 [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 [https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com] Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com [dgerard@gmail.com] Sources: * Magnifica Humanitas https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html [https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html] * Pope Leo presents 'Magnifica humanitas' calling for disarmament of AI https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-magnifica-humanitas-presentation-ai-disarmament.html [https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-magnifica-humanitas-presentation-ai-disarmament.html] * Silicon Valley takes its AI pitch to the pope https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-xiv-ai-meetings-silicon-valley-vatican/ [https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-xiv-ai-meetings-silicon-valley-vatican/] Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA]

20260525 - STOP DOING SEARCHES

STOP DOING SEARCHES (a dramatic reading) They have played us for absolute fools I may have accidentally done an episode on my day off anyway https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/25/stop-doing-searches/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/25/stop-doing-searches/] - blog post * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard [https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard] * Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 [https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5] * Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 [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 [https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com] Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA]

20260522 - OpenAI user numbers go flat. Just in time for the IPO

more 'annualised' numbers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/22/openai-user-numbers-go-flat-just-in-time-for-the-ipo/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/22/openai-user-numbers-go-flat-just-in-time-for-the-ipo/] - blog post * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard [https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard] * Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 [https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5] * Buy us nice useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 [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 [https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com] Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com [dgerard@gmail.com] Sources: * OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Very Soon https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-ipo-filing-date-0ec95af5 [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-ipo-filing-date-0ec95af5] * Form S-1 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026036936/0001628280-26-036936-index.htm [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026036936/0001628280-26-036936-index.htm] * OpenAI Generated Nearly $6 Billion in Revenue in First Quarter, Boosted by Codex https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-held-1-billion-revenue-lead-anthropic-first-quarter [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-held-1-billion-revenue-lead-anthropic-first-quarter] Previously on Pivot to AI: * 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/ [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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZRZcVM14E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA]

20260521 - Amazon engineers use MeshClaw bot to hit manager AI token targets

'Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/21/amazon-engineers-use-meshclaw-bot-to-hit-managers-ai-token-targets/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/21/amazon-engineers-use-meshclaw-bot-to-hit-managers-ai-token-targets/] - blog post * Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard [https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard] * Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 [https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5] * Buy us useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 [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 [https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com] Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com [dgerard@gmail.com] Sources: * Amazon staff use AI tool for unnecessary tasks to inflate usage scores https://www.ft.com/content/8ee0d3ef-9548-422d-8ff1-ebd48ad4b2ca Previously on Pivot to AI: * Amazon Web Services vibe-codes itself an outage or two https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/20/amazon-web-services-vibe-codes-itself-an-outage-or-two/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/20/amazon-web-services-vibe-codes-itself-an-outage-or-two/] * video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xju34CkVfX4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xju34CkVfX4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] * Project Lobster: Microsoft brings Copilot AI to OpenClaw https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/24/project-lobster-microsoft-brings-copilot-ai-to-openclaw/ [https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/24/project-lobster-microsoft-brings-copilot-ai-to-openclaw/] * video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7bQnFC4K1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7bQnFC4K1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA]