Pivot to AI

The Data Act goes to Parliament this week.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/05/uk-backtracks-on-ai-opt-out-scheme-for-creative-works/

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Why are creatives fighting UK government AI proposals on copyright? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/25/why-are-creatives-fighting-uk-government-ai-proposals-on-copyright

Ministers to amend data bill amid artists’ concerns over AI and copyright https://www.thegu...

“AI-first means customers last”

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/04/duolingo-replaces-its-contractors-with-ai-courses-with-slop/

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"Below is an all-hands email from our CEO, Luis von Ahn – we are going to be AI-first." https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7322560534824865792/

Game of Tongues: How Duolingo Built A $700 Million Business With Its Addictive Language

Learning App https://www.forbes.c...

A bubble in guillotines.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/

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PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor https://nvca.org/pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor/

I never thought leopards would eat MY face https://twitter.com/Cavalorn/status/654934442549620736

Federal Funds Effective Rate (FEDFUNDS) https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS

Here are the 19 US AI ...

The FT fails to check the filings

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/02/no-microsoft-did-not-state-strong-ai-demand-in-q1-2025-the-ft-is-wrong/

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Microsoft shares jump after strong AI demand lifts cloud unit https://www.ft.com/content/9443ca4b-09c1-4f21-ba71-3953b3e0a714

Form 10-Q For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2025 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000095017025061046/msft-20250331.htm

Earn...

Why don't we just use this handy Torment Nexus?

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/01/seattle-worldcon-science-fiction-convention-vets-panelists-with-chatgpt/

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Statement From Worldcon Chair https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/

Responding to Controversy, Seattle Worldcon Defends Using ChatGPT to Vet Program Participants https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-...

Better get a lawyer, son.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/30/doctors-personally-liable-if-mandatory-nhs-ai-transcriber-gets-it-wrong/

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Accurx and Tandem Health roll out AI scribing tool across the NHS https://www.digitalhealth.net/2025/04/accurx-and-tandem-health-partner-to-roll-out-ai-scribing-in-the-nhs/

Guidance on the use of AI-enabled ambient scribing products in health and care settings https://www.en...

What would you say you do here?

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/29/generative-ai-no-significant-impact-on-earnings-or-recorded-hours-in-any-occupation/

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Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5219933

Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/generative_ai_no_effect_jobs_wage...

That’s the trouble with saying your company has principles.

Outside broadcast today, live from my back yard in the suburbs of London!

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/28/googles-military-ai-deals-get-deepmind-uk-staff-to-start-unionising/

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Our AI Principles https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/

Responsible AI: Our 2024 report and ongoing work https://blog.google/technology/ai/responsible-ai-2024-report...

Everything hooks to everything else.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/27/trump-tariffs-taking-out-ai-data-centres-too/

AI boom under threat from tariffs, global economic turmoil https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-boom-under-threat-tariffs-global-economic-turmoil-2025-04-23/

US tariffs: Impact on data centre construction https://www.verdict.co.uk/us-tariffs-data-centre-construction/

Even If ...

An AI overview reduces clicks on the original sources 20%–35%.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/26/googles-ai-overview-directly-takes-readers-away-from-its-own-source-sites/

The Man Who Killed Google Search https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

"Keep in mind that the Ads team is considering calling a code yellow to close the search gap we are seeing" (PDF) https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-11/417581.pdf

Meet Thy from Radio CADA, who doesn’t exist.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/25/fake-diversity-why-hire-a-non-white-dj-when-you-could-just-generate-one-with-ai/

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‘Tokenistic and backwards’: Backlash over ARN’s use of AI radio host modelled on Asian woman https://www.mediaweek.com.au/backlash-over-arn-use-of-ai-radio-host-modelled-on-asian-woman/

CADA's announcer, Thy, is just a bad cloned AI voice (with MP3 cl...

The State Bar of California cheaps out.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/24/california-bar-exam-a-technical-disaster-with-ai-written-nonsense-questions/

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‘Utterly Botched’: Glitchy rollout of new California bar exam prompts lawsuit and legislative review https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-28/utterly-botched-chaotic-roll-out-of-new-california-bar-exam

Analytical Work to Support February 2025 Bar ...

Let’s spend imaginary money!

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/23/openai-offers-to-buy-the-chrome-web-browser-from-google-uh-huh/

Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-05/google-loses-doj-antitrust-suit-over-search

Justice Department Seeks Google Chrome Sale to Curb Monopoly https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-21/justice-department-see...

AI: onward and upward!

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/22/amazon-also-slows-down-its-data-centre-commitments/

Amazon slides as Wells Fargo says company pausing some data center leases https://seekingalpha.com/news/4432925-amazon-slides-as-wells-fargo-says-company-pausing-some-data-center-leases

Amazon has halted some data center leasing talks, Wells Fargo analysts say https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consume...

This will totally stop DeepSeek.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/21/openai-starts-verifying-corporate-customers-sometimes-the-id-system-works/

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OpenAI: API Organization Verification https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10910291-api-organization-verification

"I don’t have physical documents because in Poland we have something like mCitizen and ID on my phone, same with my driving licence - and OpenAI makes me s...

‘to improve Apple products and services’

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/20/if-you-report-a-bug-apple-reserves-the-right-to-train-apple-intelligence-on-your-private-developer-logs/

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Joachim Kurz: “Are you f* kidding me, Apple?!” https://hachyderm.io/@cocoafrog/114355281286615868

Joachim Kurz: “I‘ve sadly seen people treat bug reports that way.” https://hachyderm.io/@cocoafrog/114363324423208916

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‘Are you real? Is your work real?’

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/19/ai-bot-scammers-flood-california-community-colleges/

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As ‘Bot’ Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/14/as-bot-students-continue-to-flood-in-community-colleges-struggle-to-respond/

Fake student aid: California colleges detect more fraudsters stealing millions https://calmat...

The chatbot is definitely trying to kill you, maybe. Send us money.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/18/reasoning-ai-is-lying-to-you-or-maybe-its-just-hallucinating-again/

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Anthropic: Reasoning models don't always say what they think https://www.anthropic.com/research/reasoning-models-dont-say-think

paper (PDF) https://assets.anthropic.com/m/71876fabef0f0ed4/original/reasoning_models_paper.pdf

Introducing Trans...

Zero users found — but so much marketing!

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/17/amazon-launched-its-ai-powered-alexa-in-february-where-is-it/

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Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/amazon-turns-anthropics-claude-alexa-ai-revamp-2024-08-30/

Amazon debuts gen AI-powered Alexa+ as it seeks to breathe life into its aging assistant https...