20250823 - AI winter is in the air! We still think it has until 2027

(maybe)
Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/

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Sources:

Women with AI ‘boyfriends’ mourn lost love after ‘cold’ ChatGPT upgrade https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/8/14/women-with-ai-boyfriends-mourn-lost-love-after-cold-chatgpt-upgrade
I talked to Sam Altman about the GPT-5 launch fiasco https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/759897/sam-altman-chatgpt-openai-social-media-google-chrome-interview
Sam Altman on GPT-6: ‘People want memory’ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/19/sam-altman-on-gpt-6-people-want-memory.html
Is the AI Winter Finally Upon Us? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-18/is-chatgpt-5-the-start-of-ai-winter
US tech stocks hit by concerns over future of AI boom https://www.ft.com/content/33914f25-093c-4069-bb16-8626cfc15a51
“You are, in the next few months, going to see a few pro-AI people who” https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3lwrrw32suc2a
Meta Freezes AI Hiring After Blockbuster Spending Spree https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-hiring-freeze-fda6b3c4
Dalek Spy: FBI Once Investigated Dallas Man for Selling Secrets to a Fictional Alien Race https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/a-dallas-writer-was-investigated-for-selling-secrets-to-the-daleks-20402575
“I’m not SAYING there’s an ongoing crash in AI companies today,” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-riddell-77813a187_im-not-saying-theres-an-ongoing-crash-in-activity-7364322805150044162-5bSa/
Trump orders firing of department head after weak US jobs growth report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cpqvdxzwv22t?post=asset%3A46907b3a-47b1-4385-a53b-28e4a99b882a#post

Fireside: Eric Schmidt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC46CzxT750&t=992s&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

Previously on Pivot to AI:

Eric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/06/eric-schmidt-were-not-going-to-hit-the-climate-goals-id-rather-bet-on-ai-solving-the-problem/
a16z raising fresh $20b to keep the AI bubble pumping https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7a1-6MU3QA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
In 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSnLt6Knbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Pitchbook: AI venture capital resorts to mergers