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- 2 days ago5 min
20261102 - Claude Code official Cursor extension gets malware back door
Signing official extensions is not fast moving enough https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/11/02/claude-code-official-cursor-extension-gets-malware-back-door/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: Security notice — malicious version of Anthropic.claude-code (2.1.312 and 2.1.313) identified in the Cursor VS Code Extension Marketplace https://cursor.com/blog/claude-code-extension-security-notice Just to be clear: This did not involve a compromise of any Anthropic systems https://x.com/ddworken/status/2116178850032066572 Binance's initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop https://x.com/binance/status/2115993361517891592 Binance Accelerator Program: Full Stack Engineer (APAC Remote) https://www.binance.com/en-TR/careers/job?id=5002449101 I've confirmed Binance use Claude Code on Cursor with this extension https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/11752944007566218 Previously on Pivot to AI: Vibe-coded build system NX gets hacked, steals vibe-coders' crypto https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/29/vibe-coded-build-system-nx-gets-hacked-steals-vibe-coders-crypto/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnFKkBBzpVg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 5 days ago11 min
20261030 - Proton Mail goes full AI slop, Tuta starts going AI slop
Your meal is 99% not sewage! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/30/proton-mail-goes-full-ai-slop-tuta-starts-going-slop/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: Manifestos, Fear, and 'Loser Thinking': Inside Proton's AI Reckoning https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/ We're not interested in diving into the AI or crypto hype https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/112886048788603064 Tuta User Survey 2025 https://tuta.com/blog/tuta-survey-2025 Are you joining QuitGPT? https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/116187908158060508 Google's Gemini AI invasion continues https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/117228920764701690 Muse is Meta's latest attempt to get as much of your data as possible https://tuta.com/blog/dont-trust-meta-muse-ai Check out this cool open source tool that removes or disables unwanted AI components like Copilot https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/117415699615961618 Contribution policy https://github.com/tutao/tutanota#contribution-policy LLM/AI contributions seemingly being accepted now? https://github.com/tutao/tutanota/discussions/11601 This is because we are in the exploring phase https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/117529137025831727 Hi there, thanks for your question. Hanna here from the Tuta Team https://www.reddit.com/r/tutanota/comments/1ximsy2/dear_ceo_of_tuta/19ru7p9lepl34/ The current Tuta apps are built more than 99% without AI https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/117518311002072172 Connecting AI tools via Fastmail's MCP server https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/15869557281295-Connecting-AI-tools-via-Fastmail-s-MCP-server Hello everyone! We have some unfortunate news https://union.place/@fastmailunited/112672408714595554 Previously on Pivot to AI: Proton Mail goes AI, security-focused userbase goes 'what on earth' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/18/proton-mail-goes-ai-security-focused-userbase-goes-what-on-earth/ Proton's Lumo AI chatbot: not end-to-end encrypted, not open source https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/02/protons-lumo-ai-chatbot-not-end-to-end-encrypted-not-open-source/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDPZbUPUFyk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 6 days ago5 min
20261029 - AI Overview damages Google ad revenue, stock crashes 12%
AI search may be worse, but it also makes less money https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/29/ai-overview-damages-google-ad-revenue-stock-crashes-12/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: 2026 Q3 Earnings Call https://abc.xyz/investor/events/event-details/2026/2026-Q3-Earnings-Call-2026-Ujou16CTw9/default.aspx Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2026 Results (PDF) https://s206.q4cdn.com/479360582/files/doc_financials/2026/q3/2026q3-alphabet-earnings-release.pdf Google upsizes historic equity raising to $85bn to back AI spending spree https://www.ft.com/content/85299cdd-d9b3-4b40-8d10-73fc9ddb4573 Extras: October supporter read (Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/october-read-get-173439617 Previously on Pivot to AI: 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 1 weeks ago5 min
20261028 - The Chinese AI crash is not the end, but it is cheering
This too shall pass https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/28/the-chinese-ai-crash-is-not-the-end-but-it-is-cheering/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: In China, the AI bubble has already burst https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-ai-bubble-has-already-burst-2026-10-26/ Chinese Stocks Turn Biggest Losers as Global AI Trade Stumbles https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-17/chinese-stocks-turn-biggest-losers-as-global-ai-trade-stumbles Moonshot Said to Eye Early 2027 IPO After Value Hits $50 Billion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-06/moonshot-said-to-eye-early-2027-ipo-after-value-hits-50-billion China Moves to Prop Up Stocks With Selling Curbs, Buybacks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-16/china-moves-to-prop-up-stock-market-with-selling-curbs-buybacks Extras: October supporter read (Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/october-read-get-173439617 Previously on Pivot to AI: China tries to kickstart a bubble in humanoid robots https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/31/china-tries-to-kickstart-a-bubble-in-humanoid-robots/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OL4GiBPHLI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 1 weeks ago13 min
20261027 - Anthropic files its 'IPO,' but all the key numbers are missing
FINAL final (1) USE THIS ONE.docx.pdf Written by Amy Castor and David Gerard https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/27/anthropic-files-its-ipo-but-all-the-key-numbers-are-missing/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: Form S-1 Registration Statement: Anthropic, PBC https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm Extras: October supporter read (Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/october-read-get-173439617 Previously on Pivot to AI: AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI ChatGPT goes goblin mode — let none say 'model collapse' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/06/openai-chatgpt-goes-goblin-mode-let-none-say-model-collapse/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E6oSeIMLw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA The SpaceX IPO works like a crypto fraud, but with AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/28/the-spacex-ipo-works-like-a-crypto-fraud-but-with-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkYiquKR0tA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Anthropic IPO filing: the disaster in numbers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/01/anthropic-ipo-filing-the-disaster-in-numbers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20VYK0-Q-3o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 1 weeks ago6 min
20261026 - Anthropic AI safety bill: let us kill 50 people, but not 51
or pay one MILLION dollars https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/26/anthropic-ai-safety-bill-let-us-kill-50-people-but-not-51/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Tntor 5000mAh Thin Power Bank https://link.amazon/B0hr3AQit Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakers https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/anthropic-ai-safety-01124654 Discussion Draft / Privileged & Confidential / Attorney Work Product (PDF, archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20261026181523/https://media.licdn.com/dms/document/media/v2/D561FAQE0a0R-_eZ1Gg/feedshare-document-sanitized-pdf/B56aFRDQuoIEA8-/0/1792361173600?e=1793646000&v=beta&t=6NP3UhCDro3qHUxF1gyzlvEHFSaDOLV4rq92fFIG7M4 AI & Tech Brief: Anthropic's leaked bill https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intelligence/ai-tech-brief/2026/10/19/ai-tech-brief-anthropics-leaked-bill/ Anthropic's Advanced AI Framework (PDF) https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/files/4zrzovbb/website/0a58d567024a8b448ff15158ebc3625328dfcc1f.pdf Why Anthropic's draft bill sets $1 billion threshold for AI risk https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/21/anthropic-bill-ai-risk-threshold-01128458 Cyberpunk 2077: All Skippy Interactions Dialogue (Skippy The Talking Gun) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSMK7UR1P44&t=253s&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Extras: Tech Report: Vibe coding will bankrupt businesses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLOzJtGVpyM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA October supporter read (Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/october-read-get-173439617 Previously on Pivot to AI: Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c1DC-gNizQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Mythos is just too powerful? OK, we'll ban it then https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/29/mythos-is-just-too-powerful-ok-well-ban-it-then/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dybon_41uI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 1 weeks ago7 min
20261023 - We put human neurons into a computer! AI will surely follow
Robocop plays Doom https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/23/we-put-human-neurons-into-a-computer-ai-will-surely-follow/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273%2822%2900806-6 Biocomputer with live neurons brought to life through art and cloud https://connectsci.au/news/news-parent/7947/Biocomputer-with-live-neurons-brought-to-life Human Brain Cells on a Chip for Sale: World-first biocomputing platform hits the market https://spectrum.ieee.org/biological-computer-for-sale Living Human Brain Cells Play DOOM on a CL1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRV8fSw6HaE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week https://www.newscientist.com/article/2517389-human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/ A petri dish of human brain cells is currently playing Doom. Should we be worried? https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/mar/16/petri-dish-brain-cells-playing-doom-cortical-labs NUS Medicine, DayOne and Cortical Labs Unveil Biological Data Center Prototype in Singapore https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/news/nus-medicine-dayone-and-cortical-labs-unveil-biological-data-center-prototype-in-singapore/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 1 weeks ago8 min
20261022 - AI will HACK ALL THE TVs by the end of 2026! Or not
Anthropic spook themselves again Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): 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 Get a horse shirt: Black Percheron by Rose Gerard https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/22329712 Send in your story tips and non-slop sponsorship offers: dgerard@gmail.com Social media: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy Sources: AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai What are self-replicating 'AI worms', and why is Anthropic worried about them? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/18/anthropic-ai-worm-worries AI Agents Enable Adaptive Computer Worms (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.03811 AI could self-replicate on home devices within 'months', Anthropic says https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/13/ai-could-self-replicate-on-home-devices-within-months-anthropic-says Extras: AI Delusion with David Gerard https://www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/ai-delusion-with-david-gerard/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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