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- 2 days ago3 min
20260918 - Scottish Parliament passes AI data centre pause
Scottish Parliament passes AI data centre pause https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/18/scottish-parliament-passes-ai-data-centre-pause/ - blog post No to a full moratorium 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: Hyperscale Data Centres https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/votes-and-motions/S7M-01177 Direction for new data centres https://www.gov.scot/news/direction-for-new-data-centres/ Multi-gigawatt data centre announced for Aberdeen https://aprs.scot/news/multi-gigawatt-data-centre-announced-for-aberdeen/ What the AI data centre pause means for the SNP and the Greens https://www.thenational.scot/news/26556964.ai-data-centre-pause-means-snp-greens/ Campaigners 'won't stop' until moratorium announced on AI data centres https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/john-swinney-scottish-parliament-scottish-government-scotland-government-b3044217.html Extras: Ghost in the Machine on PBS (US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQzVLtvdv8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 3 days ago3 min
20260917 - AI data centre fires overwhelm emergency responders
Keep the home fires from burning https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/17/ai-data-centre-fires-overwhelm-emergency-responders/ - 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: Chief: Lake Mariner fire exposed safety concerns https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/chief-lake-mariner-fire-exposed-safety-concerns/article_2331341f-cacb-447d-b520-e04c2e930a6e.html Columbus-area township officials bemoan data center drain on emergency response resources https://eu.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2025/09/24/data-center-drain-on-townships-defended-as-good-for-economy/86094661007/ Lithium-ion batteries are reshaping data centers, fire safety must keep pace https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/lithium-ion-batteries-are-reshaping-data-centers-fire-safety-must-keep-pace/ Extras: Ghost in the Machine on PBS (US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQzVLtvdv8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 4 days ago4 min
20260916 - ChatGPT ads: media agencies are 'underwhelmed'
ads for people who block ads 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: Inside the ChatGPT Ads Beta: What Australia's early tests reveal about the future of AI advertising https://www.adnews.com.au/opinion/inside-the-chatgpt-ads-beta-what-australia-s-early-tests-reveal-about-the-future-of-ai-advertising Media agencies underwhelmed by Chat GPT Ads performance https://www.adnews.com.au/news/media-agencies-underwhelmed-by-chat-gpt-ads-performance Industry calling for independent measurement of ChatGPT and Gemini: IAB https://mumbrella.com.au/industry-calling-for-independent-measurement-of-chatgpt-and-gemini-iab-935507 ChatGPT advertising hits $US1 billion in annualised revenue https://www.adnews.com.au/news/chatgpt-advertising-hits-us1-billion-in-annualised-revenue Reimagining advertising with AI https://openai.com/index/reimagining-advertising-with-ai/ Extras: Ghost in the Machine on PBS (US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQzVLtvdv8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: OpenAI tries ads in ChatGPT — but it won't save them https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/29/openai-tries-ads-in-chatgpt-but-it-wont-save-them/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEI5N3U3Mqo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 5 days ago7 min
20260915 - Jensen claims 100× returns on Nvidia's circular financing
Not a Ponzi scheme https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/15/jensen-claims-100x-returns-on-nvidias-circular-financing/ - 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: Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2026 https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/nvda/transcripts/740955-goldman-sachs-communacopia-technology-conference-2026/ Don't Look Up https://www.wheresyoured.at/dont-look-up/ Nvidia lines up $500 billion in financing as CEO Jensen Huang tells CNBC his chips are 'investable asset' https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/nvidia-wall-street-asset-managers-500-billion-ai-push.html NVIDIA AI Factory Compute Is Becoming an Investable Asset Class https://x.com/jensenhuang/status/2086934705207959965 Extras: 1/200 Bonus E23: The AI Scam and the Coming Crash https://www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200-bonus-e23-the-ai-scam-and-the-coming-crash Ghost in the Machine on PBS (US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQzVLtvdv8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Previously on Pivot to AI: Nvidia Q2 2024 earnings: the market is still on crack https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/01/nvidia-q2-2024-earnings-the-market-is-still-on-crack/ AI slowdown: The only AI guardrails you need are Trump, apparently https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/14/9023/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y5SpNLoRsY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 6 days ago7 min
20260914 - AI slowdown: The only AI guardrails you need are Trump, apparently
we're not running out of money, no no 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: We Must Pace the Frontier https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier Extended Interview: Dario Amodei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQR_VJF6ukk OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on 'reckless' AI development https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-back-anthropic-calls-brakes-ai-development Altman: AI Beyond Human Control "Absolutely" Possible, Vows Safeguards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2my-NU6LuCM AI getting more powerful 'by the day' and kill switch should be required, tech boss tells BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm70d91rg7l4t Prototype AGREEMENT (PDF) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ek-xpuaXUURWkpTdfXBB2C60tnmZgZOK/view Extras: Ghost in the Machine on PBS (US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQzVLtvdv8 Previously on Pivot to AI: Strawberry fields forever — delving into OpenAI's new 'o1' model https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/13/strawberry-fields-forever-openais-new-o1-model/ OpenAI, Google, Anthropic admit they can't scale up their chatbots any further https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/14/openai-google-anthropic-admit-they-cant-scale-up-their-chatbots-any-further/ Department of Defense goes to war by AI chatbot https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/10/department-of-defense-goes-to-war-by-ai-chatbot/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9dirnYeA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Get your war on: AI chatbots in the kill chain https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/02/get-your-war-on-ai-chatbots-in-the-kill-chain/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lLpB-VaN_U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/10/jacob-coxon-how-to-run-an-ai-doomsday-media-campaign/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IoTZNN6iM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI IPO proceeds — even as CFO says the company is 'not ready' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/08/openai-ipo-proceeds-even-as-cfo-says-the-company-is-not-ready/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJGHXdcVzYc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI loses even more executives ahead of the alleged IPO https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/26/openai-loses-even-more-executives-ahead-of-the-alleged-ipo/ v
- 1 weeks ago41 min
20260911 - Valerie Veatch: Ghost in the Machine: AI as eugenics
Coming to PBS Monday 14 September! Ghost in the Machine: https://notaidoc.com/ Pivot to AI 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 Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 1 weeks ago6 min
20260910 - Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign
to keep you talking about Skynet — not the data centre down the road https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/10/jacob-coxon-how-to-run-an-ai-doomsday-media-campaign/ - 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: I resigned from Anthropic today https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843 Anthropic Researcher Quits Over 'Out-of-Control' AI Fears https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-out-of-control-ai-fears-707b7628 Anthropic Researcher Quits Over 'Out-of-Control' AI Fears (archive of 8 September) http://archive.today/2026.09.09-115719/https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-out-of-control-ai-fears-707b7628 AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/ai-superintelligence-risks-warnings-scientists-politicians Extras: Valerie Veatch interview for Patreon (video and podcast) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ghost-in-machine-168979850 Valerie Veatch interview for YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZpRQQfX00 Previously on Pivot to AI: The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgAQD61xY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Your guide to astroturf fake anti-AI groups https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/02/your-guide-to-astroturf-fake-anti-ai-groups/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWyDio3Udlg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- 1 weeks ago5 min
20260909 - Microsoft Vibe Gaming: an AI to play your games for you
Microsoft literally titled the blog post 'Vibe Gaming' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/09/microsoft-vibe-gaming-an-ai-to-play-your-games-for-you/ - 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: Vibe Gaming https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/project-vega/ Beyond Pixel Histories: World Models with Persistent 3D State (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.03482 Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice https://blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/luanti-dmca-tracer-ai/ Minecraft Shows Why Game Cloning Can Be a Good Thing https://www.vox.com/2014/9/17/11630962/minecraft-shows-why-game-cloning-can-be-a-good-thing Microsoft/TracerAI withdraws copyright takedown against Luanti https://blog.luanti.org/2026/09/08/dmca-rescinded/ Empowering Creators and Players With Muse, a Generative AI Model for Gameplay https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/02/19/muse-ai-xbox-empowering-creators-and-players/ Extras: Valerie Veatch interview for Patreon (video and podcast) https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/posts/ghost-in-machine-168979850 Valerie Veatch interview for YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZpRQQfX00 Previously on Pivot to AI: Microsoft Copilot for Games: an AI Clippy for your Xbox https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/15/microsoft-copilot-for-games-an-ai-clippy-for-your-xbox/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1ZLKM2t0k&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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