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  • 20251211 - Let's power AI with supersonic jet engine turbines!
    2025/12/11

    Boom Supersonic will totally make this happen, this time

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    • Boom: Frequently Asked Questions https://boomsupersonic.com/faq
      AI Needs More Power Than the Grid Can Deliver. Supersonic Tech Can Fix That https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/ai-needs-more-power-than-the-grid-can-deliver-supersonic-tech-can-fix-that
    • NVIDIA Isn't Enron — So What Is It? https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/
    • Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/boom-supersonic-raises-300m-to-build-natural-gas-turbines-for-crusoe-data-centers/
    • Boom Supersonic to Power AI Data Centers with Superpower Natural Gas Turbines; Adds $300 Million in New Funding https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-to-power-ai-data-centers-with-superpower-natural-gas-turbines-adds-300-million-in-new-funding
    • Supersonic by Design: Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qOZdpOzf8
      Introducing Superpower: The Supersonic Tech Powering AI Data Centers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krweC0gvbhM
    • All things AI w @altcap @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnl833wXRz0

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    • AI: powered by old jet turbines, near you! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/ai-powered-by-old-jet-turbines-near-you/
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  • 20251210 - Department of Defense goes to war by AI chatbot
    2025/12/10

    I was only following the bot's orders

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    • Today, we are unleashing GenAi.mil https://x.com/SecWar/status/1998408545591578972
    • The War Department Unleashes AI on New GenAI.mil Platform https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4354916/the-war-department-unleashes-ai-on-new-genaimil-platform/
    • Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office Selects Google Cloud's AI to Power GenAI.mil https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-12-09-Chief-Digital-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Office-Selects-Google-Clouds-AI-to-Power-GenAI-mil
    • SecDefGPT https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1pijkwc/secdefgpt/

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  • 20251209 - Microsoft cuts AI sales quotas, stock drops 3%
    2025/12/09

    Microsoft denies everything! Except the actual claim

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    • Microsoft Lowers Sales Staff's Growth Targets For Newer AI Software https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quotas-customers-resist-newer-products
    • Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/microsoft-slashes-ai-sales-growth-targets-as-customers-resist-unproven-agents/
    • Microsoft denies report of lowering targets for AI software sales growth https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quota-customers-resist-new-products-2025-12-03/

    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    • Microsoft: forget your IT department, use Copilot at work anyway! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/06/microsoft-forget-your-it-department-use-copilot-at-work-anyway/
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  • 20251208 - LA Unified School District forces unfiltered AI on kids
    2025/12/08

    Adobe Express: 'Real sexy boss, like you asked'

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/08/la-unified-school-district-forces-unfiltered-ai-on-kids/ - text

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    • Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/la-parents-kids-school-issued-ipad-chromebook-los-angeles-rcna245624
    • This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent https://bsky.app/profile/lbyock.bsky.social/post/3m7bhp2ccts23
    • Guidelines for the Authorized Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for District Employees, Students, and Associated Persons (PDF) https://www.lausd.org/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/21/BUL-151113_0_Guidelines_for_the_Authorized_Use_of_Artificial_Intelligence_for_District.pdf

    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    • LA school chatbot vendor goes bust, student data at risk https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/10/la-school-chatbot-vendor-goes-bust-student-data-at-risk/
    • CEO of LA school chatbot vendor AllHere arrested for fraud https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/20/ceo-of-la-school-district-chatbot-vendor-allhere-arrested-for-fraud/

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  • 20251205 - Google AI mangles news headlines in 'Discover' feed
    2025/12/05

    'a small UI experiment'

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    • Google is experimentally replacing news headlines with AI clickbait nonsense https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/835839/google-discover-ai-headlines-clickbait-nonsense
    • Google's toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don't blame me for clickbait like 'BG3 players exploit children' https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/googles-toying-with-nonsense-ai-made-headlines-on-articles-like-ours-in-the-discover-feed-so-please-dont-blame-me-for-clickbait-like-bg3-players-exploit-children/
    • Valve's Steam Machine looks like a console, but don't expect it to be priced like one https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/valves-steam-machine-looks-like-a-console-but-dont-expect-it-to-be-priced-like-one/
    • Google's AI news bot is still confused but no longer replacing our headlines https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/838354/googles-ai-news-bot-is-still-confused-but-no-longer-replacing-our-headlines

    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    • Don't use AI to summarize documents — it's worse than humans in every way https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/04/dont-use-ai-to-summarize-documents-its-worse-than-humans-in-every-way/
    • Apple Intelligence AI mangles headlines so badly the BBC officially complains https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/15/apple-intelligence-ai-mangles-headlines-so-badly-the-bbc-officially-complains/
    • Newspaper AI roundup: Guardian AI strike-breaking, Apple switches off bad summaries, WaPo wants to go AI, AFP, Axios https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/19/newspaper-ai-roundup-guardian-ai-strike-breaking-apple-switches-off-bad-summaries-wapo-wants-to-go-ai-afp-axios/

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  • 20251104 - AI screws us again: memory shortages, Crucial to shut down
    2025/12/04

    Micron makes 'difficult decision' to take the dumptrucks full of money

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    • Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business
    • DDR4-3200 2x8GB (Average price in USD over last 18 months) https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/
    • Solid State Drive : M.2 NVME 1 TB (Average price in USD over last 18 months) https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/internal-hard-drive/#storage.ssdm2nvme.1000
    • The AI frenzy is driving a memory chip supply crisis https://www.reuters.com/world/china/ai-frenzy-is-driving-new-global-supply-chain-crisis-2025-12-03/

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    • AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 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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  • 20251203 - Google's Antigravity AI vibe coder wipes your hard disk
    2025/12/03

    'built for user trust'

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    • Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of my whole drive https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1p82or6/google_antigravity_just_deleted_the_contents_of/
    • Antigravity Just Deleting/Corrupting Files? https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1p3htvu/antigravity_just_deletingcorrupting_files/
    • Beware of using Antigravity!!! https://www.reddit.com/r/GeminiAI/comments/1p1zdz7/beware_of_using_antigravity/
    • Google Antigravity vibe-codes user's entire drive out of existence https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/01/google_antigravity_wipes_d_drive/
    • Welcome to Google Antigravity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVCBA-pBgt0
    • Google Antigravity's Turbo mode erased my drive partition?! Really, the 'smartest' AI? [Video Proof] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpBK1vYAVlA

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  • 20251202 - Lawyers find more work! Cleaning up after AI bots
    2025/12/02

    Your 'cognitive sparring partner'

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/02/lawyers-find-more-work-cleaning-up-after-ai-bots/ - text

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    • Use of AI 'tech stacks' driving demand for lawyers https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/use-of-ai-tech-stacks-driving-demand-for-lawyers-20251130-p5njjt
    • 2025 Generative AI in Professional Services Report (PDF) https://www.thomsonreuters.com/content/dam/ewp-m/documents/thomsonreuters/en/pdf/reports/2025-generative-ai-in-professional-services-report-tr5433489-rgb.pdf

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