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  • 20260923 - Trump decrees: Artificial Intelligence is now Super Intelligence

    20260923 - Trump decrees: Artificial Intelligence is now Super Intelligence
    2026/09/23

    Wile E. Basilisk, Super Intelligence

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    • President Trump Delivers Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly: 9:55 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4jHwHPjAlo&t=4684s
    • Many people think that the words "Artificial Intelligence" are inaccurate https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/2101350559328416142
    • The United States will NEVER be an effective altruist country https://x.com/dowcto/status/2100311000993997135

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  • 20260922 - US nearly attacks Chinese ship based on AI hallucination

    20260922 - US nearly attacks Chinese ship based on AI hallucination
    2026/09/22

    the existential risk from AI: stupid people

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/22/us-nearly-attacks-chinese-ship-based-on-ai-hallucination/ - blog post

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    • Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/us-military-ai-false-intelligence-china-ship
    • Reed, Warner & Coons Seek Investigation into Faulty AI-Assisted Intelligence & Operations https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-warner-and-coons-seek-investigation-into-faulty-ai-assisted-intelligence_operations

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    • 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/
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  • 20260921 - When the AI slop is bad enough the AI CEO notices

    20260921 - When the AI slop is bad enough the AI CEO notices
    2026/09/21

    Tobias Lütke from Shopify blames the humans in the loop

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/21/tobias-lutke-shopify-when-the-ai-slop-is-bad-enough-the-ai-ceo-notices/ - blog post

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    • I heard this internal memo of mine is being leaked right now, so here it is https://x.com/tobi/status/1909231499448401946
    • Shopify CEO: The Skills AI Makes More Valuable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9P9D9hptq8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    • Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else https://fortune.com/2026/09/17/shopify-tobias-lutke-ai-slop-grenades/
    • "Slop Grenades": Shopify CEO Who Pushed Staff to Use AI Is Now Horrified by What He's Wrought https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/shopify-ceo-ai-workplace-staff-horrified-backfire

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  • 20260918 - Scottish Parliament passes AI data centre pause

    20260918 - Scottish Parliament passes AI data centre pause
    2026/09/18

    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

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    • 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

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  • 20260917 - AI data centre fires overwhelm emergency responders

    20260917 - AI data centre fires overwhelm emergency responders
    2026/09/17

    Keep the home fires from burning

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/17/ai-data-centre-fires-overwhelm-emergency-responders/ - blog post

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    • 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/

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  • 20260916 - ChatGPT ads: media agencies are 'underwhelmed'

    20260916 - ChatGPT ads: media agencies are 'underwhelmed'
    2026/09/16

    ads for people who block ads

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/16/chatgpt-ads-media-agencies-are-underwhelmed/ - blog post

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    • 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/

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    • 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/
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  • 20260915 - Jensen claims 100× returns on Nvidia's circular financing

    20260915 - Jensen claims 100× returns on Nvidia's circular financing
    2026/09/15

    Not a Ponzi scheme

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/15/jensen-claims-100x-returns-on-nvidias-circular-financing/ - blog post

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    • 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

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    • 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
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    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/
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  • 20260914 - AI slowdown: The only AI guardrails you need are Trump, apparently

    20260914 - AI slowdown: The only AI guardrails you need are Trump, apparently
    2026/09/14
    we're not running out of money, no no https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/14/9023/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerardKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5Buy 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/3Q8VZW46J6DM6Get 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-frontierExtended Interview: Dario Amodei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQR_VJF6ukkOpenAI 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-developmentAltman: AI Beyond Human Control "Absolutely" Possible, Vows Safeguards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2my-NU6LuCMAI getting more powerful 'by the day' and kill switch should be required, tech boss tells BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm70d91rg7l4tPrototype 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAGet 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAJacob 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAOpenAI 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=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEAOpenAI 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/video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EVSFYPcZ14&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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