'Nadella encouraged staff to think about developing similar products'

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• Microsoft Races to Respond to New Threats From Anthropic https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-races-respond-new-threats-anthropic
• "Claw" is the new "vibe" https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7430947857916039168/
• Microsoft at Morgan Stanley Conference: AI's Transformative Role https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/microsoft-at-morgan-stanley-conference-ais-transformative-role-93CH-4542000
  microsoft/openclaw https://github.com/microsoft/openclaw
• Project Lobster: Week 1 Update https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/project-lobster-week-1-update-omar-shahine-hrwsc/
• Two weeks ago I wrote about how a personal AI assistant project got me a new job at Microsoft https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7452744042305589249/
• Running OpenClaw safely: identity, isolation, and runtime risk https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/19/running-openclaw-safely-identity-isolation-runtime-risk/
• Ghost In The Machine London: https://dochouse.org/event/ghost-in-the-machine/
• Ghost In The Machine KC MO: https://www.screenland.com/movie/ghost-in-the-machine/
• Pay to rent Ghost In The Machine online: https://kinema.com/films/ghost-in-the-machine-pvxg4p

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw: an expensive and insecure AI agent that doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH0S9QHlbY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Claude Code rate limits: Anthropic AI squeezes the customers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/23/claude-code-rate-limits-anthropic-ai-squeezes-the-customers/
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winners don't do drugs

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/21/gudtrip-the-ai-agent-vape-pen-with-blockchain/ - blog post

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• Gudtrip https://gudtrip.xyz/
• Puffpaw https://www.puffpaw.xyz/
• Smoke weed and earn @Bitcoin https://x.com/Gudtrip/status/1981513806347194880
• Arton Media Studio: Gudtrip https://arton.media/work/gudtrip

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Generative AI runs on gambling addiction — just one more prompt, bro! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/
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Bots in all branches of knowledge! Well, some

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• 'Great crackdown': Russia tightens the screws on the internet https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/great-crackdown-russia-tightens-screws-internet-2026-03-20/
• Госсекретарь СГ: наша задача разработать собственный ИИ, основанный на традиционных ценностях https://belta.by/society/view/gossekretar-sg-nasha-zadacha-razrabotat-sobstvennyj-ii-osnovannyj-na-traditsionnyh-tsennostjah-725782-2025/
• О внесении изменений в некоторые акты Правительства Российской Федерации https://regulation.gov.ru/projects/167376/
• Бизнес попросил доработать законопроект об ИИ. Что не нравится компаниям https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/17/04/2026/69e0ebb19a794706fad926c7

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Thiel and Balaji's hot new plan to fight journalism

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/17/objection-ai-venture-capital-tries-to-block-bad-press/ - blog post

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• Top VCs Back Aron D'Souza to Launch Objection: An AI Judge for Investigating Media Claims https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260415376479/en/Top-VCs-Back-Aron-DSouza-to-Launch-Objection-An-AI-Judge-for-Investigating-Media-Claims
• Objection AI https://objection.ai/
• Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/can-ai-judge-journalism-a-thiel-backed-startup-says-yes-even-if-it-risks-chilling-whistleblowers/
• A Peter Thiel-Backed AI 'Tribunal of Truth' Just Launched. It Stinks https://www.hardresetmedia.com/p/peter-thiel-backed-ai-startup-objection
• Next step is to generate sports reporting from box scores, financial reporting from ticker data, and movie reviews from captions (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20200717225351/https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1284005724486418432

Previously on Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain:

• Balaji Srinivasan's plan to save journalism https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/08/08/balaji-srinivasans-plan-to-save-journalism/

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Long Island Iced AI

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/16/shoe-company-allbirds-pivots-to-ai-and-the-stock-goes-up-580/ - blog post

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• Allbirds Signs Definitive Asset Purchase Agreement with American Exchange Group https://ir.allbirds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allbirds-signs-definitive-asset-purchase-agreement-american
• Allbirds, Inc. Executes $50M Convertible Financing Facility Agreement; Announces Expansion into AI Compute Infrastructure https://ir.allbirds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allbirds-inc-executes-50m-convertible-financing-facility
• Allbirds stock tumbles after nearly 600% rally as the shoemaker rebrands as an AI company https://finance.yahoo.com/news/allbirds-stock-tumbles-after-nearly-600-rally-as-the-shoemaker-rebrands-as-an-ai-company-173129269.html
• Long Island Iced Tea Corp. to Rebrand as "Long Blockchain Corp." (2017) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1629261/000149315217014968/ex99-1.htm
• AIBirds https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-04-15/aibirds

The karaoke company, the penny stock investor and the $17bn trucking rout https://www.ft.com/content/bb8d2108-f17d-4b7c-b9bc-e9c6dcfa34a5

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• The AI Scare Trade — the all-purpose excuse for number go down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/17/the-ai-scare-trade-the-all-purpose-excuse-for-number-go-down/
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don't be left behind!

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/15/maine-bans-new-data-centres-until-november-2027/ - blog post

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• State of Maine House of Representative: Bill (PDF) https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0207&item=2&snum=132
• Maine passes first-in-nation freeze on big data centers https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5832039-maine-data-center-ban/
• City Of Bangor: Agenda: Business & Economic Development Committee (PDF) https://bangormaine.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04062026-732
• Lewiston City Council shoots down data center proposal https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/17/central-maine/central-maine-environment/lewiston-city-council-rejects-ai-data-center/
• Data Center Moratorium Bills Are Spreading in 2026 https://goodjobsfirst.org/data-center-moratorium-bills-are-spreading-in-2026/
• Local councils are calling to freeze AI data centre construction https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/02/nsw-local-councils-inquiry-freeze-ai-data-centre-construction/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• US voters hate AI — and politicians are noticing https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/07/us-voters-hate-ai-and-politicians-are-noticing/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCK5CmcaClA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• How much water do the data centres use? It's a secret https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/06/how-much-water-do-the-data-centres-use-its-a-secret/
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