‘a friend who’s a computer who isn’t your weird AI girlfriend’

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• OpenAI and Jony Ive grapple with technical issues on secretive AI device https://www.ft.com/content/58b078be-e0ab-492f-9dbf-c2fe67298dd3
• Order granting motion for temporary restraining order https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450913/gov.uscourts.cand.450913.51.0.pdf
• IYO, Inc. v. IO Products, Inc. case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70495566/iyo-inc-v-io-products-inc/

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Iyo vs. Io — OpenAI and Jony Ive get sued https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/23/iyo-vs-io-openai-and-jony-ive-get-sued/

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You WILL love Marc’s pet robot

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Salesforce Hits 8,000 Agentforce Deals, Opens Up on Its Informatica Acquisition https://www.cxtoday.com/conversational-ai/salesforce-hits-8000-agentforce-deals-opens-up-on-its-informatica-acquisition/
Bring Back Search on Salesforce Help https://ideas.salesforce.com/s/idea/a0BHp000016LluLMAS/bring-back-search-on-salesforce-help

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AI agents mean Salesforce won’t hire software engineers in 2025, apparently https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/12/ai-agents-mean-salesforce-wont-hire-software-engineers-in-2025-apparently/
Salesforce: AI agents don’t work — but we’re charging 6% more for AI anyway https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/18/salesforce-ai-agents-dont-work-but-were-charging-6-more-for-ai-anyway/
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vibe compliance
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Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/deloitte-to-refund-government-after-admitting-ai-errors-in-440k-report-20251005-p5n05p
Targeted Compliance Framework Final Report 26 September 2025 https://www.dewr.gov.au/download/17099/targeted-compliance-framework-assurance-review-final-report/41163/targeted-compliance-framework-independent-review-final-report/pdf
Anthropic lands its biggest enterprise deployment ever with Deloitte deal https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/06/anthropic-deloitte-enterprise-ai.html

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Deloitte Australia writes government report with AI — and fake references https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/28/deloitte-australia-writes-government-report-with-ai-and-fake-references/
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My workslop is of critical business importance!

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The Case Against Generative AI https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/
Employees can bring Copilot from their personal Microsoft 365 plans to work — what it means for IT https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/employees-can-bring-copilot-from-their-personal-microsoft-365-plans-to-work---wh/4458212
Meet Microsoft 365 Premium: Your AI and productivity powerhouse https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/10/01/meet-microsoft-365-premium-your-ai-and-productivity-powerhouse/
Work Trend Index Annual Report (PDF) https://assets-c4akfrf5b4d3f4b7.z01.azurefd.net/assets/2025/04/WTI-2025-04-The-Year-the-Frontier-v13_68535917c7c2a.pdf

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How to remove Copilot AI from your Office 365 subscription: hit ‘cancel’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/06/how-to-remove-copilot-ai-from-your-office-365-subscription-hit-cancel/
Workslop: bad ‘study’, but an excellent word https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/23/workslop-bad-study-but-an-excellent-word/
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Microsoft’s Office 365 workslop generator — for ‘vibe working’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/01/microsofts-office-365-workslop-generator-for-vibe-working/
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‘maximum truth through first principles and physics’

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Wikipedia is controlled by far-left activists https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1849639215199650279
Why Conservatives Are Attacking ‘Wokepedia’ https://www.wsj.com/tech/wikipedia-conservative-complaints-ee904b0b
We are building Grokipedia @xAI https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1972992095859433671
I know. We should have this fixed by end of year https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1973100475600847220
Grokipedia is going to be the world's biggest, most accurate knowledge source, for humans and AI with no limits on use https://x.com/amXFreeze/status/1974553507815428590
Version 0.1 early beta of Grokipedia will be published in 2 weeks https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1974698202625679361
Bible Retranslation Project https://www.conservapedia.com/Bible_Retranslation_Project

WATCH: Elon Musk appears to give fascist salute during Trump inauguration celebration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Even Elon Musk can’t make Grok claim a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/15/even-elon-musk-cant-make-grok-claim-a-white-genocide-in-south-africa/
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Apple retrains Siri AI for the Trump anti-’woke’ era https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/11/apple-retrains-siri-ai-for-the-trump-anti-woke-era/
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a machine for spending money as fast as possible

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I met Sam Altman in Texas. He’s turning the race for AI into a gigawatt arms race https://fortune.com/2025/09/25/i-met-sam-altman-in-texas-hes-turning-the-race-for-ai-into-a-gigawatt-arms-race/
Altman’s AI Power Grab Is Tone Deaf and Infeasible https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-02/altman-s-ai-power-grab-is-tone-deaf-and-infeasible
AI-Driven Demand for Gas Turbines Risks a New Energy Crunch https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-bottlenecks-gas-turbines/
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices/

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DeepSeek slaps OpenAI, tech stocks crash https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/28/deepseek-slaps-openai-tech-stocks-crash/
SoftBank needs OpenAI to stay alive — no matter what https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/27/softbank-needs-openai-to-stay-alive-no-matter-what/
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The finance press finally starts talking about the ‘AI bubble’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/
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and we have a recording of the voice!
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This video contains AI-generated voice samples, which are ineligible for copyright

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YouTube Labs lets you test ‘cutting edge AI,’ starting with AI Music hosts https://9to5google.com/2025/09/26/youtube-labs-ai-music-hosts/
YouTube Labs: Shape the future of AI on YouTube https://old.reddit.com/r/YoutubeMusic/comments/1nr8xet/youtube_labs_shape_the_future_of_ai_on_youtube/

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Introducing a more immersive chat experience with Copilot Portraits https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2025/09/29/introducing-a-more-immersive-chat-experience-with-copilot-portraits/
Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/microsoft_copilot_avatars/

Meet Copilot Appearances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3AfVni7t9A&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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/
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Microsoft and AI: spending billions to make millions https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/31/microsoft-and-ai-spending-billions-to-make-millions/
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Microsoft Copilot AI: a pearly liquid blob on your screen https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/28/
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Microsoft’s 2030 Vision: no mouse, no keyboard — just the AI! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/06/microsofts-2030-vision-no-mouse-no-keyboard-just-the-ai/
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Microsoft’s Office 365 workslop generator — for ‘vibe working’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/01/microsofts-office-365-workslop-generator-for-vibe-working/
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