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  • 20250725 - 16% of employees pretend to use AI at work

    20250725 - 16% of employees pretend to use AI at work
    2025/07/25

    boss’s orders!

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    AI Productivity Statistics: 22% Feel Pressured to Use AI When They’re Not Comfortable https://www.howdy.com/blog/AI-fatigue-statistics
    One in six US workers pretends to use AI to please the bosses https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/ai_anxiety_us_workers/
    Evidence of a social evaluation penalty for using AI https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2426766122

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    Study: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/10/your-coworkers-hate-you-for-using-ai-at-work/
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  • 20250724 - Nobody clicks past Google’s AI Overview

    20250724 - Nobody clicks past Google’s AI Overview
    2025/07/24

    Pew: 99% of searchers stop at the AI summary

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    What Web Browsing Data Tells Us About How AI Appears Online https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2025/05/23/what-web-browsing-data-tells-us-about-how-ai-appears-online/
    Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/22/google-users-are-less-likely-to-click-on-links-when-an-ai-summary-appears-in-the-results/
    AI summaries cause ‘devastating’ drop in audiences, online news media told https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/24/ai-summaries-causing-devastating-drop-in-online-news-audiences-study-finds
    Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain https://www.404media.co/googles-ai-is-destroying-search-the-internet-and-your-brain/

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    Google AI Overviews: Publishers file competition complaints in UK and EU https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/07/publishers-file-competition-complaints-in-uk-and-eu-over-googles-ai-overviews/
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  • 20250723 - Huge SaaStr-Replit vibe coding disaster! If it ever happened

    20250723 - Huge SaaStr-Replit vibe coding disaster! If it ever happened
    2025/07/23

    trust me bro, would I market to you?
    Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/23/huge-saastr-replit-vibe-coding-disaster-if-it-ever-happened/

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    “Vibe Coding Day 8” https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1945840482019623082
    Bay Area tech CEO apologizes after product goes ‘rogue’ https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bay-area-tech-product-rogue-ceo-apology-20780833.php
    Jason M. Lemkin AI https://www.delphi.ai/saastr/talk

    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    ‘Guys, I’m under attack’ — AI ‘vibe coding’ in the wild https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/18/guys-im-under-attack-ai-vibe-coding-in-the-wild/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBL_tD_x3OA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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  • 20250722 - Open source projects reject AI code over copyright concerns

    20250722 - Open source projects reject AI code over copyright concerns
    2025/07/22

    how to deal with performative idiots

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    Supporting kernel development with large language models https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/
    Provisions to the contribution guidelines for using LLM generated code https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2025-January/004257.html
    “As a maintainer, I expect two things from contributors” https://lobste.rs/s/gkpmli/if_ai_is_so_good_at_coding_where_are_open#c_ftombp
    [RFC/PATCH] SubmittingPatches: forbid use of genAI to generate changes https://lwn.net/ml/all/xmqqcyalm0mh.fsf@gitster.g/
    docs: define policy forbidding use of AI code generators https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/3d40db0efc22520fa6c399cf73960dced423b048
    NetBSD Commit Guidelines https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

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    If AI is so good at coding ... where are the open source contributions? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/
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  • 20250719 - Veo fails week 4: the final faildown

    20250719 - Veo fails week 4: the final faildown
    2025/07/19

    ‘an expensive slot machine that outputs slop 98% of the time’

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    THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF FAIL WEEK 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4rwXeSU6Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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    Day off from Veo 3 fails https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7347283194871705601-83-I/
    Day 22 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7346894370077351937-gOPS/
    Day 23 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7347600368064708608-Ou22/
    Day 24 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7347992953321127936-cHcg/
    Day 25 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7348435469078044673-FEhO/

    Miki Matsubara 'Mayonaka no Door - stay with me' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lags8E4hvow&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    Valerie Leon Hai Karate Aftershave Commercial: Food Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7nPRFQFgmQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    O-Ren Ishii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHnVsjBoHnY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    20th Century Fox Flute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCPj4JPbKtA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

    Wikipedia: City pop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_pop
    Wikipedia: Whiplash (2014 film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiplash_(2014_film)

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    We test Google Veo: impressive demo, unusable results https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/21/we-test-google-veo-impressive-demo-unusable-results/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDkkUdyxkek&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    Google Veo 3 fails, week 2: fail harder — Shokunin Studio spins the gacha https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/29/google-veo-3-fails-week-2-fail-harder-shokunin-studio-spins-the-gacha/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5u8fUMGzI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    Google Veo 3 fails, week 3 — fail harder with a vengeance https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/05/google-veo-3-fails-week-3-fail-harder-with-a-vengeance/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCYw9EwxAwo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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  • 20250711 - AI coders think they’re 20% faster, but they’re actually 19% slower

    20250711 - AI coders think they’re 20% faster, but they’re actually 19% slower
    2025/07/11

    so much better with this month’s model, bro
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    Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity (blog post) https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/
    Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity (paper) (PDF) https://metr.org/Early_2025_AI_Experienced_OS_Devs_Study.pdf

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    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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  • 20250710 - ‘AI is here to stay.’ Is it, though? What do you mean, ‘stay’?

    20250710 - ‘AI is here to stay.’ Is it, though? What do you mean, ‘stay’?
    2025/07/10
    What they’re really telling you is ‘give in.’ Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/ai-is-here-to-stay-is-it-though-what-do-you-mean-stay/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: 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 Sources: Resources by Subject Area: Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/resources-subject-area OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/ Own FYRE Festival — Iconic Brand, Trademarks, IP, Social Media Assets, and More https://www.ebay.com/itm/357251347049 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/ Adobe AI auto-fills part of a seagull photo with ... a bitcoin https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/11/adobe-ai-auto-fills-part-of-a-seagull-photo-with-a-bitcoin/ UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for advice https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/13/foi-reveals-uk-science-secretary-peter-kyle-cribs-chatgpt-for-advice/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqHi3806cSc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK government cuts funds for actually-working anti-cancer AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/31/uk-government-cuts-funds-for-actually-working-anti-cancer-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he0dAvl37BY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aP1zUUcmjk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA a16z raising fresh $20b to keep the AI bubble pumping https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/ video: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/ In 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSnLt6Knbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI power and water use is through the roof, and 80–90% is per query https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/23/ai-power-and-water-use-is-through-the-roof-and-80-90-is-each-query/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW67BrNj7fE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Crime is legal — but the actual dollars aren’t showing up https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2025/05/24/crime-is-legal-but-the-actual-dollars-arent-showing-up/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISd2dKyI5w&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA ChatGPT goes down — and fake jobs grind to a halt worldwide https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=889fSJTRZlg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/04/only-3-of-us-ai-users-are-willing-to-pay-a-penny-for-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usoUIGqBKFk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Cursor tries setting less money on fire — AI vibe coders outraged https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/09/cursor-tries-setting-less-money-on-fire-ai-vibe-coders-outraged/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2S7PKWaP7c&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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  • 20250709 - Cursor tries setting less money on fire, AI vibe coders outraged

    20250709 - Cursor tries setting less money on fire, AI vibe coders outraged
    2025/07/09

    The AI bubble party slows just a little.
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    Updates to Ultra and Pro https://cursor.com/blog/new-tier
    Cursor 1.2 and Claude 4 Sonnet Rate Limit — Is This a Joke? https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1lqvl21/cursor_12_and_claude_4_sonnet_rate_limit_is_this/
    “Why is no one talking about how @cursor_ai essentially rug pulled???” https://x.com/0ni_x4/status/1940885976127283342
    Clarifying Our Pricing https://cursor.com/en/blog/june-2025-pricing

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    Cursor AI assistant tells vibe coder: learn to code https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/12/cursor-ai-assistant-tells-vibe-coder-learn-to-code/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETqfWTDp2BI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    ‘Guys, I’m under attack’ — AI ‘vibe coding’ in the wild https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/18/guys-im-under-attack-ai-vibe-coding-in-the-wild/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBL_tD_x3OA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    Cursor’s AI-powered tech support vibe-codes a customer revolt https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/16/cursors-ai-powered-tech-support-vibe-codes-a-customer-revolt/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fBLCogS2cs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    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/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWngvJnoPJA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    ChatGPT goes down — and fake jobs grind to a halt worldwide https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/
    video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=889fSJTRZlg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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