wizardbeardOpenAI courting private-equity firms with guaranteed minimum 17.5% return - Who the fuck believes they can deliver this shit?
David GerardLayoffs don’t boost the share price — they drop it
Layoffs don’t boost the share price — they drop it - awful.systems
‘Restructuring’ gets a 7% hit, ‘AI’ only a 2% hit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2ck27fJhI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2ck27fJhI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260323-layoffs-dont-boost-the-share-price-they-drop-it [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260323-layoffs-dont-boost-the-share-price-they-drop-it] - podcast time: 4 min 18 sec
BlueMonday1984Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 29th March 2026
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 29th March 2026 - awful.systems
Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid. Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret. Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no. If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high. > The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be) > > Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them. (Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX to trash stock market IPOs for 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX to trash stock market IPOs for 2026 - awful.systems
venture capital discovers there’s no exit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMhJd3XMhQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMhJd3XMhQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260320-openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260320-openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos] - podcast time: 6 min 41 sec
Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due
Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due - awful.systems
Microsoft will pay you tomorrow for a token today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBEOdoYs8v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBEOdoYs8v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260319-companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260319-companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due] - podcast time: 8 min 01 sec
OpenAI to acquire Astral
Facebook shutting down its Horizon Worlds VR Metaverse
Facebook shutting down its Horizon Worlds VR Metaverse - awful.systems
the Metaverse just didn’t have legs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Hm95rQYpM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Hm95rQYpM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260318-facebook-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260318-facebook-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr] - podcast time: 6 min 29 sec
Kai Lentit: Interview with a sweating AI CEO (2026)
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves: ‘Quantum is an area within AI’
OpenAI advisor: ‘adult mode’ risks becoming ‘sexy suicide coach’
OpenAI advisor: ‘adult mode’ risks becoming ‘sexy suicide coach’ - awful.systems
actual quote from the OpenAI Expert Council on Well-Being and AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwY1qrl9S8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwY1qrl9S8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260316-openai-advisor-adult-mode-risks-becoming-sexy-suicide-coach [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260316-openai-advisor-adult-mode-risks-becoming-sexy-suicide-coach] - podcast time: 7 min 19 sec