the guy who got Elon and Grimes to hook up, destroying Twitter and proceeding to blow up the United States
arXiv bans academic authors for AI slop papers
the hit AI dogs holler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJg1wHzR1gc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJg1wHzR1gc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260215-arxiv-bans-academic-authors-for-ai-slop-papers [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260215-arxiv-bans-academic-authors-for-ai-slop-papers] - podcast time: 8 min 39 sec
This post has probably run its course, so we’re going to lock it now. (Also, this community probably shouldn’t federate at all? it’s local!)
but thank you all for the surprisingly high quality of this discussion :-)
Kevin O’Leary’s giant Utah data centre: will it happen?
Mr Wonderless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOBwvggkPSU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOBwvggkPSU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260514-kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260514-kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen] - podcast time: 8 min 27 sec
Google replaces your PC mouse with yelling at Gemini
‘reimagining’ the mouse pointer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSWCWnLMj-U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSWCWnLMj-U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260513-google-replaces-your-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260513-google-replaces-your-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini] - podcast time: 5 min 38 sec
Defederation of db0 instances for LLM moderation
We are defederating awful.systems from: * lemmy.dbzer0.com [http://lemmy.dbzer0.com] * anarchist.nexus [https://anarchist.nexus/] * quokk.au [http://quokk.au] because it’s extremely anarchist to use the chatbot as your moderator (no no it’s totally human in the loop) and post corporate DARVO-filled excuses [https://awful.systems/post/8293548] when caught. see also [1] [https://join.piefed.social/2026/05/04/ai-assisted-moderation-in-the-fediverse-is-happening-now-what/] and [2] [https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/116518887925988112] This is a last straw after a string of dubious and exhausting behaviour. If you’re an awful.systems user and you post to communities on those instances, you will need to create an account on one of them.
GitLab announces AI layoffs, stock goes down 9%
seize the day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yk_M88Wc8U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yk_M88Wc8U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260512-gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9 [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260512-gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9] - podcast time: 4 min 53 sec
Banks turn data centre loans into 2008-style financial time bombs
party like it’s 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBlliJ8QMU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBlliJ8QMU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260511-banks-turn-data-centre-loans-into-2008-style-time-bombs [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260511-banks-turn-data-centre-loans-into-2008-style-time-bombs] - podcast time: 5 min 40 sec
OpenAI may not be able to IPO in 2026
But your pension fund will pay if it does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZRZcVM14E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZRZcVM14E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260508-openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026 [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260508-openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026] - podcast time: 6 min 18 sec
Google Chrome force-installs a 4-gigabyte AI model — how to get rid of it
How to get rid of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYJeON5Xv4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYJeON5Xv4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260507-google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260507-google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model] - podcast time: 3 min 43 sec
OpenAI ChatGPT goes goblin mode — let none say ‘model collapse’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E6oSeIMLw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E6oSeIMLw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA] - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250506-openai-gpt-55-goes-goblin-mode [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250506-openai-gpt-55-goes-goblin-mode] - podcast time: 5 min 30 sec