'Well, we're building an AI lawyer'

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• Robin AI https://robinai.com/
• ChatGPT can be a disaster for lawyers — Robin AI says it can fix that https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/713303/robin-ai-ceo-richard-robinson-chatgpt-ai-lawyer-legal-interview
• The UK's hottest legal tech companies in 2024 https://www.nonbillable.co.uk/posts/hottest-legal-tech-companies
• Robin AI raises $26 million Series B https://robinai.com/news-and-resources/news/robin-ai-raises-26-million-series-b
• SoftBank-backed Robin AI cuts a third of staff after failing to close $50m fundraise https://sifted.eu/articles/robin-ai-cuts-a-third-of-staff
• Interesting case in the UK where RobinAI, which used AI to review legal contracts, is up for a distressed sale just a few months after making the top 10 in a list of fastest-growing tech companies https://x.com/tracyalloway/status/2001277882748842211
• Wrecked Legal Tech Co. Robin AI Sells Managed Services Unit https://www.law360.com/pulse/legal-tech/articles/2420009/wrecked-legal-tech-co-robin-ai-sells-managed-services-unit
• Is the Collapse of Robin.AI a One-Off or a Sign of a Legal Tech AI Bubble? https://www.geeklawblog.com/2025/11/is-the-collapse-of-robin-ai-a-one-off-or-a-sign-of-a-legal-tech-ai-bubble.html
• Fake AI, long hours, and no real technology https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Robin-AI-E6711215-RVW99690394.htm
• Beware and Avoid https://miro.medium.com/v2/format:jpeg/1*9pxMV459rr3puw7tVnmztg.jpeg

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Lawyers find more work! Cleaning up after AI bots https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/02/lawyers-find-more-work-cleaning-up-after-ai-bots/
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we've got Torment Nexus at home

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• A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence
• The Cluetrain Manifesto https://www.cluetrain.com/
• The Californian Ideology (PDF) https://monoskop.org/images/d/dc/Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf
• The Resonant Computing Manifesto https://resonantcomputing.org/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• AI screws us over again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/
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[Everyone disliked that]

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Sources:

• Prime Video launches AI-powered Video Recaps to help viewers catch up between seasons https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/ai-plot-summary-video-recaps-prime-video
• ai tv show recap video? https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/1pjnrsw/ai_tv_show_recap_video/
• The official Fallout season 1 recap is filled with AI and thinks the show is set in the 1950s https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-movies/the-official-fallout-season-1-recap-is-filled-with-ai-and-thinks-the-show-is-set-in-the-1950s/
• Amazon's Official 'Fallout' Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes https://gizmodo.com/fallout-ai-recap-prime-video-amazon-2000698573
• Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Pet Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-12-03/amazon-streamed-ai-english-dubs-on-banana-fish-no-game-no-life-zero-pet-anime/.231513
• Amazon removes controversial AI dubs from multiple anime https://www.polygon.com/amazon-prime-video-ai-english-dubs-banana-fish-no-game-no-life-zero-pet-anime/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Pivot to AI: Hallucinations worsen as the money runs out https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/04/11/pivot-to-ai-hallucinations-worsen-as-the-money-runs-out/

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no way to de-slop it, it's totally Automattic

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Sources:

• AI as a WordPress Fundamental https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/12/04/ai-as-a-wordpress-fundamental/
• AI Building Blocks for WordPress https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/07/17/ai-building-blocks/
• AI for WordPress Developers https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/12/04/ai-for-wordpress-developers/
• AI for WordPress Hosts https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/12/04/ai-for-wordpress-hosts/
  WordPress 6.9 https://wordpress.org/download/releases/6-9/
• Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users' Data to Train AI Tools https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/
• The Hidden Power of Decentralized Identity Systems https://blog.gravatar.com/2024/07/30/decentralized-identity-management/
• State of the Word 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_DF4-23C8Q

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to shake down everyone else for licenses

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• The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Reach Landmark Agreement to Bring Beloved Characters from Across Disney's Brands to Sora https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-openai-sora-agreement/
• Disney Accuses Google of Using AI to Engage in Copyright Infringement on 'Massive Scale' https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/disney-google-ai-copyright-infringement-cease-and-desist-letter-1236606429/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Disney sues AI image generator Midjourney https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/12/disney-sues-ai-image-generator-midjourney/
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• Lionsgate still can't turn its movies into an AI video model https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/24/lionsgate-still-cant-turn-its-movies-into-an-ai-video-model/
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Boom Supersonic will totally make this happen, this time

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• Boom: Frequently Asked Questions https://boomsupersonic.com/faq
  AI Needs More Power Than the Grid Can Deliver. Supersonic Tech Can Fix That https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/ai-needs-more-power-than-the-grid-can-deliver-supersonic-tech-can-fix-that
• NVIDIA Isn't Enron — So What Is It? https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/
• Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/boom-supersonic-raises-300m-to-build-natural-gas-turbines-for-crusoe-data-centers/
• Boom Supersonic to Power AI Data Centers with Superpower Natural Gas Turbines; Adds $300 Million in New Funding https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-to-power-ai-data-centers-with-superpower-natural-gas-turbines-adds-300-million-in-new-funding
• Supersonic by Design: Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qOZdpOzf8
  Introducing Superpower: The Supersonic Tech Powering AI Data Centers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krweC0gvbhM
• All things AI w @altcap @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnl833wXRz0

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• AI: powered by old jet turbines, near you! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/ai-powered-by-old-jet-turbines-near-you/
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I was only following the bot's orders

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• Today, we are unleashing GenAi.mil https://x.com/SecWar/status/1998408545591578972
• The War Department Unleashes AI on New GenAI.mil Platform https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4354916/the-war-department-unleashes-ai-on-new-genaimil-platform/
• Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office Selects Google Cloud's AI to Power GenAI.mil https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-12-09-Chief-Digital-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Office-Selects-Google-Clouds-AI-to-Power-GenAI-mil
• SecDefGPT https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1pijkwc/secdefgpt/

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Microsoft denies everything! Except the actual claim

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Sources:

• Microsoft Lowers Sales Staff's Growth Targets For Newer AI Software https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quotas-customers-resist-newer-products
• Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/microsoft-slashes-ai-sales-growth-targets-as-customers-resist-unproven-agents/
• Microsoft denies report of lowering targets for AI software sales growth https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quota-customers-resist-new-products-2025-12-03/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Microsoft: forget your IT department, use Copilot at work anyway! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/06/microsoft-forget-your-it-department-use-copilot-at-work-anyway/
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