Sorry kid, life is rentware now

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/13/ai-chatbot-kids-toys-are-still-an-obviously-terrible-idea/ - blog post

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• AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg4wx6nxgo
• Trouble in Toyland 2025 (PDF) https://publicinterestnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TOYLAND-2025-11-14-7a.pdf

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Sorry kid, we killed your robot — Embodied goes broke, AI social devices will stop working https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/10/sorry-kid-we-killed-your-robot-embodied-goes-broke-ai-social-devices-will-stop-working/

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I owe my SOUL.md to the company store

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• Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-compute-compensation-software-engineers-greg-brockman-2026-3
• I am increasingly asked during candidate interviews https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2024635825997459841
  the inference compute available to you is increasingly going to drive overall software productivity https://x.com/gdb/status/2024662197692223857
• Sam Altman: Getting Fired (and Re-Hired) by OpenAI, Agents, AI Copyright issues (2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSM0xd8xHUM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Sam Altman: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #599 (2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYn8VKW6vXA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Nvidia CEO hints at end of investments in OpenAI, Anthropic https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-will-not-be-able-invest-100-billion-openai-due-ipo-ceo-jensen-says-2026-03-04/
• Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-investing-26-billion-open-source-models/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Sam Altman rebrands Worldcoin to 'World', still wants your eyeballs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/20/sam-altman-rebrands-worldcoin-to-world-still-wants-your-eyeballs/
• What Satya Nadella actually said at Davos about the AI bubble https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/21/what-satya-nadella-actually-said-at-davos-about-ai/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOPPKG7XLZk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• OpenAI's '$110b' funding round is $25b and some promises https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises/
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the dumbest AI bubble acqui-hire this week

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/11/ai-bot-network-facebook-buys-ai-bot-network-moltbook/ - blog post

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• Exclusive: Meta hires duo behind Moltbook https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network
• Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/meta-acquired-moltbook-the-ai-agent-social-network-that-went-viral-because-of-fake-posts/
• Meta envisages social media filled with AI-generated users (2024) https://www.ft.com/content/91183cbb-50f9-464a-9d2e-96063825bfcf
• Mark Zuckerberg — AI will write most Meta code in 18 months https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXeQbTuVl0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Fastly Threat Insights Report (PDF) https://learn.fastly.com/rs/025-XKO-469/images/Fastly-Threat-Insights-Report.pdf

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• 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/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPu_qzv0zIA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw: an expensive and insecure AI agent that doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH0S9QHlbY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• The obnoxious GitHub OpenClaw AI bot is ... a crypto bro https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-openclaw-ai-bot-is-a-crypto-bro/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYFvi4hK7wI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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♫ we told you so ♫

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/ - blog post

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Sources:

• The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Start https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/10/ai-uk-starmer-opportunities-plan/
• Revealed: UK's multibillion AI drive is built on 'phantom investments' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments
• Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-blueprint-to-turbocharge-ai
• From press release ... to scrap metal site: the Essex 'supercomputer' that's still a scaffolding yard https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/from-press-release-to-scrap-metal-site-the-essex-supercomputer-thats-still-a-scaffolding-yard
• US-UK pact will boost advances in drug discovery, create tens of thousands of jobs and transform lives https://www.gov.uk/government/news/us-uk-pact-will-boost-advances-in-drug-discovery-create-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-and-transform-lives

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• ChatGPT predicts tremendous role for ChatGPT in UK government https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/16/chatgpt-predicts-tremendous-role-for-chatgpt-in-uk-government/
• UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/16/chatgpt-predicts-tremendous-role-for-chatgpt-in-uk-government/

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ayahuasca beard weirdo

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/09/blocks-ai-layoffs-are-fake-too/ - blog post

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• we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company https://x.com/jack/status/2027129697092731343
• Q4 2025 Shareholder Letter (PDF) https://s29.q4cdn.com/628966176/files/doc_financials/2025/q4/Q4-2025-Shareholder-Letter_Block.pdf
• Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey's Block https://www.wired.com/story/inside-rolling-layoffs-jack-dorsey-block/
• Jack Dorsey's 4,000 Job Cuts at Block Arouse Suspicions of AI-Washing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-01/jack-dorsey-s-4-000-job-cuts-at-block-arouse-suspicions-of-ai-washing
• Current and former Block workers say AI can't do their jobs after Jack Dorsey's mass layoffs: 'You can't really AI that' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/08/block-ai-layoffs-jack-dorsey
• My employer Block laid off 40% of its workforce last Thursday (2/26) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7434699479389405184/
• yes we over-hired during covid https://x.com/jack/status/2027290756793135253

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Google goes to court not to tell you

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• With $1 Billion Google Data Center Deal Inked, the Roanoke Valley Enters the Game https://www.roanokerambler.com/with-1-billion-google-data-center-deal-inked-the-roanoke-valley-enters-the-game/
• Ruling (PDF) https://storage.ghost.io/c/4f/7d/4f7d448e-fe49-4f83-b349-3cbb39e372de/content/files/2025/11/Henri-Gendreau-v.-Mike-McEvoy---CL25-2187--1-.pdf
• Google Strives To Keep Data Center Water Use Secret After Judge Orders Records Released https://www.roanokerambler.com/google-strives-keep-data-center-botetourt-county-water-use-secret-judge-orders-records-released/
• Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2026/02/26/google-data-center-water-estimates-go-public-residents-in-roanoke-and-botetourt-react/
• Sam Altman Unfiltered: ChatGPT, AI Risks & What's Coming Next, 40 Questions in 60 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH7thwrCluM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• The Gentle Singularity https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity
• How People Use ChatGPT https://forklightning.substack.com/p/how-people-use-chatgpt

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Ilya Sutskever gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has 'super intelligence' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yHrZR_Sgg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Brookings: make the data centres pay to build the power plants

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/05/power-prices-data-centres-nothing-but-data-centres/ - blog post

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• Why are electricity prices rising in the US and what can be done about it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEu4NeAIjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Data Centers in Nvidia's Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/data-centers-in-nvidia-s-hometown-stand-empty-awaiting-power

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