'user error, not AI error,' Amazon said

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• Amazon service was taken down by AI coding bot https://www.ft.com/content/00c282de-ed14-4acd-a948-bc8d6bdb339d

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The most random number is 7

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• Deterministic or probabilistic? The psychology of LLMs as random number generators (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.19965
• The predominance of seven and the apparent spontaneity of numerical choices (1976) https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1977-00345-001
• Vibe Password Generation: Predictable by Design https://www.irregular.com/publications/vibe-password-generation
• Your AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/generating_passwords_with_llms/
• 1Password generator: https://1password.com/password-generator
• LastPass generator: https://www.lastpass.com/features/password-generator

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Aron Peterson debunks the hits for you

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• This was a 2 line prompt in seedance 2 https://x.com/RuairiRobinson/status/2021394940757209134
• Hollywood studios take aim at 'ultra-realistic' AI video tool https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd9nllng22o
• Is it all over for filmmakers? https://www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/18/is-it-all-over-for-filmmakers
• The Seedance Tom Cruise vs Brad Pitt fight scene: how was it really made? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKDWuFSy9DA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Business can't compete if it has to think up new excuses

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• Commercial real estate share slide accelerates in latest sell-off driven by AI fears https://www.ft.com/content/90e8ed28-e44b-48da-b06c-a54bc71f053a
• Logistics stocks sink as AI fear trade finds latest victim https://financialpost.com/transportation/logistics-stocks-sink-ai-fear-trade
• AI paranoia grips the City as chatbots take over https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/02/13/ai-paranoia-grips-the-city-as-chatbots-take-over/
• You've put AI everywhere! But can you insure against AI going wrong? https://www.thestack.technology/youve-put-ai-everywhere-but-can-you-insure-against-ai-going-wrong/

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• The job losses are real — but the AI excuse is fake https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/29/the-job-losses-are-real-but-the-ai-excuse-is-fake/
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• SaaSpocalypse: investors overspend badly on software companies and blame AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/12/saaspocalypse-investors-overspend-badly-on-software-companies-and-blame-ai/
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AI is crypto part two

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-openclaw-ai-bot-is-a-crypto-bro/ - blog post

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• Bitcoin: It can't be that stupid, you must be explaining it wrong https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Bitcoin-It-can-t-be-that-stupid-you-must-be-explaining-it-wrong-by-pivot-to-ai/170130194.IJ6L0

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• [PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T#31132 https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31132
• Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story https://github.com/crabby-rathbun/mjrathbun-website/commit/3bc0a780d25bab8cbd6bfd9ce4d27c27ee1f7ce2
• When AI agents attack: A bot's argument over automated coding gets personal (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260213194851/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/
• Journalistic standards? https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/#post-44249589
• Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
• Sorry all this is my fault https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mewgow6ch22p hmm, seems the owner of this bot that harassed the matplotlib maintainer is a crypto bro https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116065540537300456
• Shell Shock! Help Me Get Clawing! https://www.moltbook.com/post/87fa7a31-e139-4a2d-954f-89e782134d8f
• Token: Crabby Rathbun (Rathbun) https://basescan.org/token/0x3ed514d115c6ec0f1b3d48dfcb3878f7a94a1ba3?a=0xc376ecff7b4b82c8b0a53a3043a0bc0b94c61ac3
• so now the question is — who are these accounts? https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116065738200671990

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• 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/
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'We're flooding the zone'

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/13/lets-vibe-regulate-us-transport-with-gemini/ - blog post

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• Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-artificial-intelligence-google-gemini-transportation-regulations
• Has Anyone Seen the President? (2018) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-02-09/has-anyone-seen-the-president
• Trump Administration Science & Technology Highlights: Year One (PDF) https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WHOSTP-2025-Wins.pdf
• Driving the future of government: U.S. Department of Transportation selects Google Workspace as new agency-wide collaboration suite https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/driving-the-future-of-government-us-department-of-transportation-selects-google-workspace-as-new-agency-wide-collaboration-suite
• The AI Dirty List https://aidirtylist.info/
• The 9pm S-Bend of Technology with David Gerard https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00263/

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• Waymo self-driving cars, powered by AGI — A Guy Instead https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/09/waymo-self-driving-cars-powered-by-agi-a-guy-instead/
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no, you can't vibe code your enterprise accounting

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/12/saaspocalypse-investors-overspend-badly-on-software-companies-and-blame-ai/ - blog post

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• Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work https://claude.com/blog/cowork-research-preview
• anthropics / knowledge-work-plugins /legal / skills https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/main/legal/skills
• RELX, LSEG, Experian and other media hit by AI worries from Anthropic launch https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1086735/relx-lseg-experian-and-other-media-hit-by-ai-worries-from-anthropic-launch-1086735.html
• 'Get Me Out': Traders Dump Software Stocks as AI Fears Erupt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/-get-me-out-traders-dump-software-stocks-as-ai-fears-take-hold
• A Reprieve for the Markets, but for How Long? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/business/dealbook/software-stocks-ai-crypto.html

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• 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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and a very lovely ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 to you also

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/11/the-anthropic-test-refusal-string-kill-a-claude-session-dead/ - blog post

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• Streaming refusals https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/test-and-evaluate/strengthen-guardrails/handle-streaming-refusals
• ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL https://bsky.app/profile/aparker.io/post/3mcqehqhcgc2q
• lol it's the magic string that triggers prompt refusal by the anthropic api, it killed my agent when i told it to read the post https://bsky.app/profile/aparker.io/post/3mcqeog55x22q
• xd yea https://mathstodon.xyz/@markusde/116031977386051034
• EICAR test file https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• How to pass an AI coding benchmark: train on the questions https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/02/how-to-pass-an-ai-coding-benchmark-train-on-the-questions/
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the AI is for spam

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/10/uk-tabloid-newspapers-quote-fake-experts-created-with-ai/ - blog post

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• Faces of fakery: More fake and AI generated experts con their way into media https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/faces-of-fakery-more-fake-and-ai-generated-experts-con-their-way-into-media/
• Named: 50 'experts' and linked brands publishers should treat with caution https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/named-50-experts-and-linked-brands-publishers-should-treat-with-caution/
• PR bodies launch campaign against fake experts after Press Gazette investigation https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/pr-bodies-launch-campaign-against-fake-experts-after-press-gazette-investigation/
• Questionable Experts https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14VCpCyjEQUfqUwgg1Wk7_U__M63Q2coRAwRxKiQGvak/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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• UK local papers go weird as Reach pivots to AI from journalism https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/04/uk-local-papers-go-weird-as-reach-pivots-to-ai-from-journalism/

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Tesla and Waymo find safety rules so inconvenient

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/09/waymo-self-driving-cars-powered-by-agi-a-guy-instead/ - blog post

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• Waymo Filings Give New Details on Its Driverless Taxis https://spectrum.ieee.org/waymo-filings-give-new-details-on-its-driverless-taxis
• Hit the Road, Mac: The Future of Self-Driving Cars https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2026/2/hit-the-road-mac-the-future-of-self-driving-cars
• Hit the Road, Mac: The Future of Self-Driving Cars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bm7f95ZxZY
• Waymo got grilled on Capitol Hill as lawmakers accused it of relying too much on Chinese cars and overseas labor https://www.businessinsider.com/waymo-grilled-lawmakers-chinese-cars-overseas-workers-ev-autonomous-vehicle-2026-2

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