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YouTube Labs lets you test 'cutting edge AI,' starting with AI Music hosts https://9to5google.com/2025/09/26/youtube-labs-ai-music-hosts/ YouTube Labs: Shape the future of AI on YouTube https://old.reddit.com/r/YoutubeMusic/comments/1nr8xet/youtube_labs_shape_the_future_of_ai_on_youtube/

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You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/02/microsoft-copilot-ai-tries-faces-instead-of-a-pearly-blob/

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Introducing a more immersive chat experience with Copilot Portraits https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2025/09/29/introducing-a-more-immersive-chat-experience-with-copilot-portraits/ Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/microsoft_copilot_avatars/

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Microsoft Copilot for Games: an AI Clippy for your Xbox https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/15/microsoft-copilot-for-games-an-ai-clippy-for-your-xbox/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1ZLKM2t0k&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft and AI: spending billions to make millions https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/31/microsoft-and-ai-spending-billions-to-make-millions/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFpXn9wmE3o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft Copilot AI: a pearly liquid blob on your screen https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/28/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3av5g0hAKwE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft's 2030 Vision: no mouse, no keyboard — just the AI! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/06/microsofts-2030-vision-no-mouse-no-keyboard-just-the-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU-kqS0G_Uo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft's Office 365 workslop generator — for 'vibe working' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/01/microsofts-office-365-workslop-generator-for-vibe-working/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH59-8dD08g&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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vibe going out of business soon Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/01/microsofts-office-365-workslop-generator-for-vibe-working/

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Vibe working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/29/vibe-working-introducing-agent-mode-and-office-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/ I have access to the new vibe working feature (lol) in Microsoft 365 https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115287981609452091 Building Agent Mode in Excel https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/building-agent-mode-in-excel/4457320

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AI benchmarks are self-promoting trash — but regulators keep using them https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/25/ai-benchmarks-are-self-promoting-trash-but-regulators-keep-using-them/ Workslop: bad 'study', but an excellent word https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/23/workslop-bad-study-but-an-excellent-word/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnI-Yr6plXI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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go outside, eat some brains, listen to an old Pivot Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/30/no-story-today/

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and everyone hates it on sight Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/29/friend-ai-fails-to-make-friends/

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Harvard Dropout Avi Schiffmann is Making an AI-Powered 'Wearable Mom' https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/3/avi-schiffmann-wearable-ai/ Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck https://www.wired.com/story/friend-ai-pendant/ Your new AI Friend is almost ready to meet you https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/30/24207029/friend-ai-companion-gadget Friend's $99 necklace uses AI to help combat loneliness https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/30/friend-is-an-ai-companion-backed-by-founders-of-solana-perplexity-and-zfellows/ I Hate My Friend https://www.wired.com/story/i-hate-my-ai-friend/ "'Friend' is an AI wearable device designed to provide ''companionship + emotional support' — i.e replace human friendships" https://www.tumblr.com/ef-1/795845612372475904/friend-is-an-ai-wearable-device-designed-to

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The Subprime AI Crisis (2024) https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/ Spending on AI Is at Epic Levels. Will It Ever Pay Off? https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-bubble-building-spree-55ee6128 $2 trillion in new revenue needed to fund AI's scaling trend — Bain & Company's 6th annual Global Technology Report https://www.bain.com/about/media-center/press-releases/20252/%242-trillion-in-new-revenue-needed-to-fund-ais-scaling-trend---bain--companys-6th-annual-global-technology-report/ The AI boom is unsustainable unless tech spending goes 'parabolic,' Deutsche Bank warns: 'This is highly unlikely' https://fortune.com/2025/09/23/ai-boom-unsustainable-tech-spending-parabolic-deutsche-bank/ 'AI's not a bubble but if it were, here's how it might pop' https://www.ft.com/content/65a14f89-6728-43bf-8c4e-b1a75023501a

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ChatGPT goes down — and fake jobs grind to a halt worldwide https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=889fSJTRZlg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 'AI is here to stay' — is it, though? What do you mean, 'stay'? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/ai-is-here-to-stay-is-it-though-what-do-you-mean-stay/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306W5Nqnbbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA SoftBank needs OpenAI to stay alive — no matter what https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/27/softbank-needs-openai-to-stay-alive-no-matter-what/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYxEVRiCvM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1-3Ypmr1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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meet your AI future! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/27/massachusetts-mcas-tests-sorry-kid-ai-says-fail/

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'No rhyme or reason': AI grading issue affects hundreds of MCAS essays https://www.nbcboston.com/investigations/ai-grading-massachusetts-mcas/3807392/ Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Appendix A https://www.mass.gov/info-details/department-of-elementary-and-secondary-education-appendix-a

'No rhyme or reason': AI grading issue affects hundreds of MCAS essays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27TqkuucVaY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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It'll be fine. Don't worry. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/26/neon-buys-your-phone-calls-to-train-ai-then-it-leaks-them-all/

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Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/neon-the-no-2-social-app-on-the-apple-app-store-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-and-sells-data-to-ai-firms/ Neon Mobile Terms of Service https://neonmobile.com/termsofservice HIRING! If you're a 10x mobile dev based in NYC (or know one), let's talk https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-kiam-608626b1_hiring-if-youre-a-10x-mobile-dev-based-activity-7333175657629143040-_xqO/ Upfront: Our Portfolio https://upfront.com/portfolio Xfund: Portfolio https://www.xfund.com/portfolio Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/viral-call-recording-app-neon-goes-dark-after-exposing-users-phone-numbers-call-recordings-and-transcripts/

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Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09505-x

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OpenAI fights the evil scheming AI! — which doesn't exist yet https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/openai-fights-the-evil-scheming-ai-which-doesnt-exist-yet/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZiy1L_vgE4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Lionsgate Inks Deal With AI Firm to Mine Its Massive Film and TV Library https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lionsgate-deal-ai-firm-runway-1236005554/ Everyone Is Already Using AI (And Hiding It) https://www.vulture.com/article/generative-ai-hollywood-movies-tv.html What Happened to Lionsgate's Splashy Plan to Make AI Movies With Runway? It's Complicated https://www.thewrap.com/lionsgate-runway-ai-deal-ip-model-concerns/ Netflix uses AI effects for first time to cut costs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vr4rymlw9o

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Lionsgate sells movie catalog to AI video startup Runway hoping to replace artists and FX https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/22/lionsgate-sells-movie-catalog-to-ai-video-startup-runway-hoping-to-replace-artists-and-fx/ Veo 3 Fails playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98oWtF_ZiUbOPT7iudcRXQnGv9bBdtZF

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