wasting coworkers' time with AI — as directed Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/23/workslop-bad-study-but-an-excellent-word/

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AI-Generated "Workslop" Is Destroying Productivity https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity live survey https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Mjwa0jWw2Pu3TE Anti Gen AI Heroes: David Pivots to Reality https://stopgenai.com/anti-gen-ai-heroes-david-pivots-to-reality/

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Generative AI: 'no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/29/generative-ai-no-significant-impact-on-earnings-or-recorded-hours-in-any-occupation/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJ7X8Bu9wk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA&index=1 Study: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/10/your-coworkers-hate-you-for-using-ai-at-work/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONx7IFkX9OE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA 16% of employees pretend to use AI at work to please their boss https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/25/16-of-employees-pretend-to-use-ai-at-work-to-please-their-boss/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlPhRKLRFmg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Spreadshirt to artists: We're taking your designs for AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/spreadshirt-to-artists-were-taking-your-designs-for-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvWPfVFMdx4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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it's you plebs who are wrong Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/22/the-uk-public-doesnt-trust-ai-the-tony-blair-institute-is-very-worried/

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What the UK Thinks About AI: Building Public Trust to Accelerate Adoption https://institute.global/insights/tech-and-digitalisation/what-the-uk-thinks-about-ai-building-public-trust-to-accelerate-adoption UK workers wary of AI despite Starmer's push to increase uptake, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/13/uk-workers-wary-of-ai-despite-starmers-push-to-increase-uptake-survey-finds TUC calls for "step change" in UK approach to AI as poll finds majority of public are concerned over jobs https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-calls-step-change-uk-approach-ai-poll-finds-majority-public-are-concerned-over-jobs

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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/ The UK Labour AI push — who are the vendors lobbying for a slice of the pie? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/21/the-uk-labour-ai-push-who-are-the-vendors-lobbying-for-a-slice-of-the-pie/ UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/13/uk-government-plans-to-splurge-billions-on-ai-we-step-through-the-tricky-details/

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'Stop being such a breadhead' said the pickpocket Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/21/stop-worrying-about-ais-return-on-investment-said-the-wallet-inspector/

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Stop Worrying About AI's Return on Investment https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-worrying-about-ais-return-on-investment-d5cbc822

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Duolingo replaces its contractors with AI, courses with slop https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/04/duolingo-replaces-its-contractors-with-ai-courses-with-slop/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hYEhKP150&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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with bonus Mira Murati from Thinking Machines and OpenAI! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/20/albanias-ai-minister-speaks-and-turns-out-to-be-an-actor/

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Albania appoints world's first AI-made minister https://www.politico.eu/article/albania-apppoints-worlds-first-virtual-minister-edi-rama-diella/ Albania turns to AI to beat corruption and join EU https://www.politico.eu/article/albania-use-ai-artificial-intelligenve-join-eu-corruption/ Who is the woman "hiding" behind Diella, the first virtual minister in Albania? https://www.balkanweb.com/en/Who-is-the-woman-hiding-behind-the-sun--the-first-virtual-minister-decreed-in-Albania/ Kush është Diella? Anila Bisha tregon të vërtetën pas figurës së ministres virtuale https://zoom.al/kush-eshte-diella-anila-bisha-tregon-te-verteten-pas-figures-se-ministres-virtuale/ Albania's Rama seeks fourth term in election dominated by graft, EU membership https://www.reuters.com/world/albanias-rama-seeks-fourth-term-election-dominated-by-graft-eu-membership-2025-05-08/

Albania's AI minister makes first address to parliament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWhrs0gJsps

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'It was the most perfect document I've ever sent' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/19/business-insider-will-publish-ai-stories-without-disclosure/

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"News: @BusinessInsider is laying off 21% of staff, according to a staff memo from CEO Barbara Peng." https://x.com/sarafischer/status/1928063856464511208 Business Insider and the Bots https://www.status.news/p/business-insider-ai-policy-chatgpt Business Insider reportedly tells journalists they can use AI to draft stories https://www.theverge.com/news/779739/business-insider-ai-writing-stories CEO of Europe's Largest Publisher Mandates AI Use in Newsrooms: 'You Only Have to Explain if You Didn't' https://www.thewrap.com/ai-newsroom-mandate-publishing-mathias-dopfner-axel-springer/

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Business Insider layoffs as traffic drops — but publisher Axel Springer says AI will fix it! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/01/business-insider-layoffs-as-traffic-drops-but-publisher-axel-springer-says-ai-will-fix-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfa_ZfpfLEY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA At Politico, AI content doesn't need editorial standards! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/16/at-politico-ai-content-doesnt-need-editorial-standards/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFH-lG0nwos&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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if all else fails, tell the bot to act evil Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/openai-fights-the-evil-scheming-ai-which-doesnt-exist-yet/

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Detecting and reducing scheming in AI models https://openai.com/index/detecting-and-reducing-scheming-in-ai-models/ Stress Testing Deliberative Alignment for Anti-Scheming Training (PDF) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6883977a51f5d503d441fd68/t/68c9a63b9c1f2f236c7d97f6/1758045901755/stress_testing_antischeming.pdf

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Anthropic, Apollo astounded to find a chatbot will lie to you if you tell it to lie to you https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/19/anthropic-and-apollo-astounded-to-find-that-a-chatbot-will-lie-to-you-if-you-tell-it-to-lie-to-you/ 'Reasoning' AI is LYING to you! — or maybe it's just hallucinating again https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/18/reasoning-ai-is-lying-to-you-or-maybe-its-just-hallucinating-again/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNT0LcCqtss&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI announces GPT-5! Please Microsoft, don't kill us https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/08/openai-announces-gpt-5-please-microsoft-dont-kill-us/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxbHOTV7IA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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not advocating data fraud! technically Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/17/we-simulated-the-human-mind-with-a-chatbot-it-didnt-work/

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A foundation model to predict and capture human cognition https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09215-4 "Excited to see our Centaur project out in @Nature." https://x.com/marcel_binz/status/1940432445041721360 Large Language Models Do Not Simulate Human Psychology (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.06950

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Medical research ethics is hard — but fake AI data is easy! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/14/medical-research-ethics-is-hard-but-fake-ai-data-is-easy/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4stmN0noRI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Schrödinger's bubble Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/16/the-hype-after-ai-lads-its-looking-really-quantum/

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Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog (PDF) https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf Quantum Motion Delivers the Industry's First Full-Stack Silicon CMOS Quantum Computer https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250915281357/en/Quantum-Motion-Delivers-the-Industrys-First-Full-Stack-Silicon-CMOS-Quantum-Computer The world should prepare for the looming quantum era https://www.ft.com/content/96e14cb0-f49f-4632-b94f-2d1cdc625f8b

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In 2025, venture capital can't pretend everything is fine any more https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSnLt6Knbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA MIT on enterprise AI: 95% failure, 5% spam — from 100% crypto bros https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/21/mit-on-enterprise-ai-95-failure-5-spam/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9vgYq22Q5A&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Never mind, we'll hire someone ... oh. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/15/uk-government-productivity-not-enhanced-by-copilot-ai/

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The Evaluation of the M365 Copilot Pilot in the Department for Business and Trade (PDF) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68adbe409e1cebdd2c96a19d/dbt-microsoft-365-copilot-evaluation.pdf AI 'hit squad' set up to drive Whitehall efficiency struggles to hire top talent https://www.ft.com/content/a47b71a5-dca1-439d-8a0c-e18d6b0d1df3 Associate Data Scientist, Government Digital Service https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?SID=c2VhcmNoc29ydD1zY29yZSZwYWdlYWN0aW9uPXZpZXd2YWNieWpvYmxpc3Qmb3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZqb2JsaXN0X3ZpZXdfdmFjPTE5NzAwMTcmb3duZXJ0eXBlPWZhaXImcGFnZWNsYXNzPUpvYnMmdXNlcnNlYXJjaGNvbnRleHQ9MTUxMTQ3MzM3JnNlYXJjaHBhZ2U9MSZyZXFzaWc9MTc1Nzk1Njc0MS05OTgxNjVhZjg0NDUyOTEwNjFhMjQ5YWQ5YjM2Y2Y2N2IzZWRiMTY4

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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/2025/01/13/uk-government-plans-to-splurge-billions-on-ai-we-step-through-the-tricky-details/

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we prefer to call it 'synthesized' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/14/medical-research-ethics-is-hard-but-fake-ai-data-is-easy/

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AI-generated medical data can sidestep usual ethics review, universities say https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02911-1 Harnessing the power of synthetic data in healthcare: innovation, application, and privacy https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-023-00927-3 Synthetic data generation methods in healthcare: A review on open-source tools and methods https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037024002393 Understanding synthetic data: artificial datasets for real-world evidence https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/02/bmjebm-2024-113617

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