• 20260227 - Copilot: insecure and unhelpful, but oh those influencers!
    Feb 27 2026

    how does this keep happening

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    Sources:

    • Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/
    • Microsoft 365 Alert – Service Degradation – Power BI – Users' email messages with a confidential label applied are being incorrectly processed by Microsoft 365 Copilot chat – RESOLVED https://support.nhs.net/2025/04/microsoft-365-alert-service-degradation-power-bi-users-email-messages-with-a-confidential-label-applied-are-being-incorrectly-processed-by-microsoft-365-copilot-chat/
    • Copilot Broke Your Audit Log, but Microsoft Won't Tell You https://pistachioapp.com/blog/copilot-broke-your-audit-log
    • Living off Microsoft Copilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH6P288i2PE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    • An Evaluation of DWP's Microsoft 365 Copilot Trial https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-evaluation-of-dwps-microsoft-copilot-365-trial/an-evaluation-of-dwps-microsoft-365-copilot-trial
    • Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-pay-creators-500000-and-more-to-promote-ai.html
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    • UK government productivity not enhanced by Copilot AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/15/uk-government-productivity-not-enhanced-by-copilot-ai/
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  • 20260226 - Blue Owl won't give your money back. This is fine.
    Feb 26 2026

    The AI data centre business is solid, honest

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/26/blue-owl-wont-give-your-money-back-this-is-fine/ - blog post

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    Sources:

    • Meta Announces Joint Venture with Funds Managed by Blue Owl Capital to Develop Hyperion Data Center https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2025/Meta-Announces-Joint-Venture-with-Funds-Managed-by-Blue-Owl-Capital-to-Develop-Hyperion-Data-Center/default.aspx
    • Blue Owl's Woes Expose Private Credit Risks for Retail Investors https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/blue-owl-redemption-halt-stirs-private-credit-unease
    • Certain Blue Owl BDCs to Sell $1.4 Billion of Assets to Institutional Investors https://www.blueowl.com/news/certain-blue-owl-bdcs-sell-14-billion-assets-institutional-investors
    • Blue Owl private credit fund merger leaves some investors facing 20% hit https://www.ft.com/content/8c953f6d-3d30-4657-bda1-ba4c2911c8d8
    • Blue Owl Anxiety Rattles $1.8 Trillion Private Credit Market https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-22/blue-owl-redemptions-halt-intensifies-private-credit-fears
    • Blue Owl Eyes New Deals as It Pushes Deeper Into AI Boom https://www.theinformation.com/articles/blue-owl-eyes-new-deals-pushes-deeper-ai-boom

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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/
    • video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DYFmohEZHw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    • The AI Scare Trade — the all-purpose excuse for number go down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/17/the-ai-scare-trade-the-all-purpose-excuse-for-number-go-down/
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  • 20260225 - Accenture: you're promoted or fired on using the AI
    Feb 25 2026

    'broken slop generators'

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/25/accenture-youre-promoted-or-fired-on-using-the-ai/ - blog post

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    Sources:

    • Accenture Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results: Conference Call Transcript (PDF) https://investor.accenture.com/~/media/Files/A/Accenture-IR-V3/quarterly-earnings/2025/q4-fy-25/accenture-fourth-quarter-fiscal-2025-conference-call-transcript.pdf
    • $ACN Accenture Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKkVeCvyvsw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
    • Accenture to 'exit' staff who cannot be retrained for age of AI https://www.ft.com/content/a74f8564-ed5a-42e9-8fb3-d2bddb2b8675
    • Accenture combats AI refuseniks by linking promotions to log-ins https://www.ft.com/content/ac672f97-a603-4c56-afa3-4a5273d45674
    • Accenture Acquires Advanced AI Technology to Help Communications Companies Accelerate Autonomous Network Journeys https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-acquires-advanced-ai-technology-to-help-communications-companies-accelerate-autonomous-network-journeys
    • RØDE Wireless ME https://amzn.to/46tMih3 (UK) https://amzn.to/4rDHXAo (US)

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  • 20260224 - Meta's director of AI alignment falls for OpenClaw
    Feb 24 2026

    STOP, OPENCLAW!

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/24/metas-director-of-ai-alignment-falls-for-openclaw/ - blog post

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    Sources:

    • Summer Yue https://www.linkedin.com/in/yutingyue/
    • Nothing humbles you like telling your OpenClaw "confirm before acting" and watching it speedrun deleting your inbox https://x.com/summeryue0/status/2025774069124399363
    • 'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error' https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/i-had-to-run-to-my-mac-mini-like-i-was-defusing-a-bomb-openclaw-ai-chose-to-speedrun-deleting-meta-ai-safety-directors-inbox-due-to-a-rookie-error/

    Previously on Pivot to AI:

    • Don't use AI to summarize documents — it's worse than humans in every way https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/04/dont-use-ai-to-summarize-documents-its-worse-than-humans-in-every-way/
    • Meta buys into Scale AI in the quest for fresh data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/13/meta-buys-into-scale-ai-in-the-quest-for-fresh-data/
    • video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ1DusIXIhw&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/
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  • 20260223 - Bet against the bubble: Goldman Sachs' non-AI stock index
    Feb 23 2026

    'eliminate the noise introduced by the AI hype'

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    Sources:

    • Exclusive: Goldman Sachs launches AI-free index https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/ai-goldman-sachs-stocks-index
    • SPXT: S&P 500 Ex-Technology ETF https://www.proshares.com/our-etfs/strategic/spxt

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    4 Min.
  • 20260220 - Amazon Web Services vibe-codes itself an outage or two
    Feb 20 2026

    'user error, not AI error,' Amazon said

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/20/amazon-web-services-vibe-codes-itself-an-outage-or-two/ - blog post

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    Source:

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

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    5 Min.
  • 20260219 - AI generates the same 'random' passwords over and over
    Feb 19 2026


    The most random number is 7

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/19/ai-vibe-generates-the-same-random-passwords-over-and-over/ - blog post

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    Sources:

    • 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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    6 Min.
  • 20260218 - Seedance's AI Cruise-Pitt 'generated' demo: green screen, face swap
    Feb 18 2026

    Aron Peterson debunks the hits for you

    https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/18/seedances-generated-ai-cruise-pitt-demo-was-a-green-screen-and-face-swap/ - blog post

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    Sources:

    • 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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    6 Min.