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oh no! reddit gives up on totally not NFTs! (www.reddit.com)
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Microsoft tracks your Copilot AI usage in its workplace spyware (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

Get clicking, minion!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_z9_lBxVFI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251013-microsoft-tracks-copilot-ai-in-its-workplace-spyware - podcast

time: 3 minutes 53 seconds

Microsoft OneDrive lets you disable AI face recognition three times in a year! in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess install it and see!

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th October 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago

first read as lucid screaming

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Microsoft OneDrive lets you disable AI face recognition three times in a year! (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

if the off switch works yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm9KnhCB0oc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251012-microsoft-lets-you-disable-ai-face-recognition-three-times-a-year - podcast

time: 4 min 03 sec

Google won’t fix ‘ASCII smuggling’ hack in Gemini AI in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 2 days ago

lol. The comment on the video that appears to read "Great video!" is actually an ASCII-smuggling example that works on Gemini

Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th October 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

AT is fashtech. This needs a proper writeup I realise, but it ticks too many boxes in theory and practice. I don't welcome this style of openwashing, where it's COMPLETELY OPEN except in all practice. Like, you could say the same about Urbit.

Google won’t fix ‘ASCII smuggling’ hack in Gemini AI in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 2 days ago

Various characters that aren't ASCII but are shaped the same, or sneaking in text encoded in flag emojis, stuff like that.

Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 2 days ago

it's a great day for high velocity egress

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Google won’t fix ‘ASCII smuggling’ hack in Gemini AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

‘the issue can only result in social engineering’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8ENG1y5Cw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251011-google-wont-fix-ascii-smuggling-hack-in-gemini-ai - podcast

time: 3 min 47 sec

Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

reviewing their contributions in general, this user is not suited to this forum and has been T-shirt cannoned off the egress.

Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago

looks good!

i would LOVE them to get an actual designer though. If ever a laptop looked like open source ...

now that's what I call fashtech, vol. 1 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

the Eich controversy is dumber than that. His donation against gay marriage made international press in 2012! Somehow nobody on the Mozilla board realised this would be the entire story in 2014! jfc

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OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

Plus: how the AI bubble pops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvT2k9qmA0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251010-openai-does-deals-to-make-a-deal-and-the-money-is-getting-worried - podcast

time: 8 min 52 sec

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OpenAI and Jony Ive’s Siri-alike has compute problems (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

‘a friend who’s a computer who isn’t your weird AI girlfriend’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMq04wTipg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251009-openai-and-jony-ives-siri-alike-has-compute-problems - podcast

time: 3 min 38 sec

now that's what I call fashtech, vol. 1 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
now that's what I call fashtech, vol. 1 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Salesforce replaces help with Agentforce AI — customers outraged (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

You WILL love Marc’s pet robot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BUui_ypWeg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251008-salesforce-replaces-help-with-agentforce-ai-customers-outraged - podcast

time: 4 min 24 sec

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Dewaffling the tech industry - Iris knocks it out the park again (deadsimpletech.com)
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Deloitte Australia retracts ChatGPT report, refunds government (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

vibe compliance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HJVXS_E6iU&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251007-deloitte-australia-retracts-chatgpt-report-refunds-government - podcast

time: 3 min 28 sec

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Microsoft: forget your IT department, use Copilot at work anyway! (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

My workslop is of critical business importance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPdEdEIVsT8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251006-microsoft-forget-your-it-department-use-copilot-at-work-anyway - podcast

time: 3 min 54 sec

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Musk’s Grokipedia — Grok AI rewrites Wikipedia (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

‘maximum truth through first principles and physics’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-FyI_5n50&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251005-musks-grokipedia-grok-ai-rewrites-wikipedia - podcast

time: 4 min 10 sec

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OpenAI wants all the gas power — and prices go up (pivot-to-ai.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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a machine for spending money as fast as possible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gag3vzDiHRs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251004-openai-wants-all-the-gas-power-consumer-prices-rise - podcast

time: 4 min 13 sec

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