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• Rethinking the Cybersecurity Arms Race: When 80% of Ransomware Attacks are AI-Driven (archive, PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20250425004338/https://cams.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/Safe-CAMS-MIT-Article-Final-4-7-2025-Working-Paper.pdf
• Security Community Slams MIT-linked Report Claiming AI Powers 80% of Ransomware https://socket.dev/blog/security-community-slams-mit-linked-report-claiming-ai-powers-80-of-ransomware
• CAMS Sponsorship Levels and Benefits https://cams.mit.edu/join-us/
• What Is Agentic AI in Cybersecurity (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20250518233321/https://safe.security/resources/blog/what-is-agentic-ai-in-cybersecurity/
• Also, if your management has seen the widely reported "80% of Ransomware Attacks are AI-Driven" headline published by MIT, it was paid for by a vendor. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115457200051772035
• Safe Security: Company Profile https://tracxn.com/d/companies/safe-security/__KqxveSrMs7YVk2mC1UPxm6Y1sPfVMR6oGfXyu6LxN6w
• Technical Advisory Board https://safe.security/about-us/
• 80% of ransomware attacks now use artificial intelligence https://archive.ph/SckSr
• AI cyberattacks and three pillars for defense https://archive.is/baNAe
• You have reached the Early Research Papers section of our website. (PDF) https://cams.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/Safe-CAMS-MIT-Article-Final-4-7-2025-Working-Paper.pdf

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Dunning-Kruger for everyone!

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• AI makes you smarter but none the wiser: The disconnect between performance and metacognition https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563225002262
• AI Makes You Smarter, But None the Wiser: The Disconnect between Performance and Metacognition (preprint) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5212902
• AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1103616

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Hi, I'm Misa! — uh, Ani

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OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/openais_chatgpt_popular_few_pay/

OpenAI makes five-year business plan to meet $1tn spending pledges https://www.ft.com/content/a169703c-c4df-46d6-a2d3-4184c74bbaf7

OpenAI's 'flatlining' subs in Europe: The AI boom's poster child may be struggling to recruit new subscribers, Deutsche Bank warns https://fortune.com/2025/10/14/openai-subscriptions-flatlined-europe-deutsche-bank/

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues https://x.com/sama/status/1978129344598827128

Ok this tweet about upcoming changes to ChatGPT blew up on the erotica point much more than I thought it was going to! https://x.com/sama/status/1978539332215681076

The entire economy now rests on a porn pivot by a piracy company. https://bsky.app/profile/klompusjack.myatproto.social/post/3m3awcbn4as27

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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/

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The finance press finally starts talking about the 'AI bubble' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/

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OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/10/openai-does-deals-to-make-a-deal-and-the-money-is-getting-worried/

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AI boyfriend users radicalise against OpenAI — and self-host their chatbot companions https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/16/ai-boyfriend-users-radicalise-against-openai-and-self-host-their-chatbot-companions/

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so much better with this month's model, bro
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Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity (blog post) https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity (paper) (PDF) https://metr.org/Early_2025_AI_Experienced_OS_Devs_Study.pdf

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Generative AI runs on gambling addiction — just one more prompt, bro! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/
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What they're really telling you is 'give in.'
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Resources by Subject Area: Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/resources-subject-area
OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/
Own FYRE Festival — Iconic Brand, Trademarks, IP, Social Media Assets, and More https://www.ebay.com/itm/357251347049

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Strawberry fields forever — delving into OpenAI's new 'o1' model https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/13/strawberry-fields-forever-openais-new-o1-model/
Adobe AI auto-fills part of a seagull photo with ... a bitcoin https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/11/adobe-ai-auto-fills-part-of-a-seagull-photo-with-a-bitcoin/
UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for advice https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/13/foi-reveals-uk-science-secretary-peter-kyle-cribs-chatgpt-for-advice/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqHi3806cSc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
UK government cuts funds for actually-working anti-cancer AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/31/uk-government-cuts-funds-for-actually-working-anti-cancer-ai/
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OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/
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a16z raising fresh $20b to keep the AI bubble pumping https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/
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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
AI power and water use is through the roof, and 80–90% is per query https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/23/ai-power-and-water-use-is-through-the-roof-and-80-90-is-each-query/
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Crime is legal — but the actual dollars aren't showing up https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2025/05/24/crime-is-legal-but-the-actual-dollars-arent-showing-up/
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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/
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Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/04/only-3-of-us-ai-users-are-willing-to-pay-a-penny-for-it/
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Cursor tries setting less money on fire — AI vibe coders outraged https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/09/cursor-tries-setting-less-money-on-fire-ai-vibe-coders-outraged/
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The AI bubble party slows just a little.
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Updates to Ultra and Pro https://cursor.com/blog/new-tier
Cursor 1.2 and Claude 4 Sonnet Rate Limit — Is This a Joke? https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1lqvl21/cursor_12_and_claude_4_sonnet_rate_limit_is_this/
"Why is no one talking about how @cursor_ai essentially rug pulled???" https://x.com/0ni_x4/status/1940885976127283342
Clarifying Our Pricing https://cursor.com/en/blog/june-2025-pricing

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Cursor AI assistant tells vibe coder: learn to code https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/12/cursor-ai-assistant-tells-vibe-coder-learn-to-code/
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'Guys, I'm under attack' — AI 'vibe coding' in the wild https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/18/guys-im-under-attack-ai-vibe-coding-in-the-wild/
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Cursor's AI-powered tech support vibe-codes a customer revolt https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/16/cursors-ai-powered-tech-support-vibe-codes-a-customer-revolt/
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Generative AI runs on gambling addiction — just one more prompt, bro! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWngvJnoPJA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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/
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Where there's muck, there's brass.
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'I'm being paid to fix issues caused by AI' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvm1dyp9v2o

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Google: users love lying AI slop, actually
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Urgent bid lodged with UK regulator to stop Google AI Overviews 'stealing journalism' https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/urgent-bid-lodged-with-uk-regulator-to-stop-google-ai-overviews-stealing-journalism/
Exclusive: Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/googles-ai-overviews-hit-by-eu-antitrust-complaint-independent-publishers-2025-07-04/
How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/how-google-forced-publishers-to-accept-ai-scraping-as-price-of-appearing-in-search/
Commission sends preliminary findings to Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_811
CMA set to force Google to work more fairly with UK publishers https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/cma-to-force-google-to-work-more-fairly-with-uk-publishers/

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Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you're not in search results https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/19/google-is-no-longer-asking-feed-the-ai-or-youre-not-in-search-results/

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That famously long-term asset class.
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Wall Street frenzy creates $11bn debt market for AI groups buying Nvidia chips https://www.ft.com/content/41bfacb8-4d1e-4f25-bc60-75bf557f1f21
Wall Street's Elites Are Piling Into a Massive AI Gamble https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-17/ai-s-1-trillion-hysteria-offers-fat-payday-for-wall-street-bankers
Venture debt hits all-time high as startups diverge from VC expectations https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/venture-debt-all-time-high-startups-vc-expectations
AI startups gobbling more than a third of venture debt dollars this year https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/ai-startups-gobbling-more-than-third-venture-debt-dollars-2025

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Silicon Valley and Wall Street invent collateralized GPU obligations. Surely this will work out fine https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/04/silicon-valley-and-wall-street-invent-collateralized-gpu-obligations-surely-this-will-work-out-fine/
Pumping the AI bubble: a data center funding craze with 'novel types of debt structures' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/19/pumping-the-ai-bubble-a-data-center-funding-craze-with-novel-types-of-debt-structures/
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/
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Aron Peterson (Shokunin Studio) rolls the dice
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Day 15 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7344154102613876736-C671/
Day 16 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7344712123400306690-Wuzm/
Day 17 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7345041854574280708-fRrQ/
Day 18 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7345402727763484672-YorX/
Day 19 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7345813691855978496-xUie/
Day 20 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7346143156813348864-jgUd/
Day 21 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7346593136816627715-Y0mH/

Godfather 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zam_5ltusak&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
In The Mood For Love scene 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1w4qnfux-o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Apocalypse Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXL5_tc8UyY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
In The Mood For Love scene 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdeS-dR61zQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Memento https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-mMkr_h3po&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Sexy Beast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT7FOjnGw1Q&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Fatboy Slim "Weapon Of Choice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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We test Google Veo: impressive demo, unusable results https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/21/we-test-google-veo-impressive-demo-unusable-results/
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Google Veo 3 fails, week 2: fail harder https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/29/google-veo-3-fails-week-2-fail-harder-shokunin-studio-spins-the-gacha/
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