as vibe-coded by a manager

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Sources:

• GitHub Copilot silently inserts itself as a co-author after I manually replaced the generated commit message https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/194075
• I am the person who approved this PR https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47989883
• Fair point https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994193
• Enabling ai co author by default https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• If users notice your software, you're already a loser https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/
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a practical manual for these trying times

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Links:

• Kim Crawley https://kimcrawley.com/
• Stop Gen AI https://stopgenai.com/
• Technofascism Survival Guide Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/technofascism-survival-guide
• Technofascism Survival Guide press release https://www.issuewire.com/technofascism-survival-guides-successful-kickstarter-indicates-growing-public-concern-about-gen-ai-mass-surveillance-1859856371446643
• The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker https://amzn.to/4cLqfpy (UK) https://amzn.to/4emGzOL (US)
• 8 Steps to Better Security: A Simple Cyber Resilience Guide for Business https://amzn.to/4cJdgVt (UK) https://amzn.to/4cXq6ht (US)
• Hacker Culture A to Z: A Fun Guide to the People, Ideas, and Gadgets That Made the Tech World https://amzn.to/4tM7A39 (UK) https://amzn.to/4w8l1Mo (US)
• Digital Safety in a Dangerous World https://amzn.to/3QzMaaL (UK) https://amzn.to/4tMblF (US)

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• 'How do people survive?' A chat with StopGenAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMF3nciTJbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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so long, suckers

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/30/openai-to-microsoft-its-not-me-its-you/ - blog post

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PATRON READ:
afkpuezo * alxndr * Anton Savin * Brenton Fletcher * Cringe Quatto * Doctor Popular * Greg Leo * Isabelle * Jared White * Jeanetmarie * Peter Wiggin * Rhys Jones * Robin Syl * Ruben Schade * Saini * SudoNymm * Stickers * Tomás Pereira Machado

Sources:

• The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership https://openai.com/index/next-phase-of-microsoft-partnership/
• The next phase of the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04/27/the-next-phase-of-the-microsoft-openai-partnership/
• How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars, Pt. 2 https://axelriet.medium.com/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion-dollars-pt-2-ba33d024ca85
• Microsoft Fiscal Year 2026 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/events/fy-2026/earnings-fy-2026-q3
• Stupid Sexy Privacy: AI bubble a multi-company Enron waiting to happen https://share.transistor.fm/s/55b01c02

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Let's power AI with supersonic jet engine turbines! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkFdqAbpUc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• OpenAI's '$110b' funding round is $25b and some promises https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• OpenAI IPO proceeds — even as CFO says the company is 'not ready' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/08/openai-ipo-proceeds-even-as-cfo-says-the-company-is-not-ready/
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Sam Altman desperately scraping pennies together

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CORRECTION: Meta's 2025 ad revenue was $196 billion per https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2026/Meta-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx

Sources:

• A fireside chat with Sam Altman OpenAI CEO at Harvard University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVRHTWWEIz4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• OpenAI Readies Itself for Its Facebook Era https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-readies-facebook-era
• ChatGPT Android app 1.2025.329 beta includes new references https://x.com/btibor91/status/1994714152636690834
• OpenAI's Ads Push Starts Taking Shape https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-ads-push-starts-taking-shape
  Testing ads in ChatGPT https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt/
• OpenAI Forecasts Advertising to Hit $102 billion by 2030 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecasts-advertising-hit-102-billion-2030
• Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot https://www.ft.com/content/c9acd1f7-4864-4bd7-9ada-d2e13f05b906
• OpenAI's First Advertisers Can't Prove ChatGPT Ads Work https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-first-advertisers-prove-chatgpt-ads-work

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Cash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — 'in the spirit of a donation' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/03/cash-incinerator-openai-secures-its-6-6-billion-lifeline-in-the-spirit-of-a-donation/
• OpenAI faces cash crunch in 2026 as bills come due https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/23/openai-faces-cash-crunch-in-2026-as-bills-come-due/
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if you don't know what you're doing, do it harder

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/28/tokenmaxxing-how-much-did-you-spend-in-tokens-ceo-of-tokens/ - blog post

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Sources:

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• Meta Employees Vie for AI 'Token Legend' Status https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-employees-vie-ai-token-legend-status
• Why Some Companies Say AI 'Tokenmaxxing' Is Key to Survival https://www.wsj.com/cio-journal/why-some-companies-say-ai-tokenmaxxing-is-key-to-survival-e699a128
• 'Tokenmaxxing' is making developers less productive than they think https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/tokenmaxxing-is-making-developers-less-productive-than-they-think/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• 31% of employees are 'sabotaging' your corporate AI strategy! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/31/31-of-employees-are-sabotaging-your-corporate-ai-strategy/
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• Claude Code codebase is leaked https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/claude-code-codebase-is-leaked/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkyF-ugVq4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Claude Code rate limits: Anthropic AI squeezes the customers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/23/claude-code-rate-limits-anthropic-ai-squeezes-the-customers/
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a six-fingered AI image in the wild in 2026!

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'Nadella encouraged staff to think about developing similar products'

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Sources:

• Microsoft Races to Respond to New Threats From Anthropic https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-races-respond-new-threats-anthropic
• "Claw" is the new "vibe" https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7430947857916039168/
• Microsoft at Morgan Stanley Conference: AI's Transformative Role https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/microsoft-at-morgan-stanley-conference-ais-transformative-role-93CH-4542000
  microsoft/openclaw https://github.com/microsoft/openclaw
• Project Lobster: Week 1 Update https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/project-lobster-week-1-update-omar-shahine-hrwsc/
• Two weeks ago I wrote about how a personal AI assistant project got me a new job at Microsoft https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7452744042305589249/
• Running OpenClaw safely: identity, isolation, and runtime risk https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/19/running-openclaw-safely-identity-isolation-runtime-risk/
• Ghost In The Machine London: https://dochouse.org/event/ghost-in-the-machine/
• Ghost In The Machine KC MO: https://www.screenland.com/movie/ghost-in-the-machine/
• Pay to rent Ghost In The Machine online: https://kinema.com/films/ghost-in-the-machine-pvxg4p

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw: an expensive and insecure AI agent that doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH0S9QHlbY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Claude Code rate limits: Anthropic AI squeezes the customers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/23/claude-code-rate-limits-anthropic-ai-squeezes-the-customers/
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