peace was never an option

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• The 46th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (PDF) https://group.softbank/media/Project/sbg/sbg/pdf/ir/investors/shareholders/2026/shareholders-meeting_46_05_en.pdf
• SoftBank's eggcellent quarterly results (2020) https://www.ft.com/content/dc8e7021-e808-4f9c-aa55-a8e77e05a9ff
• Earnings Results for the 6-month Period Ended September 30, 2014 (PDF) https://group.softbank/system/files/pdf/ir/presentations/2014/earnings-presentation_q2fy2014_01_en.pdf
• Talk of a bubble is 'blasphemy against AI' says SoftBank's Son https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/talk-bubble-is-an-insult-ai-says-softbanks-son-2026-06-24/
• SoftBank Founder's Starstruck Bet on OpenAI Raises Concern https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-05-19/softbank-founder-son-s-devotion-to-openai-s-altman-spooks-some-insiders
• OpenAI's reported IPO delay is the latest complication for tech stocks https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-tech-selloff-has-a-new-worry-and-it-involves-openais-ipo-timeline-ea9f0276

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Gotta burn 'em all

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• AI sticker shock hits corporate America https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/ai-spending-roi-enterprise-costs
• Walmart Caps Usage of an AI Tool for Employees After High Demand https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-01/walmart-caps-usage-of-an-ai-tool-for-employees-after-high-demand
• #The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/
• OpenAI Considers Drastic Price Cuts, Anticipating War for Users With Anthropic https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-considers-drastic-price-cuts-anticipating-war-for-users-with-anthropic-9b8c178e

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Accenture: you're promoted or fired on using the AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/25/accenture-youre-promoted-or-fired-on-using-the-ai/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWdjwo2D_1M&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• GitHub Copilot AI token charges to go up 10×–100× https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/18/github-copilot-ai-token-charges-to-go-up-10x-100x/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9FjHGcFWg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• The SpaceX IPO works like a crypto fraud, but with AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/28/the-spacex-ipo-works-like-a-crypto-fraud-but-with-ai/
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and sends engineers to the AI gulag

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• Meta to track workers' clicks and keystrokes to train AI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglyklz49jo
• Petition against the Model Capability Initiative https://mcipetition.com/
• Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program https://www.wired.com/story/meta-accidentally-let-employees-access-each-others-keystroke-data/
• Meta transfers top engineers into new AI tooling team https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-transfers-top-engineers-into-new-ai-tooling-team-2026-04-09/
• 'Tell Him He's a Piece of S--t': Meta's New AI Unit Is a Total Mess https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-meta-employee-meeting-interrupt-ai/

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Google has to follow a regulation for once

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• CMA secures fairer deal for publishers and improves Google search services in UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-secures-fairer-deal-for-publishers-and-improves-google-search-services-in-uk
• NOTICE UNDER SECTION 14(2) OF THE DIGITAL MARKETS, COMPETITION AND CONSUMERS ACT 2024 (THE ACT) (PDF) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e8b29b1c8b2a3b50690811/SMS_Decision_Notice.pdf
• Further CMA action to secure a fairer deal for businesses and improve Google search services in UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/further-cma-action-to-secure-a-fairer-deal-for-businesses-and-improve-google-search-services-in-uk
• New opportunities, control and insights for website owners https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/new-controls-website-owners/
• UK regulator tells Google to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-regulation-uk/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• 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/
• Google AI Overviews: Publishers file competition complaints in UK and EU https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/07/publishers-file-competition-complaints-in-uk-and-eu-over-googles-ai-overviews/
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Become a Unitarian Universalist!

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/22/religious-exemption-from-using-the-ai-at-work/ - blog post

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• She won a religious exemption from using AI at work. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-6
• Fact Sheet: Religious Accommodations in the Workplace https://www.eeoc.gov/fact-sheet-religious-accommodations-workplace
• Software Engineer Gets Religious Exemption from Using AI at Work: Report https://people.com/software-engineer-gets-religious-exemption-from-using-ai-at-work-report-11994769
• Atheist and Agnostic Unitarian Universalists https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/beliefs/atheist-agnostic

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Pope Leo to AI bros: Just stop it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/26/pope-leo-to-ai-bros-just-stop-it/
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golden light and dolphins

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/19/midjourney-ai-pivots-to-theranos-ultrasonic-ct/ - blog post

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• A New Era of Midjourney https://www.midjourney.com/medical/blogpost
• Midjourney Medical https://www.midjourney.com/medical
• Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/952011/midjourney-medical-ai-ultrasound-scan
• AI Startup Midjourney Pivots to Health With Ultrasound Machine https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-18/ai-startup-midjourney-pivots-to-health-with-ultrasound-machine
• Primary care player Forward shutters after raising $400M, rolling out CarePods https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/primary-care-player-forward-shutters-after-raising-400m-rolling-out-carepods

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Disney sues AI image generator Midjourney https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/12/disney-sues-ai-image-generator-midjourney/
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everybody loves Tim Sweeney

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/18/unreal-engine-6-goes-ai-and-wants-to-bring-back-nfts/ - blog post

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• AI Is Our Ultimate Addiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5zSb3c9GwM

Sources:

• Agreed. The AI tag is relevant to art exhibits for authorship disclosure https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1993687499621728312
• The road to Unreal Engine 6 https://www.unrealengine.com/news/the-road-to-ue-6
• Why so many game developers don't want to use generative AI https://www.gamesradar.com/games/why-so-many-game-developers-dont-want-to-use-generative-ai/
• CEO Tim Sweeney: "Unreal Engine 6 Will Fundamentally Change the Development Paradigm" https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/22928/ceo-tim-sweeney-unreal-engine-6-will-fundamentally-change-the-development-paradigm
• Godot Engine contributing documentation in English https://contributing.godotengine.org/en/latest/pull_requests/pull_request_guidelines.html

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Epic CEO wants Steam to remove AI game disclosures https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/27/epic-ceo-wants-steam-to-remove-ai-game-disclosures/
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with the help of the 100% trusted Microsoft Bing

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Sources:

• SearchLeak: How We Turned M365 Copilot Into a One-Click Data Exfiltration Weapon https://www.varonis.com/blog/searchleak
• M365 Copilot Information Disclosure Vulnerability https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42824

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• How to hack Microsoft Copilot AI: ask it twice https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/20/how-to-hack-microsoft-copilot-ai-ask-it-twice/
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