Mark Bridge

Reading, writing, driving, photographing.

(Posts are my own opinion; reposts and likes are someone else's; reportage is not endorsement.)

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

US jury finds Meta and YouTube liable for woman's childhood social media addiction in landmark trial

https://t.co/tQtp7cxMlq

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

New research with the UK @AISecurityInst and the @turinginst:

We found that just a few malicious documents can produce vulnerabilities in an LLM—regardless of the size of the model or its training data.

Data-poisoning attacks might be more practical than previously believed.

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

AI firm says its technology weaponised by hackers https://t.co/S0CiIIzn51

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

Wired and Business Insider have removed news features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated works of fiction.

Freedom of expression non-profit Index on Censorship is also in the process of taking down a magazine article by the same author

[Mark Bridge @markbridge]

It delights me that these "two young people making their debuts at Old Trafford..." @nickythespence @SorayaMafi in 2007 are both at @glyndebourne in principal roles this summer.

https://t.co/rwDKaa0s27

#barcelona

[FLOOD Magazine @floodmagazine]

Her LGBTQIA activism alone should’ve been worth keeping Jill Sobule in the headlines, if not guaranteeing that her albums and shows got majorly reviewed and previewed

https://t.co/KTuKs3M7CA

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories https://t.co/CohGSlvp08

[Mark Bridge @markbridge]

'Are Social Media Platforms the Next Dying Malls?' asks @tedgioia.

https://t.co/3LxiPa2OpG

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline https://t.co/azj9HQ1akX

[Kate Adamala @KateAdamala]

Today I’m joining 30+ colleagues in taking an unusual step: calling for a halt to a line of research I was excited about, the long-term effort to build “mirror life”.
We’re sharing our findings in a @ScienceMagazine paper:
https://t.co/B4eXp46K84
1/6

[SAFE @SAFEnewzealand]

JUSTICE for greyhounds! 💙🐾

Today, the Government announced their decision to bring an end to greyhound racing, marking a powerful victory for animal rights in Aotearoa and finally bringing an end to a practice that has caused unimaginable suffering for thousands of dogs.

[Mark Bridge @markbridge]

#SpotifyWrapped tells me I've streamed @gracepetrie for four hours this year. This will literally have earned her a few pence. And that's why we should still buy CDs if we can. (Or gig tickets and merch.)

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Many Americans prefer to receive their news from trusted individuals, not institutions. @helenlewis on how outsiders seized the microphone—and became the “mainstream media”: https://t.co/ITcS1Drcnh

[Helen Lewis @helenlewis]

New by me: “Somehow, the idea that the mainstream media is made up of major corporations has persisted, even though the internet, smartphones, and social media have made it possible for anyone to reach an audience of millions”.

[Glyndebourne @glyndebourne]

Our gift to you! 🎁

On Christmas Day you can watch the acclaimed Festival 2024 production of The Merry Widow on BBC Four at 8.00pm.

It will also be available on demand via BBC iPlayer.

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

Agree with @RanaForoohar that it is "cowardice and capitulation" when governments hide behind the "too big to regulate" pretend helplessness.

States are very powerful, Q is not whether they can regulate platforms, it is whether they can agree how to do it https://t.co/LSONCfhaqh

[Mark Bridge @markbridge]

"I said, 'Hey, Joan, why don't I light a fire?
And you put some flowers in that vase that you bought today?'
Well, that's all I needed. "

[Song Exploder @SongExploder]

On today's episode of the podcast, @TheGrahamNash breaks down the making of "Our House," the love song he wrote for @jonimitchell. This is a really special one; hearing the isolated voices of Crosby, Stills, and Nash in harmony is amazing. https://t.co/sTwiYS7y96

[Mark Bridge @markbridge]

"What we do know for sure is that vast amounts of copyright material has already been fed into these systems, and is still being fed into them as we speak, all without permission or payment."
James Bradley on AI in The Guardian.

https://t.co/8idr0Er2P4

[Guardian culture @guardianculture]

‘I’m going to sue the living pants off them’: AI’s big legal showdown – and what it means for Dr Strange’s hair https://t.co/EyRMewKdBg

[Mark Bridge @markbridge]

Absolute nonsense from Amazon's AI assistant. I'm browsing books, Rufus proposes "is it suitable for outdoor events or parties?" as a question I might want to ask and then fails to answer it.