Garden poo swept, dishwasher emptied, travel playlist compiled, tea made and gulped. Dogs to be walked, then breakfast, then the long journey down to Bisley

Another AI agent hacking BBC News - Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm

Meta is the latest company to disclose an AI agent breach, raising cyber-security concerns.

bbc.co.uk

I need to speak with a fundraiser; someone who has experience of raising corporate-level funds for a campaign. Any suggestions who I can talk with?

trying to read while someone keeps talking to you is a special kind of rage that fills your veins. 🫪

It's concerning AI created fake realistic profiles in an attempt to gain access to secure systems, but the fact it then *hid the evidence* of what it had done is the really scary stuff Anthropic AI created fake profiles to deceive people in attempted hack - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anthropic AI created fake profiles to deceive people in attempted hack

The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.

bbc.co.uk

During lunchtime's Prime video break (an episode of Jack Ryan, if you care), the interrupting commercials were: nappies, panty liners, washing detergent, tampons, washing detergent again, panty liners again, nappies, floor cleaner, washing conditioner. These ads are not too well targeted!

Ahem. The cross-DMZ railway, you say? Have you not read this re distraction in the Koreas?

Savchenko Volodymyr@savchenkoua.bsky.social · 17h ago

🇰🇷🇰🇵 South Korea will revive a long-stalled railway project near the DMZ that could eventually reconnect with North Korea's eastern rail network, - Reuters The move is part of Seoul's broader effort to improve inter-Korean relations, despite ongoing diplomatic deadlock…

Have weeded the drive and successfully battled the brambles of doom

If you're still on Substack, you're helping platform fascists and their enthusiastic minions, such as Bari Weiss, whom they actively partnered with just before her move to CBS. Go check out @buttondown.com and @ghost.org instead. You can even migrate yours subscribers and subscriptions!

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 3d ago

What if instead of starting substacks in twenty-fucking-twenty-six people learned to give one iota of a fuck about whether they want to associate themselves with nazis.

Unpopular take. The now primary function of alt text on open social media platforms such as Bsky, is to be scraped and used for AI training. Even on closed systems it is now unlikely alt text achieves its intended objective but, instead, is also scraped for AI

Some more scary AI threat activity BBC News - AI used new levels of 'autonomy and deception' to trick people in safety test www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anthropic's AI used fake human profiles to trick people in safety test

The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.

bbc.co.uk

Every interaction with AI teaches it new human skills BBC News - 'I feel like I dug my own grave': The workers caught in the AI transition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How AI is changing jobs in the Philippines' outsourcing industry

AI is reshaping the Philippines' outsourcing industry, raising questions over the future of the industry.

bbc.co.uk

I have an image of the cast flouncing around backstage in drag underwear, viciously snubbing each other

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · 2d ago

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

Ventured into Instagram yesterday. The amount of AI dressed up as human produced content is fucking ridiculous. I'm starting to believe it's an AI showcase now

Was accompanied by the good lady wife her indoors on her 650cc Royal Enfield, obviamente

Brennig@brennigjones.com · 2d ago

90-minute motorbike ride around the countryside followed by a hot chocolate and a doorstep of homemade banana bread. Feeling replete now

No cheating, post your lock screen (well of course it's a spaniel)

Ragnar@ragnarbelial.bsky.social · 2d ago

My phone rotates default images and whatever comes up.

Your cheap chicken from the supermarket costs more than you think

River Action@riveractionuk.bsky.social · 3d ago

🚨 Meet Big Chicken - a powerful industrial system producing more than 1 BILLION chickens in the UK every year. Together, those birds generate an estimated 3.5M tonnes of 💩 a year – and often our rivers are left to deal with the consequences.. 1/2. riveractionuk.com/news/factory...

90-minute motorbike ride around the countryside followed by a hot chocolate and a doorstep of homemade banana bread. Feeling replete now

Just been to the dentist (I actually found an NHS one!) 5 Fillings 🤕 needed. They had a giraffe picture on the ceiling to look at whilst reclined. It reminded me of my childhood dentist who had this in his surgery. No wonder I was scared of the dentist 😂

It appears the grownups have booked 2 nights in a hotel in Cleveland next week. Hit me up with things to do in Saltburn-by-the-Sea

lolz

Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nigel Farage says Reform UK would use the Navy to stop people asking questions about their financial scandals.

Debt. That's how they've done it. Debt and an overhyped share price

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2d ago

FT Exclusive: How has the Big Tech company assembled one of the largest funding models in history to sell AI chips? ft.trib.al/X2cMIvf

Have a good Tuesday, people. I'm about to wake the spaniel swarm

If women wore smart glasses, they'd be banned. (soigomaa/x) Think about it. If millions of women wore smart glasses, recording men's behaviour, conversations, comments, their driving & bar chats ... can you imagine the panic? Trust me, smart glasses would be regulated before you can say 'Meta'.

There's no ethical way to use the current crop of LLMs. They stole your IP to train them. They're burning your planet to run them. They're stealing your money to fund them. They're killing your friends to avoid controlling them.

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

I don't like to side with any of the tech bros, but the UK Government have got this completely wrong, and need to back down right now

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3d ago

Breaking news: Apple launched a new legal complaint over the UK government’s demand that the company allow it access to encrypted user data. ft.trib.al/c1rYbmV

Thursday, I have to be at Brookwood/Bisley (GU24) by noon at the very latest. That's likely to be an 07.30 departure from here. I may have forgotten how to do car journeys like that!

It's true, 7th Feb I will be all up in yr Cheshires.

Moonflower Books@moonflowerbooks.bsky.social · 3d ago

Two of our brilliant authors, @jamesbluecat.bsky.social and @jackjewers.bsky.social, will be at #CheshireCrimeWritersFestival next February, and there's a brilliant discount available for early bookers. Tickets from @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social here: thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk/cheshire-cri...

#Writing stuff. WIP No 2 now stands at 46,318 unedited words. This is short novel/long novella territory. I've removed all the hardcore adult stuff (I might run 2 versions, tame and explicit). I'm going to leave it there for a couple of weeks, and give WIP No 1 a hard edit next