# Bard

Recent news highlights Bard College's president's past interactions with Jeffrey Epstein, alongside discussions about AI bypassing safety rules and the historical context of 'the Bard' in literature.

### About Bard
Bard is a generative AI model developed by Google, also referring to a medieval poet or singer, and characters in games.  

### Insights
- bard engagements is up 227.71% from the previous week.
- bard posts created is up 96.27% from the previous week.

### Engagements: [---------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bard/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/bard/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [---------]  
Daily Average: [---------]  
[--] Week: [----------] +228%  
[--] Month: [-----------] -34%  
[--] Months: [-------------] +135%  
[--] Year: [-------------] +173%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-11-29  
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2025-03-06  

Engagements by network (24h):
Reddit: [------]
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X: [-------]
News: [-----]
YouTube: [---------]
TikTok: [-------]

  
  
### Mentions: [-----] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bard/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/bard/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----]  
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Month: [------] +129%  
[--] Months: [------] +1,490%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-20  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-03-08  

Mentions by network (24h):
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News: [--]
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### Creators: [-----] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bard/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/bard/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Bard in the last [--] hours which is down 1.90% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Month: [-----] +94%  
[--] Months: [------] +1,154%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-20  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-02-16  

The most influential creators that mention Bard in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                                    | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                    | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@thebeardedbard3440](/creator/youtube/thebeardedbard3440) | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@lydiathebard](/creator/youtube/lydiathebard)             | [--]    | [-------]   | [--]    | [-------]     |
| [@blumineck](/creator/tiktok/blumineck)                    | [--]    | [---------] | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@tunemusicalmoments](/creator/youtube/tunemusicalmoments) | [--]    | [---------] | [--]    | [------]      |
| [@thebeardedbard](/creator/tiktok/thebeardedbard)          | [--]    | [---------] | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@lyravesperi](/creator/youtube/lyravesperi)               | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@xptolevel3](/creator/youtube/xptolevel3)                 | [--]    | [-------]   | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@willigansisland](/creator/youtube/willigansisland)       | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@skaldbard](/creator/youtube/skaldbard)                   | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@tonytonyvalente](/creator/instagram/tonytonyvalente)     | [--]   | [-------]   | [--]     | [-----]       |

[View More](/list/creators/bard/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 58%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bard/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/bard/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 58%  
Daily Average: 71%  
[--] Week: 66% -3%  
[--] Month: 63% -11%  
[--] Months: 63% -15%  
[--] Year: 63% -20%  
1-Year High: 95% on 2025-11-29  
1-Year Low: 13% on 2025-12-05  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Dungeons & Dragons Content: (40%) Content related to the popular tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, often featuring bard characters.
- Music and Song Creation: (30%) Original songs, music videos, and lyrical content, often by artists who identify as 'bard'.
- AI and Technology Discussions: (15%) Discussions and news related to Artificial Intelligence, including comparisons and updates on models like Google's Bard and Gemini.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Criticism of Bard's In-Game Performance: (5%) Player feedback and discussions regarding the effectiveness or perceived weaknesses of the 'Bard' character in games like League of Legends.
- Concerns about AI Defamation and Misuse: (5%) Allegations and discussions surrounding AI models, specifically Google's, being used to generate defamatory or false information.
  

### Top Bard News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Bard College president invited Jeffrey Epstein to visit high schools discussed ‘Lolita’ author : docs New York Post The president of Bard College invited Jeffrey Epstein to visit its prestigious New York City high schools and sent him chummy messages about the author of the novel “Lolita” — after"  
[News Link](https://nypost.com/2026/02/12/us-news/bard-college-president-invited-jeffrey-epstein-to-visit-high-schools-discussed-lolita-author-docs/) [@nypmetro](/creator/x/nypmetro) 2026-02-12T22:06Z 52.2K followers, 115.5K engagements


"Epstein Helped Woody Allens Daughter Get Into College Emails Show - The New York Times Bard Colleges president Leon Botstein agreed to help Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previns daughter after Jeffrey Epstein connected them emails released by the Justice Department show"  
[News Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/jeffrey-epstein-woody-allen-daughter-bard-college-leon-botstein.html) [@nytimes](/creator/x/nytimes) 2026-02-04T21:47Z 52.9M followers, 559.1K engagements


"AI researchers say they've found 'virtually unlimited' ways to bypass Bard and ChatGPT's safety rules The researchers found they could use jailbreaks they'd developed for open-source systems to target mainstream and closed AI systems"  
[News Link](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-researchers-theyve-found-virtually-100629115.html) [@YahooFinance](/creator/x/YahooFinance) 2023-07-30T17:24Z 2M followers, 132.3K engagements


"Cunk on Shakespeare was a gloriously funny bored schoolkids view of the Bard Ah playwriter William Shakespeare"  
[News Link](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/11/cunk-on-shakespeare-was-a-gloriously-funny-bored-schoolkids-view/) [@Telegraph](/creator/x/Telegraph) 2016-05-14T04:57Z 3.3M followers, 3.8M engagements



### Top Bard Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"Emergency board of trustees meeting sked for Monday at Bard College. Bostsein is still president of Bard. Bostsein is still president of Bard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jkbjournalist/status/2022813261603688594) [@jkbjournalist](/creator/x/jkbjournalist) 2026-02-14T23:20Z 312.6K followers, 75.2K engagements


"@1andreclarindo Sadece ben mi farkettim bilmiyorum ama spiker bizim pozisyonlar normal anlatrken ts nin gol olmayan pozisyonlarda bile ar bard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CihanOsman88986/status/2022800709511520340) [@CihanOsman88986](/creator/x/CihanOsman88986) 2026-02-14T22:30Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Yeah Anthropic is paying me to be their resident zoomette AI evangelist scribe storyteller bard myth maker etc. I pace around in my ballet flats and make green tea and stare at the SF skyline then I write a haiku and everyone applauds. They bought me a pony yesterday Had to sit down for this one https://t.co/5YFfezdOIY Had to sit down for this one https://t.co/5YFfezdOIY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Return2Order/status/2022796569972494731) [@Return2Order](/creator/x/Return2Order) 2026-02-14T22:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"TrabzonluGenler ynetim istifa diye bard m"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UmitSaritas6/status/2022786524715122883) [@UmitSaritas6](/creator/x/UmitSaritas6) 2026-02-14T21:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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