AI companies know they have an image problem. Will funding policy papers and thinktanks dig them out?
The aggressive effort by major players aims to reshape the narrative as polls show increasing public disapproval of AI
New documentary reveals boyband 98 Degrees had age-of-consent manual while touring in 90s
Label tried to keep band members out of trouble during first tour, Nick Lachey says in Boy Band Confidential
‘Too powerful for the public’: inside Anthropic’s bid to win the AI publicity war
The firm says it withheld an AI model on cybersecurity grounds but sceptics say this was hype to lure investment
‘Your photos will be deleted’: Apple users warned over ‘nasty’ iCloud storage scam
Fraudsters send emails claiming storage is full or nearly full, then trick people into clicking on links that can expose bank and personal details
Brian Cox: ‘We don’t know how powerful AI is going to become – it’s both exciting and potentially a problem’
The physicist, BBC presenter and author on snowflakes, art v science and the time Paul McCartney quizzed him about one of Saturn’s moons
‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify
Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged it
‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war
A Guardian investigation reveals how the prediction market can shape news – and how it rules on ‘the truth’
Celebrity on celebrity: are we losing the art of the big star interview?
The biggest names in and out of Hollywood are choosing to be interviewed by their peers rather than journalists, leaving many more revealing questions on the table
Congratulations to the Artemis II crew – but the case for sending astronauts into space is rapidly shrinking
Soon, thanks to the advance of robots, the only reason left to send humans to the moon will be as an ultra-expensive sport, say astronomer royal Martin Rees and astrophysicist Donald Goldsmith
From You, Me & Tuscany to Euphoria: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page star in a slinky new romcom, while the dissolute teens of the US drama are back in their 20s
‘That’ll be the end’: actor Sam Neill joins fight to stop controversial goldmine near his New Zealand vineyard
Neill says ‘one of the most beautiful and remote places in the world’ will be permanently changed if Bendigo-Ophir wins fast-track approval
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail
Suspect arrested but not identified and has allegedly made similar threats to OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters
Anthropic’s new AI tool has implications for us all – whether we can use it or not
Claude Mythos’s apparent superhuman hacking abilities are alarming experts as the Trump administration remains blinded by hostility
The Guardian view on dystopias for our times: the American nightmare
Editorial: Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments and the Oscar-winning film One Battle After Another are grim parables of today. But they are not without hope
‘Butter Birkin’: popcorn plastic It bag in demand by Devil Wears Prada fans
Coveted £20 accessory to be marketed as part of sequel’s ticket deal – and is already being touted for resale from £130