Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?
A machete-wielding robber, a ‘tsunami of debt’ … campaigns echoing opposition talking points outspend major parties
An algorithm off switch isn’t enough. A digital duty of care must hold tech bros accountable for addictive designs
As AI advances minute by minute and governments grapple with new developments they don’t know how to manage, holding big tech accountable becomes even more urgent
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger review – mammoth tour movie brings the joy and poignancy of reunion
The Gallagher brothers’ comeback concerts are given the full fan-worship treatment, but it’s impossible to begrudge the euphoria they have created
Robert Pattinson says he had ‘twice as much time’ after birth of first child
Actor says of busy 2026 in which he has had several big roles: ‘Once you start spinning plates, it gets quite addictive’
‘I don’t like the term neurodivergence – it sounds like political correctness’: Werner Herzog on fans, fanaticism and baby foxes
The Bavarian auteur talks directing Kate and Rooney Mara in Bucking Fastard and his popularity on Instagram
‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
A new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives
A Brazilian documentary taught me the healing power of music
Favela Rising showed me how grassroots movements and community can change the lives of young people. Its ethos is baked into the youth charity I work for – and where two of Ezra Collective met
‘I don’t have any friends’: why do young people today have fewer mates?
Social media, mental health problems, the pandemic and financial instability all contribute to the phenomenon
Booyakasha! Ali G is back – but even he can’t match the absurdity of modern Britain
Sacha Baron Cohen’s character once exposed the contradictions of an emerging multicultural nation. But nearly 30 years on Britain has changed – and so has the joke, says assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye
‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?
A spate of serious safety incidents have increased fears about the power and impenetrability of the most advanced models
Food delivery riders call on platforms to open up AI ‘black box’ they say has cut pay
Workers who blame algorithms for lowering their earnings are getting help from academics to find out how the system works
The Guide #259: What to watch this Oscars film season
In this week’s newsletter: A non-exhaustive list of the films to keep an eye out for this autumn
From Nish Kumar to the Bayeux tapestry: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Our premier political comedian heads out on tour, while the 70-metre-long woven story of 1066 arrows its way to Britain for the first time
From Late Fame to Katseye: the week in rave reviews
Willem Dafoe stars as an ageing bohemian being embraced by a younger generation, while the troubled K-pop stars put the emphasis on their songs. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
50? Moi? How The Muppets rocked the world with anarchy, nonsense and the inimitable Miss Piggy
Half a century on, Jim Henson’s fuzzy felt friends are as influential as Monty Python and the Beatles. It’s been a wild journey of nightclubbing, light operas, duetting with Debbie Harry and tying John Cleese to a chair