Hackers trick Meta AI support bot to infiltrate Obama White House Instagram account
Breach of high-profile accounts raises concerns about reliance on AI for security measures such as passwords
Florida lawsuit accuses OpenAI of ignoring safety warnings and putting children at risk
State sues maker of ChatGPT and CEO Sam Altman, alleging company ‘allowed a dangerous product to reach millions’
Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida
Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs
Taylor Swift announces new single for Toy Story 5 soundtrack
I Knew It, I Knew You is written with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff and marks a return to Swift’s country roots
Anthropic confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market
Financial stakes of the AI race rise as Elon Musk’s SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are slated to go public this year
Why have two US commentators been banned from entering the UK?
Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker were supposed to address events at SXSW London before their ETAs were cancelled
Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur
Two leftwing US commentators, who have both been accused of propagating antisemitism, barred from visiting for event
Doctors don’t know what to do about wellness influencers but we dismiss them at our peril
To be a cancer specialist is to see the worst of harm caused by social media. Yet I have never changed a patient’s mind with outrage
Best TV shows and movies streaming in Australia this month
Discover what’s streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, Prime Video and more this month, including Wicked: For Good, Office Romance and Cape Fear
To YouTube and beyond: how online gen Z directors stormed Hollywood
Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences want
Tech billionaires are spending unprecedented sums in California races. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg
From Google co-founder Brin spending $82m to fight a billionaire tax to Google and Meta funding a joint Super Pac, Silicon Valley is engaged in an existential fight for its political power at home
‘Catastrophic for creative industries’: Brexit barriers shut UK actors out of EU jobs
Casting shifts to EU talent as paperwork delays and visa limits make hiring British crews less viable
Meta whistleblower’s lawyer says he too is prevented from promoting her book
Ravi Naik says legal ruling that forced Sarah Wynn-Williams to make silent appearance at Hay festival also applies to him
Ghost in the Machine review – entertaining AI polemic dives into its dark history in race politics and eugenics
The roots of AI in rightwing ideology is examined in Valerie Veatch’s enjoyable doc, including an array of colourful, often crazed, figures
‘Put your phone away:’ Sweden urges parents to restrict screen use around children
People also encouraged to make parts of home phone-free after research showed impact of adult screen use on children