UK maker of AI avatars nearly doubles valuation to $4bn after funding round
Synthesia makes digital presenters for clients to use in corporate videos and counts 70% of FTSE 100 as customers
AI is hitting UK harder than other big economies, study finds
Britain is losing more jobs than it creates owing to artificial intelligence, Morgan Stanley research suggests
‘Magical’: how I taught Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing like folk troubadours in The History of Sound
Singer-songwriter Sam Amidon had just three weeks to make the two stars sound like seasoned balladeers. He recalls their charged harmonies in the little shed at the bottom of his garden
Los Saldos review – prodigal big-city son reconnects with his heritage in rural Spain
Raúl Capdevila Murillo’s debut documentary follows the director’s journey back to his farming family, whose way of life is newly endangered
AI systems could use Met Office and National Archives data under UK plans
Ministers plan to license content from institutions such as National History Museum and National Library of Scotland
Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work
Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off tech platforms, her father explains why he backs a different approach
‘It was a little scary at times’: the hilarious, heartbreaking film about one man’s riotous death
When André Ricciardi found out he had cancer, he asked a friend to film his final years. André Is an Idiot, the result, mixes in stop-motion puppetry to create an astonishing record of an extraordinary life
Union County review – an affecting Will Poulter lifts quiet addiction drama
The British actor gives a convincing performance as a man going through the drug court system in a grounded look at rehabilitation
‘For the authoritarian, culture is the enemy’: Salman Rushdie talks recovery and resilience at Sundance
A new documentary explores the author’s physical and spiritual healing from the 2022 knife attack that almost killed him
Imagine review – profound conversations meet trippy visuals in one-of-a-kind adventure
Taika Waititi, Yael Stone and Ian Thorpe are among the big names lending voices to this ‘chaotically strange’ animation drawing on Indigenous perspectives
The Gallerist review – Natalie Portman flounders in tiring art world caper
The Oscar winner can’t find the right tone for this grating comedy which also wastes Jenna Ortega, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Iran president’s son urges authorities to restore internet after protests blackout
Yousef Pezeshkian says nothing will be solved by trying to postpone moment images of violent crackdown circulate
The Invite review – A-list ensemble electrify hilarious couples night gone wrong comedy
Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton are exceptional in a smart and funny winner about sex, marriage and partner-swapping
The Friend’s House is Here review – timely, secretly made tale of creativity in Iran
An underground scene of creatives in Tehran is threatened in this lived-in hangout movie that bravely chooses optimism over negativity
The Guardian view on the future of cinema: gen Z is falling in love with the big screen
Editorial: Film is in a state of existential crisis. But a new generation of cinephiles might save it from the streaming giants