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Employees all over the world find themselves monitored by AI at work

The latest example of workers under surveillance comes from Co-op, a British consumer cooperative that runs thousands of businesses

Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF

High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacks

The Girl in the River review – forensic psychologist police procedural thriller plays like noir parody

Ralph Macchio and Tiffany Haddish feature in a ropey and implausible manhunt thriller as cops search for the missing twin of a murdered teenager

Cheesy? Yes. Cringe? Absolutely. That’s why High School Musical is still our secret passion

I watched the filming of the first jazz-hands epic. Two decades on, its sparkle hasn’t faded – and now it’s back on the London stage, says journalist Rachel Chang

Devil in the detail: 100 years on, FW Murnau’s Faust scrapbook reveals the secrets of his silent masterpiece

A rediscovered collection of drawings and on-set photos finally reveals the intricate on-set mysteries of one of early cinema’s most gifted pioneers

Forever Is Now review – political study of former Irish Green leader is like The Thick of It but with morals

Eamon Ryan is shown to be principled, likable and hard working in a glowing portrait, filmed while serving in the country’s coalition government

The people who don’t want their AI chatbots to die when they do: ‘I can’t have the switch turned off’

Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services

The Social Reckoning isn’t as angry or as potent as a Facebook drama should be

Aaron Sorkin’s attempt to return to the success of The Social Network is a strangely dated and incomplete look at a world that needs a sharper eye

AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’

The pioneering computer scientist on why Trump is using ‘superintelligence’ wrong, whether AI could wipe out humanity – and how our biggest challenge will be accepting we’re not the only intelligent beings

It’s My Time review – Michelle Yeoh excels in Rocky-style quest to be Rubik’s Cube champ

True story about a former maths teacher who became a puzzle champion in retirement is squeezed into predictable sports-movie formula

Mag Mag review – giant female ghost loves people to death in Japanese comedy-horror

Sara Minami gives a wonderfully crazed performance in a twisted, fresh take on the genre as Yuriyan Retriever’s debut feature examines infatuation, bullying and beauty norms

Apple AirPods 5 review: the best open-fit earbuds yet

Upgraded, cheaper AirPods have noise cancelling, sound and controls to rival many plugged-in buds but without tips

‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army

‘I knew I was being followed’: Keira Knightley on her hacking nightmare – and new Stasi spy play The Lives of Others

As the Oscar-winning Stasi surveillance film hits the stage, Knightley and co-star Luke Thompson talk about the paranoia at its heart, the cost of theatre tickets nowadays – and their fury at ringtones in the stalls

Selma Blair charged with assault of police officer and nurse after allegedly attacking flight attendants

Actor, who allegedly punched one Delta attendant, bit another and tried to open plane door, was charged for two separate assaults after the plane landed

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