Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity

Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is ‘somewhat slower’ than first predicted

AI images of Maduro capture reap millions of views on social media

Lack of verified information and advanced AI tools make it difficult to separate fact from fiction on US attack

An air fryer, 3D printer and streaming subscription: 11 items on our 2026 wishlist

From kitchen splurges to fashion staples, these are the products our contributors dream of

New tool allows Californians to request data brokers to delete personal details

State seeks to give residents greater control over their personal data and have fewer messages forced upon them

Grok AI still being used to digitally undress women and children despite suspension pledge

Degrading pictures being posted on Elon Musk’s site despite the platform pledging to suspend people who generate them

Mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons ‘horrified’ at use of Grok to create fake sexualised images of her

Exclusive: Ashley St Clair says supporters of X owner are using his AI tool to create a form of revenge porn

How far can James Cameron’s Avatar saga go after its billion-dollar box office triumph?

Cameron warned that Avatars 4 and 5 might end up as novels if third instalment Fire and Ash bombed. But noise about its slow start is beginning to look like a ritual movies in the series must go through before the money pours in

‘Pinnacle of westerns’: the Oscar-winning writer of Forrest Gump on staging High Noon – with songs by Springsteen

He’s written screen smashes like Dune and Killers of the Flower Moon. As Eric Roth plunges into theatre, he talks about classic westerns, being sacked by Robert Redford – and why writing for Martin Scorsese is a dream

Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley in Oscar surge as they win Critics Choice awards

The Marty Supreme and Hamnet stars are jockeying for pole position for the big Hollywood prize after a night in which One Battle After Another and Adolescence were also recognised

Generation AI: fears of ‘social divide’ unless all children learn computing skills

Children are growing up as AI natives and experts say computing skills should be on par with reading and writing

Paris court finds 10 guilty of harassing Brigitte Macron online

Teacher and publicist among those convicted of maliciously posting or sharing false claims French first lady is a man

‘I find it all a bit comforting’: why Zodiac is my feelgood movie

The first 2026 entry in our ongoing series of writers calling attention to their comfort films is David Fincher’s thriller

I’m watching myself on YouTube saying things I would never say. This is the deepfake menace we must confront

These inventions trigger rage, but also optimism. Maybe they will make people think more critically about debate and democracy, says Yanis Varoufakis

Dreams Travel With the Wind review – communing with the spirits to preserve Indigenous culture in Colombia

This intensely personal film follows Colombian director Inti Jacanamijoy’s grandfather to the ancestral lands of the Wayuu people

Drake and livestreamer Adin Ross accused of using online casino money to artificially inflate streams in class action case

US class action alleges Stake’s anonymised design enabled rapper to fund automated streams on music platforms