‘Fear really drives him’: is Alex Karp of Palantir the world’s scariest CEO?

His company is potentially creating the ultimate state surveillance tool, and Karp has recently been on a striking political and philosophical journey. His biographer reveals what makes him tick

3 Wishes for Christmas review – seasonal romcom has all the personality of a supermarket voucher

Unimaginative British fable has a credible lead in Christine During, but otherwise it’s the movie equivalent of receiving socks as a present

‘Smile? YOU smile.’ A new generation of stars is overthrowing the old Hollywood system, one ‘no’ at a time

Gen Z actors such as Millie Bobby Brown and Jenna Ortega are refusing to do what is expected of ‘the talent’, says Priya Elan, a writer specialising in the arts, music and fashion

Don’t blindly trust everything AI tools say, warns Alphabet boss

Sundar Pichai says artificial intelligence models are ‘prone to some errors’ and warns of impact if AI bubble bursts

Heroines, not heroin: charity’s Facebook page returns after AI flagged it for drugs

Photography group Hundred Heroines was removed after Meta’s AI tools mistook name for class-A opioid reference

A Desert review – high art meets trailer trash in Americana-aesthetics horror

A photographer’s road trip into the Californian desert takes an unexpected turn in director Joshua Erkman’s bewitching feature debut

Amazon selling a tasteless Christmas baby outfit is Claus for concern

The offensive listing seemed more than a mistake – it was a failure of corporate responsibility, says reader

UK consumers warned over AI chatbots giving inaccurate financial advice

Which? study of ChatGPT, Copilot and others uncovers incorrect and misleading tips on investments, tax and insurance

The world’s digital empires are jostling for power – in Europe, we can’t afford to be useful idiots

The EU is under US pressure to unravel its hard-won online safety laws. We must not give in, says former European commissioner Thierry Breton

Untie me! Why big bows are everywhere – feminine, ironic and strangely subversive

They can be garish and ostentatious, or a sign you are softer than you might first appear. From the catwalk to the high street to the big screen to the rugby pitch, you just can’t miss them right now

‘So weird, but cute’: Bridget Jones immortalised as London welcomes statue of Britain’s favourite singleton

Helen Fielding and Renée Zellweger gather in Leicester Square as a new bronze marks 30 years of the diary-writing everywoman who redefined the romcom heroine

GWR train fitted with F1 tech for two-month superfast wifi trial

Tryout of system, which switches between signals from 5G masts to low Earth-orbit satellites, could lead to wider rollout

‘Fights for our material survival’: documentary goes inside the battle for trans rights

In Heightened Scrutiny, the fight driving activist and lawyer Chase Strangio is backgrounded by a deep dive into how the media has helped to push an anti-trans agenda

Jeff Bezos reportedly launches new AI startup with himself as CEO

Former Amazon CEO to co-head Project Prometheus with tech executive Vik Bajaj, according to the New York Times

‘I was born in a melting pot. Melting isn’t fun’: Jon M Chu on Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande – and living the American dream

As his sequel to Wicked prepares to storm Christmas, the director talks about the dynamism of Grande and Cynthia Erivo – and why his Wizard of Oz riff is quite simply one of the greatest stories of our time