Inside San Francisco’s new AI school: is this the future of US education?
The private Alpha School says its students can learn faster and better – but experts warn not all may benefit from an AI boom in schools
The platform exposing exactly how much copyrighted art is used by AI tools
From 007 to Elsa, Vermillio claims it can trace percentage of AI-generated image drawn from pre-existing material
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
Parents will be able to block Meta bots from talking to their children under new safeguards
Measures come amid concern generative AI characters are having inappropriate conversations with under-18s
Riot Women to Sunlight: the week in rave reviews
Sally Wainwright brings us a superb drama about women of a certain age forming a punk band, and Nina Conti’s monkey makes for an unlikely movie star. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
From After the Hunt to the Last Dinner Party: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Guillermo del Toro offers his take on Mary Shelley’s cobbled-together creature, and the baroque rockers follow up their chart-topping debut album
AI chatbots are hurting children, Australian education minister warns as anti-bullying plan announced
Jason Clare says artificial intelligence is ‘supercharging bullying’ to a ‘terrifying’ extent
No Other Land to be self-released on US platforms after ‘unethical’ Mubi deal rejected
Oscar-winning documentary, about displaced Palestinians in West Bank, will not be heading to Mubi due to links with Sequoia Capital, which has ties to Israeli military
UK MPs warn of repeat of 2024 riots unless online misinformation is tackled
Science and technology select committee says complacency over social media content puts public at risk
Olivia Williams says actors need ‘nudity rider’-type controls for AI body scans
Dune star says performers are regularly pressed to have bodies scanned on set with few rights over how data is used
‘Have we done ourselves out of a job?’: concerns in film and TV industry over on-set body scanning
Actors unclear on rights over their data and what it will be used for, as cast and crew alike fear for future of their roles
‘Time to take the big leap’: Reese Witherspoon’s first novel hits the shelves
Oscar-winning actor and producer has written Gone Before Goodbye with bestselling author Harlan Coben
Overconsumption and ruin: before and after images visualise how tech could harm our planet
From Venice to the Iguazu Falls, an exhibition in London illustrates the hidden cost of our gadgets and devices
Palestine 36 director Annemarie Jacir: ‘We don’t want a state, we just want to live’
Fresh from a 20-minute ovation at Toronto, the film-maker’s historical drama reveals how Britain’s 1936 crackdown created the blueprint for the ongoing genocide in Gaza
Laurence Fox’s libel claim over racism accusations to go to retrial
Court of appeal rules in former actor’s favour after finding tweets calling him racist did cause harm to his reputation