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Impact of chatbots on mental health is warning over future of AI, expert says

Nate Soares says case of US teenager Adam Raine highlights danger of unintended consequences in super-intelligent AI

Bad Apples review – Saoirse Ronan’s dark, school-set satire doesn’t go far enough

The four-time Oscar nominee is as strong as ever playing a teacher in a shocking situation, but the film can’t quite rise to her level

Roofman review – Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst lift fact-based crime caper

The two stars do their share of heavy lifting in Derek Cianfrance’s intermittently effective comedy drama about a deceitful prison escapee

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert review – Baz Luhrmann’s electric yet avoidant documentary

The bombastic director’s second film about the music legend shows the singer at his most mesmerizing but the picture remains incomplete

Good Fortune review – Aziz Ansari’s big comeback comedy struggles to find big laughs

The multi-hyphenate’s directorial debut has noble intentions in its timely class commentary but his brand of humour makes for an awkward fit

‘The Mother Teresa of Aussie supermarkets’: meet the woman cataloguing grocery deals on TikTok

In the combat zone of the supermarket duopoly, Tennilles_deals is our protector, guiding us through each aisle with her weekly videos of sale products

Disruption to Jaguar Land Rover after cyber-attack may last until October

Thousands of workers told to stay home this week as car manufacturer and its suppliers deal with digital systems outage

Millions of UK mobiles activated as government tests national alert system

Phones across the country play siren and vibrate in latest test of service for use during emergencies

California Schemin’ review – James McAvoy’s directorial debut is an unlikely rap tale

The actor makes for a hit-and-miss first time film-maker with the undeniably involving true story of Scottish rappers who pretended to be American

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review – whodunnit threequel is murderously good fun

After Glass Onion underwhelmed, Rian Johnson’s self-aware, star-packed Benoit Blanc series makes a barnstorming return to form

The Voice of Hind Rajab was better than the film which won Venice. But that result wasn’t a cop-out

Many felt Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza docufiction was robbed when Jim Jarmusch’s latest took the top prize. Yet accusations of moral cowardice on the part of the jury are naive and unfair

Winter of the Crow review – Lesley Manville commands cold war thriller

The Oscar nominee makes for a compelling heroine in a solid and intermittently suspenseful tale of a professor stuck in a nightmare

West Point cancels ceremony to honor Tom Hanks as ‘outstanding US citizen’

Little known about decision, although Hanks, who has advocated for military memorials, also voted for Biden

Fuze review – twisty London-set heist thriller should have stolen some personality

Scottish director David Mackenzie recruits Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James for a caper heavy on double-crossing but light on style

The Lost Bus review – Paul Greengrass wildfire movie is as stressful as you’d expect

The director retells the worst wildfire in California’s history with expected technical prowess but he’s hampered by a soapy script

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