Australia releases new online safety standards to tackle terror and child sexual abuse content

The e-safety regulator says standards will not compromise end-to-end encryption in move that could prevent fight with Apple over iMessage

Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ‘in talks to return at firm’s HQ’

Boss was sacked by ChatGPT developer over failure to be ‘candid in his communications’

The Guardian view on new dictionary words: a parlour game that can clarify a scary reality

Editorial: AI has given us hallucination as word of the year. We should quarrel with this humanising definition while recognising that it evokes unprecedented times

Jeremy Hunt to announce US-inspired science and technology scheme

Plan to nurture homegrown investors focused on ensuring UK innovations have commercial payoff

For which tasks is artificial intelligence least well suited?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Magic touch: how ‘revolutionary’ changes are making braille better than ever

Braille is nearly two centuries old, but, rather than being supplanted by new technology, advocates say the script is having a new lease on life

The latest Google phone promises to transform my children into perfect, smiling angels. Why would I want that?

I much prefer the fun and mess of unvarnished childhood snaps, says philosopher and writer Tom Whyman

Black Friday strike could mark the beginning of the end for Amazon’s war on unions

Rising GMB membership, cross-border action and a probable new government point to better times for thousands of workers

A new model for digital media? What Karlie Kloss’s acquisition of i-D means

We’ve often seen billionaires and private equity take over media outlets. Now we’re seeing supermodels, too

Sam Altman was the trusted face of AI. His firm, though, is much more complex

The conflicts of interest built into OpenAI’s corporate structure may be a bigger story than the loss of its leader

How OpenAI interim chief Mira Murati helped launch AI into the mainstream

Born in Albania, former chief technology officer is charged with calming the waters after ouster of Sam Altman

Rows and rockets blow up as Elon Musk’s firms endure turbulent weekend

Another space launch failed, but it’s the loss of major advertisers on X that has enraged the tycoon

‘We don’t hold anything back’: meet the Old Gays, TikTok’s most influential pensioners

When four gay men with an average age of 74 started appearing on TikTok, they became an instant hit. They talk about how, as their audience has grown, their outfits have shrunk

Among the ‘memory athletes’, 1971

Could a computer ever rival their astonishing feats? The idea seemed preposterous By Emma Beddington

Sam Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking from OpenAI

Company behind Chat GPT said to be in turmoil as top staff join exodus