Is AI more creative than the human brain? I doubt it – and I definitely want humans to stay in charge
Businesses keep trying to prove AI’s superior creativity, but haven’t proved it can compete with human inspiration, says writer Stefan Stern
Exhausted Amazon staff fight back against retail giant at global UK summit
Meeting in Manchester is part of worldwide action – including Black Friday protests – over tax, market abuse and workers’ rights
Flip! review – a Faustian fable for the age of social media
In Racheal Ofori’s bright new play, Leah St Luce and Jadesola Odunjo delight as wannabe influencers whose friendship is tested by the temptations of fame and fortune
The advanced silicon chips on which the future depends are all made in Taiwan – here’s why that matters
With the intentions of Xi Jinping uncertain, there is a rush to build advanced chip-fabrication plants outside Taiwan. But it is proving a bigger challenge than anticipated
‘Let that sink in!’ The 13 tweets that tell the story of Elon Musk’s turbulent first year at Twitter (or X)
The billionaire’s posts began with a laboured gag and ended with a dangerous intervention into the reporting of the conflict in Gaza
UK government keeping files on teaching assistants’ and librarians’ internet activity
Exclusive: Department for Education monitoring social media posts from England-based staff for criticism of its policies
Premier League TV rights sale kicks off – but result could be low-scoring
Bidding wars appear to be over as BT and Sky share content and heat goes out of auctions in continental Europe
Sky’s not the limit: is the drone delivery age finally taking off?
As Amazon announces it is expanding its drone delivery service to the UK and Italy, other companies are jostling to gain altitude with ultra-fast shipping
Robot dogs, tech bros and virtual Geisha girls: when SXSW came to Sydney
The famous Austin festival picked the Harbour City for its first foray overseas, bringing an eclectic mix of AI, celebrities and cutting edge ideas
Oxford University says it will not base admissions on botched online tests
Sixth formers said tests displayed incorrect questions, repeatedly crashed or failed to record answers
‘Here is the news. You can’t stop us’: AI anchor Zae-In grants us an interview
From Asia to Europe, AI presenters are now reading the bulletins. They’re attractive, ageless and work 24/7 without being paid. Should their human counterparts be worried? And what about the rest of us?
Sunak’s global AI safety summit risks achieving very little, warns tech boss
Big tech firms attempting to ‘capture’ meeting of heads of government, says Connor Leahy
Instagram apologises for adding ‘terrorist’ to some Palestinian user profiles
Parent company Meta says bug caused ‘inappropriate’ auto-translations and was now fixed while employee says it pushed ‘a lot of people over the edge’
The curious case of Seven’s voice artwork, ABC licks wounds after defamation loss
The work created for SBS voice portal used during 7Plus referendum coverage. Plus: Courier Mail goes rosy over newsreader’s wedding proposal
Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics
The music publishers’ lawsuit appears to be the first copyright case over AI’s use of song lyrics