‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech

In his new book, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home, he argues it’s now the ‘fiefdoms’ of tech firms that shape us

An old master? No, it’s an image AI just knocked up … and it can’t be copyrighted

US ruling on works created through artificial intelligence gives boost to creative workers fighting for livelihoods

Mainly funny and insightful, with only one rambling outlier: the UK’s top-ranking podcasts

British shows dominate the new chart, but Joe Rogan’s occasionally offensive American bro-cast comes out on top

Joe Rogan is UK’s most popular podcast, new chart reveals

British shows make up most of the top 10 in an improved ranking system, but the BBC has just one entry

An AI Game of Thrones prequel? No wonder George RR Martin’s raining ice and fire on ChatGPT

Authors have entered a war over words with OpenAI for using their books as ‘training’ feedstock

When it comes to creative thinking, it’s clear that AI systems mean business

The chatbot GPT-4 has produced more viable commercial ideas more efficiently and more cheaply than US university students

Waitrose turns to AI to create recipes for successful food products

The supermarket has used data from menus, online cuisine and social media posts to shape its Japanese range

What makes Elon Musk tick? I spent months following the same people as him to find out who fuels his curious worldview

Tucker Carlson, Greta Thunberg, Covid sceptics, military historians, the royal family … What would my time immersed in the Twitter/X owner’s feed reveal about the richest man in the world?

Russell Brand posts new video claiming government wants to censor him

Comedian accused of rape thanks followers for their support in first public comments since allegations

Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate

Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme

The vast majority of NFTs are now worthless, new report shows

Two years after tech trend that swept up artists and celebrities, researchers estimate 23 million people hold worthless investments

TikTok has matchmaking service for staff to play cupid for co-workers

Meet Cute on company’s intranet allows employees to advertise family and acquaintances to colleagues

UK set to clear Microsoft’s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard

The $69bn acquisition is expected to go ahead as revised proposal addresses regulator’s concerns

AI developing too fast for regulators to keep up, says Oliver Dowden

Deputy prime minister to urge UN general assembly to create international regulatory system

‘Seven bins? Not on my watch mate’: Sunak’s green pledges spark ridicule on social media

PM’s claim he has rescued the electorate from multiple recycling bins a particular focus of online lampooning