‘People think fame is a magic wand’: Jarvis Cocker on old songs, young fans and his granny’s verdict on Pulp

Before the release of a joyful film on the history of the Sheffield band, frontman Cocker and director Garth Jennings talk dark times, taking inspiration from Abba – and why there could yet be another record

Anthropic details bad actors’ efforts to misuse its AI for bioweapons

The 154-page report comes two days after former employee Jacob Coxon resigned due to Anthropic racing to improve its models that would cause human extinction by 2030

Tony Abbott says it would be ‘right’ for One Nation to remove cartoon labelling Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’

Former prime minister joins in widespread condemnation of ‘offensive’ animated series posted on social media by One Nation

More Anthropic researchers warn of AI’s perils but Musk dismisses ‘psyop’

Insiders at the firm fear tech’s advancement could cause human extinction, while others are calling their declarations of concern a ‘setup’

Gavin Newsom imposes strict new rules on AI, social media and chatbots for children

California governor hails ‘nation-leading’ legislation banning addictive features for users under 16

Scherzetto review – Toni Servillo brings gravitas to a dithering Neapolitan ghost story

The Venice fixture plays an illustrator haunted by his boyhood in Mario Martone’s part spooky, part sentimental oddity

Sacha Baron Cohen lined up for Quentin Tarantino’s West End playwriting debut

The Ali G and Borat creator is reported to be taking the lead in The Popinjay Cavalier, a swashbuckling comedy Tarantino is developing for early 2027

Tony Gatlif obituary

Algerian-born French director of more than 20 films that celebrated Roma culture

NAZA review – Israeli intelligence officers cast chilling light on civilian deaths

Venice film festival: Under the cover of night, anonymous personnel discuss AI, error rates and problematic intelligence units in a documentary produced by the Guardian

I turned off my algorithm for 24 hours. Is this how social media used to be?

Thanks to a little-known feature in Instagram, I try to travel back to 2012 – before everything on the internet was an ad

Alex Winter: ‘Michael Winner was the most erudite sociopath I’ve ever met’

The Bill & Ted actor on Keanu Reeves, whether there will be a fourth instalment and nights out in Brixton with the Death Wish director

The Odyssey and Spider-Man propel record-breaking summer box office worldwide

The biggest May to September of all time was recorded in US cinemas, with the UK enjoying a 56% rise in audiences, outstripped by an 88% lift in the Middle East and Africa

Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film

Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian

Elon Musk attacks film-maker behind documentary about him

Tech mogul calls director Alex Gibney a ‘bitter old man’ who has ‘zero integrity’ in series of posts on X

OpenAI not on track to reduce risk of ‘catastrophic’ loss of control, says board member

US government adviser Paul Christiano warns of risks to AI industry as he joins OpenAI’s non-profit foundation