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UK not too small to be centre of AI regulation, says Rishi Sunak

PM uses Washington visit to push Britain as global centre for technology and seek US involvement in safety summit

The Secret Tory unmasked: ‘My one objective? To destroy the Tories!’

Henry Morris couldn’t be further from the Westminster bubble, but for years he has lampooned MPs online. He describes running rings around members of the House of Lords and using satire to bring down the government

UK should play leading role on global AI guidelines, Sunak to tell Biden

PM wants to see UK take key part in creating international agreement on how to develop AI capabilities

‘We’re both romantic about what politics can be’: Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their double act

To judge by the huge success of their podcast The Rest Is Politics, the UK still has an appetite for political ideas and debate. But how do the Labour stalwart and the Tory maverick really get on?

Rishi Sunak races to tighten rules for AI amid fears of existential risk

PM pushes allies to draw up agreement that could lead to global regulator, as industry warns new white paper is already out of date

Is No 10 waking up to dangers of artificial intelligence?

Debate among UK ministers appears to be shifting as warnings about fast-moving AI industry are taken more seriously

No 10 acknowledges ‘existential’ risk of AI for first time

Rishi Sunak meets heads of firms including DeepMind and OpenAI to discuss safety and regulation

Expert banned from UK government event for tweets that criticised Tories

Dan Kaszeta is one of at least eight speakers banned by opaque vetting scheme in ‘attack on free speech’

Global watchdog calls for UK to regulate crypto in same way as stocks and bonds

Iosco recommendation runs counter to MPs’ stance that cryptocurrency trading should be treated as form of gambling

Elections in UK and US at risk from AI-driven disinformation, say experts

False news stories, images, video and audio could be tailored to audiences and created at scale by next spring

UK’s £1bn strategy for semiconductor industry lacks ambition, say critics

While the US and EU announce bigger programmes, one British startup says the government’s investment figure is less than the cost of one basic plant

UK will lead on ‘guard rails’ to limit dangers of AI, says Rishi Sunak

PM sounds a more cautious note after calls from tech experts and business leaders for moratorium

UK watchdog denies it blocked Microsoft deal on orders of US regulator

CEO of Competition and Markets Authority tells MPs decision not to allow acquisition of Activision Blizzard based on ‘own analysis’

Campaigners welcome Kate Winslet plea about online safety and children

Actor urged ‘people in power’ to criminalise harmful digital content when she accepted Bafta award

Ministers not doing enough to control AI, says UK professor

Stuart Russell, former government adviser, says ChatGPT could become part of super-intelligent machine that can’t be constrained

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  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
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  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
  • Post your questions for Minions supremo Pierre Coffin
  • We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people
  • Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon
  • Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype

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