The composer still making music four years after his death – thanks to an artificial brain

In Australia, a team of artists and scientists have resurrected the US composer Alvin Lucier. It raises a storm of questions about AI and authorship – and it’s also incredibly beautiful

Genetic data is another asset to be exploited – beware who has yours

The bankruptcy of genealogy company 23andMe has resulted in a fire sale of millions of people’s genetic information – and there’s no shortage of eager buyers with questionable motives

When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed

US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary

Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values

Venture capital-backed, $1bn companies are disrupting the way war will be waged with AI and futuristic weapons. Will they overthrow the traditional big military manufacturers, and what would that mean for the battlefield?

The Guardian view on Trump and reality: from promoting alternative facts to erasing truths

Editorial: The decision to put documents on the assassination of John F Kennedy into the public domain comes alongside a ‘digital book burning’ of data

Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk

Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’

Doge cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink contracts, ex-workers warn

Tech CEO accused of aiming to privatize space and satellite operations as federal agencies reportedly seek contracts

Labour head of Commons tech group warns No 10 not to ignore AI concerns

Chi Onwurah urges government to bring forward AI safety bill instead of delaying it to curry favour with Donald Trump

AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported

Researchers say Aardvark Weather uses thousands of times less computing power and is much faster than current systems

Russia will ‘undoubtedly’ discuss future Mars flights with Musk, Putin envoy says

Proposed talks would again put Musk, a senior adviser to Trump, in outsized and largely unaccountable role in international politics

Virtual reality goggles helped me on the path to physical recovery

An unexpected bit of tech opened up a whole new world of possibilities for a frustrated, injured writer

Free online virtual reality tool helps people tackle public speaking nerves

Cambridge scientist behind VR platform says it could help those put off by high cost of speech anxiety treatment

OpenAI’s metafictional short story about grief is beautiful and moving

I think of AI as alternative intelligence – and its capacity to be ‘other’ is just what the human race needs

‘80 years of lies and deception’: is this film proof of alien life on Earth?

A provocative new documentary that argues for the existence of extraterrestrials has drawn gasps and criticism at the SXSW film festival

Where has the left’s technological audacity gone?

The belief that technology will usher in a golden age for humanity is in vogue once more with billionaires. But can the left offer its own vision for the future?