Younger review – rousing study of female athletes excelling in their 60s and beyond
Inspiring women explain what motivates them to keep training, and how getting older can give them the competitive edge
Closing the Stanford Internet Observatory will edge the US towards the end of democracy
The organisation responsible for monitoring digital falsehoods is reportedly being wound down after pressure from Republicans and conspiracy theorists
Eternal You review – death, download and digital afterlife in the age of the AI griefbot
Unsettling documentary considers whether the increasingly popular simulations of lost loved ones are really helping the bereaved
‘Please come and see me because I’ll be dead soon’: how Michael Sheen got sucked into a forever chemicals exposé
The star met an eco-activist who was convinced we’re all being poisoned by a chemical that was banned in 1981. Then he went to a toxic site and got sick. Head inside staggering new podcast Buried: The Last Witness
Geologists raise concerns over possible censorship and bias in Chinese chatbot
GeoGPT developed in Chinese-funded earth sciences programme aimed at researchers in global south
Are you 80% angry and 2% sad? Why ‘emotional AI’ is fraught with problems
AI that purports to read our feelings may enhance user experience but concerns over misuse and bias mean the field is fraught with potential dangers
London premiere of movie with AI-generated script cancelled after backlash
Plans to show The Last Screenwriter, whose script is credited to ‘ChatGPT 4.0’, prompted complaints although the film-makers insist the feature is ‘a contribution to the cause’
Super Seniors review – the near-miraculous feats of tennis players in their 80s and 90s
Former pro Dan Lobb’s perky documentary follows the irrepressible athletes as they compete for glory in their age groups’ world championships
How’s this for a bombshell – the US must make AI its next Manhattan Project
A new essay on the rise of superintelligent machines pivots from being a warning to humanity to a rallying cry for an industrial complex to bolster American military defence
‘It’s the perfect place’: London Underground hosts tests for ‘quantum compass’ that could replace GPS
Subatomic instrument will be able to accurately pinpoint locations under ground and under water where satellite signals cannot reach
Freud’s Last Session review – what-if meeting of minds with Anthony Hopkins as the master analyst
Hopkins’ Sigmund Freud locks horns with Matthew Goode’s CS Lewis in an imaginary encounter that is watchable but not terribly profound
‘We anchored ourselves in wild adventure!’ Tilda Swinton on her trippy film about learning, AI and neuroscience
What can a pipe-smoking caterpillar, a few algorithms and a researcher from the year 2042 tell us about the future of learning? The actor turned director explains all the ideas that fed into her thought-provoking new documentary
Did you solve it? Do you think like an engineer?
The designs behind practical joke toys
Groundbreaking AI heart attack scans could soon be rolled out across UK
Oxford University team say thousands of lives could be saved by technology that finds hidden data in CT scans
‘Off the charts’: the key breakthroughs giving new hope in treating cancer
World’s largest cancer conference in Chicago shares ‘impressive’ findings in vaccines, drug trials and AI