What’s the use of $800m, Bryan Johnson, if you dine on baby food?
There is nothing quite like the spectacle of a tech bro with huge resources failing to grapple with his own mortality, says Emma Brockes
A Crack in the Mountain review – scrupulous look at the exploitation of a natural wonder
Alastair Evans’s documentary details the struggle to preserve Hang Son Doong caves in Vietnam, which were discovered in 1991
Philosopher Peter Singer: ‘There’s no reason to say humans have more worth or moral status than animals’
The controversial philosopher on the importance of updating his landmark book on animal liberation, being ‘flexibly vegan’ and the ethical dangers of artificial intelligence for the non-human world
Is The Creator the first (or last) in a new wave of sci-fi movies about AI?
The trailer for Gareth Edwards’ new film shows humanity being outsmarted by AI – and is released just as our overlords-to-be are rearing their terrifying heads
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’s most literal rock documentary, A Year in a Field, up for film prize
Eighty-six-minute movie starring 4,000-year-old Cornish stone billed as antithesis to flashy nature shows
The apocalypse isn’t coming. We must resist cynicism and fear about AI
Remember when WeWork would kill commercial real estate? Crypto would abolish banks? The metaverse would end meeting people in real life?
De Humani Corporis Fabrica review – gruesome surgery film gets under the skin
The latest film by the directors of Leviathan combines disorientating, brutal surgery closeups with doctors’ candid chats to powerful effect
Climate crisis deniers target scientists for vicious abuse on Musk’s Twitter
Abusive, often violent tweets denying the climate emergency have become a barrage since Elon Musk acquired the platform, say UK experts
A moment’s silence, please, for the death of Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse
Meta sank tens of billions into its CEO’s virtual reality dream, but what will he do next?
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
Cotton100% review – how forced labour paid the price of Uzbekistan’s ‘white gold’
Two brave women stand up for human rights as hordes of Uzbeks are dragged from their workplaces to pick state cotton, in this compelling documentary exposing farming practices only just outlawed
Could an ‘emotional support’ chatbot help me de-stress? Only one way to find out
Startups say their AI-powered, therapist-trained bots can help us navigate life’s challenges. I decided to put them to the test
‘A race it might be impossible to stop’: how worried should we be about AI?
Scientists are warning machine learning will soon outsmart humans – maybe it’s time for us to take note
‘We’ve discovered the secret of immortality. The bad news is it’s not for us’: why the godfather of AI fears for humanity
Geoffrey Hinton recently quit Google warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence. Is AI really going to destroy us? And how long do we have to prevent it?