Two years after school phone bans were implemented in Australia, what has changed?

Phone bans are now well-established in many Australian primary and secondary schools. Have they made a difference?

AI tools churn out ‘workslop’ for many US employees, but ‘the buck’ should stop with the boss

Studies show widespread errors in AI-generated work, as employers fail to train staff properly

‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app

Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

I spent years trying to avoid Vinted. It turns out I was right to be afraid

I eventually signed up in the hope that buying and selling secondhand clothes would help me fight fast fashion. It just made me cheap, writes Carys Afoko

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

The IMF boss is right to say ‘buckle up’ – the global economy is facing multiple menaces

Trump’s latest tariff tantrum and rising fears of an AI bubble have quickly borne out Kristalina Georgieva’s claim that ‘uncertainty is the new normal’

Do you really need to buy a new laptop? When to upgrade – and when to hold off

Don’t splash out just yet! Your existing laptop may have plenty left to give

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely to build a whole fake persona …

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy

Using a swearword in your Google search can stop the AI answer. But should you?

Artificial intelligence is more than Trump deepfakes of Tilly the actor. It’s used in smartphones, customer service, healthcare – even legal cases. Is it possible to avoid?

The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself

Editorial: Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too late

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards?

His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price

The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore