I wrote a novel using AI. Writers must accept artificial intelligence – but we are as valuable as ever
Mastery of banal style is losing its usefulness – but language is more powerful than ever. It’s up to the writer to do what machines can’t
I handed over my dating life to AI. I don’t think she’ll see me again
In week five of Rhik Samadder’s diary, our resident AI skeptic decided to let AI take the lead on a date. If uncanny valley was a conversational style, it’s this
World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam
Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations
Her daughter was murdered seven years ago. Why are images of the crime still on social media?
Bianca Devins was 17 when she was killed by a man who then shared photos of her mutilated body on sites like Instagram and Snapchat – something her mother Kim describes as ‘psychological terrorism’. Here, she reveals her battle to get them offline
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving
UK social media users less active on tech platforms due to rise of video apps
Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional life
Claude’s code: Anthropic leaks source code for AI software engineering tool
Nearly 2,000 internal files were briefly leaked after ‘human error’, raising fresh security questions at the AI company
The Guardian view on the BBC’s future: who decides what news means?
Editorial: AI is interpreting journalism without regard for truth. The BBC must build the capacity to ensure its reporting is understood on its own terms
SpaceX confidentially files to go public at $1.75tn, reports say
Elon Musk’s rocket company could go public as early as June, Bloomberg reports
‘System malfunction’ causes robotaxis to stall in the middle of the road in China
Distressed riders who were stranded for hours say Apollo Go customer service agents offered ‘useless platitudes’
Big tech’s tipping point: inside the 3 April Guardian Weekly
Social media firms held to account. Plus: Trump’s defining strategic failure
Patrick McKeown obituary
Precision engineer whose unit at Cranfield University helped develop scanners, tiny integrated circuits and the mirrors of the James Webb space telescope
Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI
We are paying more for a PlayStation so that idiots can use ChatGPT to mislead people on dating apps – something is rotten in the state of gaming
MP rejects Palantir’s claims that criticism of NHS England deal is ‘ideologically motivated’
Committee says it was appropriate for government to seek guidance on way out of £330m deal with US data company