OpenAI, parent firm of ChatGPT, closes $122bn funding round amid AI boom
Company said it achieved valuation of $852bn, mentioning in a blogpost it generates $2bn a month in revenue
Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book
Publisher alleges AI research company’s chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon series
The jobs AI can’t do – and the young adults doing them
For many young people entering the workforce, the stigma of hands-on jobs is fading. There is a competitive appeal – and they all require human expertise
Does anyone think Matt Goodwin’s book on Britain’s demise is a publishing sensation? I mean, other than him
Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point
Meta claims social media addiction isn’t real. Juries disagree
UK parents: what do you think about the government’s advice on screen time for children under five?
Do you agree with the guidance? Have you been limiting screen time for your child? How is that going?
Russia slowly trying to splinter its internet from rest of world, analysts say
Telegram is increasingly blocked and mobile internet users face blackouts in effort likened to Iranian shutdowns
The UK has a chance to pioneer pornography regulation – it must take it
The crime bill proposes a stronger model of consent – and with violent imagery and child sexual abuse soaring, who, really, can argue against it? says author Susanna Rustin
Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract
Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics company
Two-thirds of under-16s with accounts on Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok kept access despite ban
Nearly 70% of under-16s with accounts on Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok had maintained access, survey finds
If OpenAI is to float on the stock market this year, it needs to start turning a profit
The poster child of the AI boom, valued at $850bn, needs to show strategic discipline after ‘casting its net too wide’
MacBook Neo review: the budget Apple laptop powered by an iPhone chip
Snappy performance, high-quality screen, best-in-class keyboard and trackpad show cheaper can still be great
California to impose new AI regulations in defiance of Trump call
Gavin Newsom signs order to prioritize public safety and rights as president seeks to prevent ‘cumbersome’ rules
Why is Labour so unpopular? Just look at the dithering over kids’ screen time
Keir Starmer is running out of patience with the social media platforms, after Meta and Google’s landmark legal defeat in Los Angeles. But this ‘strongest intervention yet’ comes years too late, writes Zoe Williams
I took off my headphones – and noticed a stranger in peril
Slumped on the pavement, she wasn’t breathing – and I wouldn’t have realised if I’d been listening to music as usual. Time to stop blotting out the world …