I took an algorithm to court in Sweden. The algorithm won

Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives, says Charlotta Kronblad of the University of Gothenburg

Bernie Sanders urges international cooperation to halt AI’s ‘runaway train’

US senator holds panel with leading Chinese scientists and warns of risks to society unless new technology is regulated

‘Your questions are designed to trick me’: combative Musk grilled over battle with Sam Altman

Lawyers for world’s richest person try to paint him as humanitarian as judge cuts off his long-winded replies

Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores

Critics say Maryland’s new law banning rapidly change product costs based on consumer data is full of carveouts

Tech giants’ results show rosy outlook for AI boom and US stock market

Google, Microsoft and Amazon report gains in cloud-computing businesses while Meta spending draws concern

Claude-powered AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’

A startup was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its business

Friendly AI chatbots more likely to support conspiracy theories, study finds

Chatbots programmed to respond warmly even cast doubts on Apollo moon landings and fate of Hitler, researchers say

I’m addicted to checking my phone. Could a blocking device stop me?

Physical phone-blocking devices, powered by NFC wireless technology, are becoming a popular solution for doomscrolling. Brigid Delaney puts one to the test

Reliance on Chinese green tech poses ‘serious’ risk for Europe, experts say

Continent ‘sleepwalking’ into series of economic and national security problems due to over-dependence

More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website

Patrick Vallance says government working with Chinese officials to remove postings from Alibaba after Biobank data breach last week

Lib Dems push for ban on MPs taking money from X, citing Maga threat

Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via X

Cynthia Erivo interrupts Dracula performance after spotting audience member’s camera

Wicked star’s one-woman West End show was stopped in response to an increasingly common problem for theatres

Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms

Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and Instagram

Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’

To test the safety and security of AI, hackers have to trick large language models into breaking their own rules. It requires ingenuity and manipulation - and can come at a deep emotional cost

In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants

Trump is volatile, capricious and unreasonable – but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manage, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr