Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told
Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids
‘I have never seen anything like it’: MP warns of rise in extreme views on race and identity
Health minister Zubir Ahmed says new definition of anti-Muslim hostility could be a turning point as he tells of Islamophobic abuse
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling’ play The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End premiere
The director’s first play – an 1830s ‘rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise’ – is planned for early 2027 opening in London
A Pale View of Hills review – two-stranded adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro novel in the shadow of the A-bomb
Kei Ishikawa’s take on Ishiguro’s first published work is frustrating and bland, undermining its fascinating characters’ emotional truths
Wednesday briefing: From missing billions to nonexistent datacentres, inside Britain’s AI drive
In today’s newsletter: Enormous investments in artificial intelligence promised to transform Labour’s growth problems. The reality is much murkier
Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work
About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
Ministers must act more quickly on deepfakes to protect women and girls, Kendall says
Exclusive: Technology secretary urges tech companies to do more to tackle online misogyny
X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts
Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolific
Missing money, shipped chips and a 350,000% profit: key takeaways on AI ‘phantom investments’
A Guardian investigation has put the UK government’s AI plans under the microscope. Here are the key details
Effi o Blaenau review – Greek myth retelling Iphigenia in Splott becomes blistering Welsh-language film
Leisa Gwenllian is a force of nature as working-class heroine Effi in this big screen version of Gary Owen’s one-woman play
From press release … to scrap metal site: the Essex ‘supercomputer’ that’s still a scaffolding yard
Nscale’s AI project still in use as depot ahead of pledged completion date – with planning permission filed after Guardian’s inquiries
Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’
Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’
British AI datacentre firm Nscale raises $2bn as Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg join board
London-based startup, which is vital to the government’s AI ambitions, is now valued at $14.6bn
Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm
Reform UK leader strengthens ties with crypto sector with stake in former Tory chancellor’s company Stack BTC
Liverpool and Manchester United complain to X over ‘sickening’ Grok AI posts
AI feature generated offensive posts about Diogo Jota and the Hillsborough and Munich disasters