The Guest review – the risks of protecting refugees in the Poland-Belarus danger zone
Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Zuzanna Solakiewicz’s documentary lays bare the problems faced by refugees and the compassion of good samaritans
Anthropic’s alliance with pope on AI harms: all in good faith or ‘Vatican-washing?’
Experts say AI firm’s engagement with Vatican risks creating ‘feelgood’ discourse that lacks critical examination
Anger at decision not to extradite Canadian suicide kit supplier to face UK justice
Kenneth Law has pleaded guilty in Ontario to sending products internationally, knowing they would probably be used to end lives
‘Like a billionaire on acid’: Star Wars director Gareth Edwards comes out in favour of AI
Speaking at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event, the Rogue One film-maker Gareth Edwards said ‘it’ll do anything you ask’ and ‘it’s going to be better than CGI’
Why I’m grateful to the Pope for his encyclical on AI
The intelligent and thoughtful encyclical is an important warning of the uses and misuses of a rapidly developing technology. Silicon Valley is wrong to dismiss it
Image of Thai police in sparkly dresses with handcuffed suspect turns out to be AI fake
Picture was created by administrator in charge of station’s Facebook account who wanted to create ‘friendlier image’
‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says
Datacentres used 22% of country’s electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggests
EU fines Temu for failing to stop sale of illegal and dangerous products
European Commission finds shoppers on Chinese website very likely to find unsafe items and imposes €200m penalty
‘I felt my humanity was bastardised’: Cynthia Erivo says reaction to Ariana Grande red carpet incident rooted in racism
Wicked co-star said reactions to the incident, which included suggestions she was Grande’s ‘bodyguard’, reflect an insidious view of Black women
If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why?
Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers back
After 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratory
Lifting of internet restrictions reveals Iranians’ anger over food inflation
As government begins restoring connection, population voices dismay over food price increases and shortages
‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin
After winning the Grand Prix at Cannes film festival, the exiled auteur sent a direct message to the Russian president urging him to stop the war
Samsung memory chip staff in line for £310,000 bonuses after AI profit-sharing deal
Agreement averts strike and shows latest impact of AI boom as two more chipmakers join $1tn club
‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing
The film-maker talks about her homeland’s ‘racism, paternalism and infantilisation’ towards Indigenous people and her award-winning documentary about a community leader’s murder