Artificial intelligence (AI)

Why has Alphabet hit the panic button? Only Google can answer that question | John Naughton

The economic downturn, US lawsuits and the fear of rising tech rivals could be reasons for the firm’s 'code red” alert, but it still has an AI ace up its sleeve

John Naughton

28, Jan, 2023 @4:00 PM

Saint Jude review – delightfully disturbing immersive theatre in creepy clinic

Taking part in a trial shift to help coma patients wake up, the tension grows as it slowly becomes clear why you’re really mining strangers’ secrets

Kate Wyver

27, Jan, 2023 @12:29 PM

Science journals ban listing of ChatGPT as co-author on papers

Some publishers also banning use of bot in preparation of submissions but others see its adoption as inevitable

Ian Sample Science editor

26, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM

Greedy Tories? That rings a (Steve) Bell | Brief letters

Brief letters: Conservative plutocrats | Politicians’ replies | Allotment radicalism | Tory ethics | Wild-camping Wombles?

25, Jan, 2023 @5:31 PM

The Wandering Earth II review – blockbuster Chinese sci-fi prequel veers off course

Frant Gwo’s follow-up to his 2019 mega-hit favours special effects and set pieces over performances, as the human race battles for survival

Phuong Le

24, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM

Microsoft confirms multibillion dollar investment in firm behind ChatGPT

Company says deal with OpenAI will involve deploying artificial intelligence technology across its products

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

23, Jan, 2023 @6:35 PM

‘It’s the opposite of art’: why illustrators are furious about AI

AI art generators may provide five minutes of fun for most users, but the blurring of creative and ethical boundaries is leaving many artists raging against the machine

Sarah Shaffi

23, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

What we learned at Davos: signs of hope emerge from the pessimism | Larry Elliott

Prospects for artificial intelligence and green transition fuel sense that the only way is up for the global economy

Larry Elliott Economics editor

22, Jan, 2023 @5:58 PM

Bring back Guardian Soulmates – my go-to for ‘invariably socialist’ online dating | Brief letters

Brief letters: Reliable in romance | Smooth operator | Tory chatbot | Swimming tortoises

22, Jan, 2023 @4:12 PM

Welcome to the age of ‘dark copers’ – where morbid curiosity is a means of survival | Emma Beddington

From haunted dolls to horror films, there is a big appetite right now for fear-as-fun. Are we all just practising for what 2023 throws at us?

Emma Beddington

22, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

Queensland public schools to join NSW in banning students from ChatGPT

Exclusive: Artificial intelligence expert questions firewall strategy, as Victoria opts to wait and see

Caitlin Cassidy