Opinion

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I look at the way millions and millions of people use generative AI and it makes my brain want to shrivel and hide

There is no reason to suppose that we learn anything significant from the genetic data about what made the dictator the man he was

They cause groans and snobbishness – but in Paris, the impulse to photograph oneself by Monet’s Water Lilies becomes a gesture of devotion

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If machines do all the work, there are no jobs left and no one earns any money, Marx might be proved right after all

We have become too accustomed to figures like Donald Trump, who see misinformation as a weapon rather than an issue

Gill’s isn’t an isolated case, but a symptom of Europe-wide corruption and demagoguery

Cameras and digital tracking make our lives more convenient – but at what cost?

Putin’s friend and emissary has manipulated Steve Witkoff to the point where the US special ambassador is known as “Dim Philby”. And Ukraine is paying the price

The Daily Mail group backs authoritarian views. The idea that they’re better buyers than an overseas investor is nonsensical

For decades, the reporting of race and ethnicity has been banned unless strictly relevant to the story. All of a sudden that’s changed. Why?

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

After years of scary AI movies, the tech is now portrayed as heroic – just as the industry’s humans come into its sights

Fake praise, fake therapy and fake boyfriends are warping a generation’s mental health

The writer coined the word ‘enshittification’ to describe how useful tech inevitably gets worse. Now he’s turning his sights on AI

The latest models are incredibly powerful, but flawed and inconsistent. Here’s what they’re useful for – and what you really shouldn’t trust them with

A city of tech parks and start-ups, Bidadi is the very image of India's digital rise

It may be Thanksgiving, but as the country emerges from the longest government shutdown in history, life is about to get harder for many Americans

Everyone wants to visit the historic city. But without intervention, Dubrovnik could soon face collapse

Right wing challengers are capitalising on disillusionment with leftist governments and Chile is just the latest to test that sentiment

What does the ousted prime minster’s death sentence mean for Bangladesh’s political future?

It has been the worst 12 months for people like me, who campaign for the rights of disabled people. And politicians just don’t seem to care

The philosopher’s occult vision of artificial intelligence seemed like fringe raving – until it was taken up by tech billionaires and far right thinkers

The man whose report got rid of the BBC’s boss faced MPs yesterday, along with a group of senior BBC executives. Their appearance raised more questions than it answered

The offer being pushed on Kyiv forces huge compromises and restrictions on Ukraine, but nothing on Russia. For that reason alone it is bound to fail

This isn’t journalism, it’s propaganda that reframes tax policy as assault and a democratically elected Labour government as thieves

Darfur governor Minni Minnawi says the UK is complicit in the killings of 27,000 people in el-Fasher by the violent RSF militia

The White Lotus actress is a registered Republican, but that isn’t a reason to troll her – our idea of liberal Hollywood is a myth

As the G20 gathers in South Africa without the US, international deal-making faces another steep climb up the Everest of diplomacy

The chancellor should slash VAT and national insurance, but end the pension triple-lock. But she won’t dare