The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction | Karen Hao
Fixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI If it wasn’t already clear, Elon Musk…
No, Richard Dawkins. AI is not conscious | Arwa Mahdawi
Dawkins appears to have gone from atheist to AI-theist: perhaps he doesn’t view AI as God, but he certainly seems to see it as God-like Are you there God? It’s…
Trump didn’t drain the swamp. He turned it into a cesspool | Steven Greenhouse
The president’s second term has been full of donors seeking access, favors for billionaires and apparent conflicts of interest Every time Donald Trump has run for president, he has vowed…
The Guardian view on life after Orbán: Péter Magyar’s fast start bodes well for Hungary and for Europe | Editorial
The new government in Budapest has already made an impact in Brussels. At home, the new prime minister is so far doing and saying the right things The transformative impact…
Let’s not deny the good work Labour has done. But Starmer is too timid for the radical remedies needed now | Polly Toynbee
Rejoining the EU, massive tax reform, scrapping the pension triple lock – a new leader must summon a sense of emergency and deal with the big issues Labour is in…
Angus Taylor’s plan to bar migrants from welfare payments undermines our quest for belonging | Shadi Khan Saif
The proposed changes draw a clearer line between those who are fully entitled and those who are not A few years ago, during the turmoil in Afghanistan, a friend of…
Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge review – political fury and propulsive fun
(Ourness)Seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks, the Australian artist’s genre-hopping but cohesive LP makes a case for the durability of the form Last September, Genesis Owusu road-tested material from…
Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked!
For every standing ovation there’s a riotous backlash – the film festival’s history is littered with boos, protests, furious rows and career-defining disasters Part of the appeal of Cannes is…
‘Touch the earth lightly’: the Australian home that floats above the landscape
Artist owner of iconic stilt-mounted 1980s Ball-Eastaway House near Sydney prepares to pass on custodianship The house teaches you things, Lynne Eastaway says. Today, a choir of cicadas fill the…
Fatherland review – Sandra Hüller brings a bayonet of intelligence to Paweł Pawlikowski’s taut return
Cannes film festival: Hanns Zischler stars as Thomas Mann on his 1949 tour of Germany, contending with political barbs, personal tragedy and his daughter, played by an extraordinary Hüller Here…