‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings

The long read: For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took...

‘They’re supposed to be handmade’: zine creators fight to resist AI influence

Artists and writers argue scrappy nature of self-published booklets is incompatible with artificial intelligence

Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble,...

The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself – and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took place, says Sam Jones, the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent

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Young adults increasingly struggling offline turn to ASMR videos, report finds

Visceral videos of people playing with slime or braiding hair soothe those who feel overwhelmed by in-person contact

How Trump’s ‘new star’ Elon Musk stands to benefit from his presidency

There are already signs of a return on the Tesla chief’s political investment, and there could be more to come

‘I’m going to sue the living pants off them’: AI’s big legal showdown – and what it means for Dr...

AI has given us the pope in a puffer, but it is also predicted to wipe out 200,000 entertainment jobs. We report from a crucial event in Portugal, full of angry artists, digital miracles – and a...

AI chatbot launches on Gov.UK to help business users – with mixed results

Initial test run of GPT-4o technology can help with regulations but ‘cannot provide predictions or opinions’

TechScape: X reaches its final form: Elon Musk has bent it to his will

The evolution of Musk’s X network is complete; why Reddit is profitable; and niche Halloween costumes

Thom Yorke and Julianne Moore join thousands of creatives in AI warning

Statement comes as tech firms try to use creative professionals’ work to train AI models

UK’s Alan Turing Institute launches redundancy consultation process

Institute for AI and data science sends memo saying it will concentrate on fewer projects

‘They don’t just fall out of trees’: Nobel awards highlight Britain’s AI pedigree

Recognition for Demis Hassabis and Geoffrey Hinton marks moment when important ingredients came together

Leading UK provider of respite holidays for severely disabled people to close

Revitalise says challenges ‘insurmountable’ due to local authority cuts, higher running costs and fall in donations

Companies building AI-powered tech are using your posts. Here’s how to opt out

Even if you haven’t knowingly opted in, companies are still scraping your personal information to train their systems

UK parents join pact to withhold smartphones from children under 14

Online pledge by Smartphone Free Childhood signed by at least one parent at 6,537 schools