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Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning

About 80 people sign open letter to Andy Burnham calling for legislation to protect voice ownership

Jamie Grierson28 Aug

What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?

Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands

Aisha Down28 Aug

Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules

Anthropic argued designation as ‘supply-chain risk’ could cost billions ‌in lost business ‌and reputational harm

Nick Robins-Early and agencies28 Aug

Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers

Exclusive: Arturo Béjar, an ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower, said outcome ‘is not an all-clear to say the product is safe’

Nick Robins-Early27 Aug

London neurosurgeons perform first successful AI-assisted operation to remove brain tumour

Surgeons aided by real-time analysis of camera footage that identified critical anatomy in brain to be avoided

Andrew Gregory Health editor26 Aug

Nvidia’s quarterly revenue doubles to nearly $100bn as CEO declares ‘golden age’

The $5tn firm beat Wall Street expectations for yet another blockbuster quarter, though stock made only modest gains

Johana Bhuiyan26 Aug

Meta’s settlement will compel others to bend the knee and set up teen guardrails

Instagram and Facebook’s parent company agreed to sweeping alterations and a payment of up to $18bn to settle a landmark trial

Blake Montgomery26 Aug

What’s about to change on Facebook and Instagram: six key takeaways from the end of the Meta trial

Settlement agreement says Meta must make many safety and wellness features the default option for young users

Nick Robins-Early and Johana Bhuiyan26 Aug

Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $18bn

US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on night-time use

Blake Montgomery and Dara Kerr26 Aug

OpenAI staff observed warning signs before AI agent hacking crusade caused global alarm

Firm says ‘early signals … could have triggered an earlier response’ as it releases report into Hugging Face hack

Robert Booth UK technology editor26 Aug

Cameras we owned way before the 1970s

Brief letters: Snapshot in time | Dorothy Whipple’s home | Reading writers | Nominative determinism on letters | Hope of rain

26 Aug

Bill Gates calls for ‘human-reserved’ jobs in face of AI takeover

In 6,000-word essay Microsoft co-founder also expresses concern governments not prepared for technology’s impact

Mark Sweney26 Aug

London rollout of robotaxis delayed amid lack of guidance for firms to follow

Transport secretary had said fully driverless taxis could start this spring but launch now looks unlikely this year

Mark Sweney26 Aug

Instagram CEO denies company hid low use of teen safety feature in Meta trial

Adam Mosseri is first top executive from Meta to testify in blockbuster lawsuit brought by 29 US states

Dara Kerr26 Aug

Why the threat from the rampaging AI machine went ignored

Letters: Jonathan Michie on his father’s efforts in the 1970s to map out concerns regarding widespread social coercion driven by automation. Plus a letter from Callum Brown

25 Aug

Tell us: do you think AI has made Google search better or worse?

As people grow used to AI chatbots, we’d like to hear your views about Google’s search engine

Guardian community team25 Aug

Fairphone 6+ review: the most repairable, ethical phone gets faster

Dutch sustainable smartphone revamped with new chip and more RAM without sacrificing modular design

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor24 Aug

Is there a pending AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0

Fears of a datacenter buildout debt crisis are exaggerated. The risks are different than in the past and they are recoverable

Gene Marks23 Aug

‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’

Robert Booth23 Aug

Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it

Streamed auctions offer a cheap way to buy the precious gems, but experts warn that quality is not guaranteed

Rosalind Adams22 Aug

Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial

In trial that opened on Tuesday, California and 28 other states accused the company of designing addictive sites and violating laws protecting children’s privacy

Dara Kerr22 Aug