Tech

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’

Exclusive: Rented datacentres and ‘supercomputer’ site that’s still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’

Congress must prevent AI surveillance. The Anthropic feud proves it

The company’s clash with the Pentagon is a fight over the future of American privacy

Why Train Dreams should win the best picture Oscar

With its meditative pace and sincere interest in moral questions, Clint Bentley’s film of a rudderless man cutting down trees in Idaho’s verdant vistas has the air of a Hollywood classic from another era

OpenAI delays ‘adult mode’ for ChatGPT to focus on work of higher priority

Startup still believes in ‘principle of treating adults like adults, but getting experience right will take more time’

How AI firm Anthropic wound up in the Pentagon’s crosshairs

Standoff with DoD over Claude chatbot reignites debate over how AI will be used in war – and who will be held accountable

The best e-readers in the US, for every kind of book lover

Whether you’re on a budget, looking for an easy way to read when you travel, or want one for kids, here are our picks (they’re not all Kindles)