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The Debut review

Toronto film festival: riotous lead performance holds together third movie from actor turned film-maker, about a housewife who joins a local musical

What Comes After America

Emily St. John Mandel’s latest work of science fiction considers the tenuousness of any possible future.

Legend of Destruction review

Eight years in the making, the innovative film uses painted still images – it’s like being read a graphic novel by a cast including Oscar Isaac, Evangeline Lilly and Elliott Gould

'We were bored of traditional fantasy cliches': inside Playground Games’ 10-year effort to revive Fable

The distinctively British RPG is returning courtesy of the makers of Forza Horizon – with comedy talent such as Richard Ayoade and Natasia Demetriou voicing sweary characters. We had our first play and spoke to its developer

Fast, furious and potentially fatal: why are supercars suddenly so popular?

Once the preserve of the ultra-rich, supercars are finding new drivers through rentals, finance deals, influencer culture and the manosphere. But why would anyone want a 200mph vehicle?

Slow down the race to regulate AI

That the leaders of the most powerful artificial intelligence companies are all calling for regulation shouldn’t be ignored. But big businesses calling on big government to cement their status as industry leaders isn’t new. And lawmakers should exercise extreme caution when attempting to regulate an industry they don’t understand, especially one in which so many past warnings have turned out to be false.

AI safety requires more than just slowing our pace

Safety requirements are non-negotiable. They depend on meeting concrete goals, not just adjusting a timeline

Barely Averting a Constitutional Crisis

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Will Artificial Intelligence ‘Kill Us All?’

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The Rouse by China Miéville review

Twenty years in the writing, this paranormal epic of cold war espionage and family tragedy is a quantum leap in terms of ambition and moral seriousness

Through the looking glass: female stereotypes examined

Taking the women of the 1950s as her role models, Jo Ann Chaus shoots compelling self-portraits that exhibit both strength and vulnerability

In the Hacks v Widow’s Bay Emmys battle, it’s us – the audience – who are the real winners

What’s exciting to me isn’t who took home the statue but what the creators behind these women-driven comedies will do next