Cruise does things his way in this eighth and last Mission: Impossible, as his maverick agent Ethan Hunt takes on the ultimate in AI evil Here it is: the eighth and final film (for now) in the spectacular Mission: Impossible action-thriller franchise, which manifests itself like the last segment jettisoned […]
Big tech companies have exploited human language for AI gain. Now they want us to see their products as trustworthy collaborators After publishing my third book in early April, I kept encountering headlines that made me feel like the protagonist of some Black Mirror episode. “Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to […]
He is a transfixing screen presence – but he lives for the raw thrill of the stage. As he takes over the Venice theatre biennale, the star lets us know what to expect: cut-up plays and a Pinocchio unlike any other Sitting in his house in Rome, an overstuffed bookcase […]
Home secretary insists prime minister meant everything he said on immigration – except the stuff he didn’t mean to say It wasn’t so much the content of the government’s immigration bill as the language. That was what really got to people. Even Nigel Farage said he would have dialled it […]
Even his Maga pals are questioning the lavish gift. Don’t they know not to look a wooden gift horse in the mouth? If you’re familiar with your folklore, you’ll know the story of The Emperor’s New Plane, in which some barely-even-wily out-of-towners turn up with an offer to give a […]
Acquitted woman wants to ensure there is never again an abortion trial in England “I hate sitting in silence now,” Nikki Packer says. A quiet room reminds her too much of the police cell she was locked into just hours after undergoing a traumatic stillbirth. Arrested in hospital by […]
Six-month-old Palestinian girl’s painfully emaciated body symbolised starvation in Gaza Siwar Ashour was born into war and hunger and has known nothing else. She is now in real danger of dying without ever having known a moment of peace or contentment. The six-month-old Palestinian girl, whose painfully emaciated body symbolised […]
One day I set myself the project of watching all of his movies, and finished about three months later. There was one film I really hated – and I wish he’d do more romcoms Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When I was growing up, I always told my […]
The government’s claims about immigration driving down wages are so demonstrably untrue, it’s hard to feel the appropriate level of outrage I would love to know what exactly happens, in the top-level meetings where the prime minister decides to be even tougher on immigration. Is there anyone in there saying: […]
A week after Reform cleans up at the local elections, the prime minister decides it’s time to ‘take back control’ The Guardian view on Labour’s immigration plan: cohesion isn’t helped by talk of ‘strangers’ You know how it is. You get on the 87 at the Vauxhall depot and you […]