Artificial intelligence is creating increasingly sophisticated images. But what does it mean for the art world? Gilbert and George, Gillian Wearing, Mat Collishaw, Elizabeth Price, Polly Morgan and Lindsey Mendick found outFor more than 30,000 years we have been the only art-making species on Earth, give or take the odd paint-throwing Neanderthal or chimpanzee. Art is the oldest and most spectacular triumph of human consciousness, from Lascaux to the Sistine Chapel. But a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) art software may be about to end that. It will whip you up a Picasso or a...

Musk ‘fires top executives’; the $44bn deal will give the world’s richest man control of a social media platform with 230m usersHow have Twitter users reacted? The Guardian’s Matthew Cantor in San Francisco has taken a look.Richard Murphy, economic justice campaigner and professor of accounting practice at Sheffield University, says: Continue reading...

Experts say it is the roboticists we need to hear from – and the people and jobs AI is already affectingWhen it announced that “the world’s first robot artist” would be giving evidence to a parliamentary committee, the House of Lords probably hoped to shake off its sleepy reputation.Unfortunately, when the Ai-Da robot arrived at the Palace of Westminster on Tuesday, the opposite seemed to occur. Apparently overcome by the stuffy atmosphere, the machine, which resembles a sex doll strapped to a pair of egg whisks, shut down halfway through the evidence session. As its creator, Aidan...

Elon Musk says Apple has cut Twitter advertising and has threatened to remove it from the app store.

Videos showed workers marching, with some confronted by people in hazmat suits and riot police.

Twitter's owner responds to Chris Heaton-Harris after fake resignation rumours about the Tory MP.

The boss of the social media firm also warns workers to prepare for "difficult times", reports say.

Users changing their date of birth to that of an adult can upload a video of themselves to prove their age.

The social media giant says staff will be told on Friday whether they are to be laid off.

Corporations, speculators and individuals have spent nearly $2bn (£1.75bn) on virtual plots.

Technology used in the Manchester Arena to find weapons has limitations, according to a report.

The move means he cements his control over the company by becoming its sole director.

The social media platform's management begins to exit as the billionaire seals his takeover of the firm.

The tech giant warned of slower growth as shoppers return to bricks and mortar stores.

A report says an additional 20,000 black women need to be recruited to match numbers in the wider workforce.

Users are complaining that they are unable to send messages from the Meta-owned platform.

Tens of millions of people work in the global gig economy across services like food delivery and transport.

This year's Ada Lovelace Day will be the last because of a lack of corporate funding.

Children are at risk of viewing harmful content by lying about their age online, according to Ofcom.

Unlike Elon Musk's latest creation, the most useful robots, experts say, do not look human - so far.

Twitter said it did not trust the billionaire's promises to proceed with the takeover.

Sridhar Ramaswamy says the technology sector has become "exploitative" of people's data.

The Tesla boss asked followers to vote on his ideas to end Russia's invasion, prompting criticism.

New text messages between Musk and Twitter boss Parag Agrawal reveal how the relationship broke down.

Doreen Bogdan-Martin is the first International Telecommunication Union secretary-general in its history.