Technology
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
Dancing with ghosts
A journey into the ABBA: Voyage experience
Spies and butterflies
We should prepare for new modern forms of espionage
Britain must not overregulate AI
Staying competitive in the modern world depends on balancing its opportunities and its risks
Bits and pieces
Can the digital age can demystify the art world?
Artificially Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material is not a victimless crime
The often-raised theory that AI-CSAM is harmless or can even make children safer, must be quashed
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity
AI and the great data robbery
Silicon Valley has stolen huge amounts of original material in order to “train” its GPT models
Would you trust PC Brother?
The use of unreliable facial recognition technology is growing without sufficient scrutiny or accountability
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Only Joe Biden can save America
He needs to keep reminding the American public that unless they vote for him they are evil and racist
Magic moments
A bomb dropped into the frightful world of mid-Victorian musical entertainment
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
Identity politics has undermined policing
Sir Mark Rowley should address the partiality of the police
Eyes on a miserly prize
It’s not just owners who are being fleeced
Collapse of the cordon sanitaire
The success of nationalists is shaking European politics
Recreational rioting
Is your right an existential threat to the nation or just blowing off steam? It depends on which flag you’re waving
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
The immobile prince
Political chaos masks the stagnation of French economic life
