‘Even closing my eyes is an intense movement’: the VR experience that simulates a serious neurological condition

Ben Joseph Andrews’ chronic vestibular condition leaves him with migraines and dizziness – which he has transformed into a VR experience. Luke Buckmaster gives it a go

Pushing Buttons: Why the closure of Disney’s Star Wars hotel isn’t the end of immersive gaming

The $350 million Galactic Starcruiser will close this year – but experiences that combine the real world with online gameplay could still fly

‘It’s exactly as they’d have done it in the 1910s’: how Barbenheimer is leading the anti-CGI backlash

Old-school practical effects date back to the silent era and are created with artistry and care. Is the novelty of CGI green-screen action wearing off in favour of craft models?

Netflix lists AI job worth $900,000 amid twin Hollywood strikes

Company lists highly paid machine-learning project manager role while actors and executives at odds over future of AI in Hollywood

Oppenheimer biographer supports US bill to bar use of AI in nuclear launches

Kai Bird, author of American Prometheus, says technology is ‘too dangerous to gamble with’ and supports US senator’s attempt to bar it

Christopher Nolan: ‘Very strong parallels’ between Oppenheimer and scientists worried about AI

Clear similarities between J Robert Oppenheimer’s views and those who want AI reined in, film’s director says

Jillian Nguyen: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The Barons and Hungry Ghosts actor shares what makes her laugh online, including Jennifer Coolidge, a cute baby and multiple ‘ethnic dads’

Joan Is Awful: Black Mirror episode is every striking actor’s worst nightmare

The AI satire in the most recent season has been used as an example of why the Screen Actors Guild must strike to protect their careers

The best films about AI – ranked!

Will artificial intelligence destroy humanity? That remains to be seen. For now, gen up on the dangers and delights with this selection of movies

British film board turns to AI to help spot bad language, sex and violence

Partnership with Amazon’s cloud computing division aims to save time and money classifying content

UK government to invest in film and TV AI special-effects research

Almost £150m to be spent on research labs to help future-proof industry and lift creative economy

Sight Extended review – unsettling tale is an eye-opener in our age of AI anxiety

An agoraphobic downloads an app that promises to turn his life around – but things begin to get sinister when it takes over his social interactions

Influencer review – smart thriller about Instagrammers in mortal peril

Cassandra Naud is striking if a little opaque as a predator seducing image-obsessed tourists in Thailand

Is The Creator the first (or last) in a new wave of sci-fi movies about AI?

The trailer for Gareth Edwards’ new film shows humanity being outsmarted by AI – and is released just as our overlords-to-be are rearing their terrifying heads

Anselm review – Wim Wenders’ reverent 3D portrait of artist Anselm Kiefer

The director’s serious examination of the German artist’s life and work has an architectural quality as it moves around some monumental art – and studios