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A Million Days review – low-budget sci-fi thriller asks if we should trust AI with our survival

In the near future humanity is doomed and our options are being determined by AI simulation – unfortunately for us, the AI doesn’t seem particularly bothered if we survive

Tyler Perry halts $800m studio expansion after being shocked by AI

US film and TV mogul says he has paused his plans, having seen demonstrations of OpenAI video generator

YouTube prankster invades stage during Oppenheimer’s best picture Bafta presentation

YouTuber who has a history of infiltrating awards ceremonies got on stage while the Oppenheimer team were receiving their award

Disconnect Me review – man attempts digital cold turkey in personal-challenge journey

With a subject as complex as monitoring the effects of smartphone use, Alex Lykos’s film could have paid more attention to sourcing and methodology

Fungi: Web of Life review – Björk and Merlin Sheldrake guide trippy mushroom doc

Beginner’s guide to the wrap-your-brain-around-them facts of mycological science boosts the wonder with 3D time-lapse photography

Dagr review – perma-snarking YouTubers cancel the fear in paganistic slasher

Matthew Butler-Hart’s film lurches from social-media comedy to shaky-cam bloodletting, but never comes near the primeval emotions of the Blair Witch Project it so often references

On my radar: Margo Price’s cultural highlights

The US country star on learning a new instrument at 40, her favourite place to eat in Nashville and an app she’s happy to have send her to sleep

James Blunt: One Brit Wonder review – soldier-turned-singer’s brilliant Twitter game

The witty singer’s superb comeback is a delight to behold in this entertaining fly-on-the-wall documentary

‘There’s no winning strategy’: the pacy, visually stunning film about the dangers of AI – made by AI

Is artificial intelligence going to put artists out of a job? Alan Warburton decided to make a film posing that very question – using AI. The result was disturbingly watchable

Film to tell story of Scottish hacker Gary McKinnon’s fight against US extradition

The People v Gary McKinnon to dramatise what US authorities called ‘biggest military computer hack of all time’

Another Body review – terrifying dive into the world of deepfake porn

A female student bravely investigates who is behind deepfake images of her online in this compelling documentary

The Guardian view on new dictionary words: a parlour game that can clarify a scary reality

Editorial: AI has given us hallucination as word of the year. We should quarrel with this humanising definition while recognising that it evokes unprecedented times

Elon Musk biopic to be directed by Black Swan film-maker Darren Aronofsky

The Oscar-nominated film-maker will adapt the recent biography by Walter Isaacson after independent studio A24 won a ‘heated’ bidding war for rights

How Scorsese, Coppola and Schrader went viral on social media

Hollywood’s old guard have been finding a new audience through frank opinions, unlikely videos and fan interaction

Scarlett Johansson takes legal action against use of image for AI

The actor’s likeness was used in an online advertisement without her permission

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