Artificial review – Luca Guadagnino takes on OpenAI in muddled tech satire The origin story of Sam Altman’s company is reimagined as a campy comedy starring Andrew Garfield The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Election deniers stoke Trump-driven ballot security fears before midterms Former and current officials who bolstered claims of voter fraud in 2020 make fresh allegations of vulnerabilities The Guardian - US · Oct 6
New York City med spa owner admits to giving client botulism with bootleg Botox Klara Shuster said in court she imported mislabeled Botox illegally and dispensed it to clients The Guardian - US · Oct 6
‘We live in grief-phobic societies’: experts on how to get more comfortable with death We are all going to die, and so is everyone we know. So how can you not be terrified? The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Jon Stewart on Trump and AI tech bros: ‘Stop lying to us’ Late-night hosts discussed the frightening rise of AI and how Trump is choosing to target voters for the midterms The Guardian - US · Oct 6
California to ‘actively monitor’ for possible threats after Trump said Iran could ‘take out’ LA and San Diego Gavin Newsom said state’s threat-assessment center would be on heightened alert after president’s remarks The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Paramount completes $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros to form new media empire Skydance David Ellison and ex-Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz to oversee both film studios, HBO Max, CNN and CBS News as co-executives The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Who owns ‘brain rot’? Inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme Copyright law in the US only applies to human-made creations, but AI characters like Tung Tung Tung Sahur are challenging that The Guardian - US · Oct 6
US justice department moves to strip citizenship of 40 naturalized citizens Officials file ‘denaturalization actions’ against people accused of crimes in what they call ‘largest’ such initiative The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Trump makes it clear his power is becoming entwined with AI New alliances between the White House, the Pentagon, US intelligence and AI companies are looming ominously The Guardian - US · Oct 6
New York governor declares state of emergency after spike in measles cases The deadly outbreak in Pennsylvania is its largest in more than three decades, and confirmed cases in New York are up The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Sorry, but I’m bringing my iced coffee to the job interview What, exactly, about the drink is so distracting? The viral debate raises bigger questions about who defines ‘professionalism’ The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Trump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight back NSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’ John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists The Guardian - US · Oct 6
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 US, Israeli and European far-right figures to gather for conference in Israel Trump’s counter-terrorism ‘czar’, Sebastian Gorka, was scheduled to speak at conference but White House says he will no longer attend
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 Rightwing ‘great replacement’ fears mask tech’s real great replacement While adherents to the racist theory condemn a shadowy global elite, Silicon Valley is working toward the replacement of humans with AI
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 Misuse of AI is brands’ top reputational threat, new survey says The findings come after warnings from tech leaders that AI placed in the wrong hands could trigger larger threats such as nuclear war or bioweaponry destruction
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 Democrats upbeat as unpopular Trump imperils Republican midterm hopes Polls show GOP candidates trailing Democrats in Senate races, and Republicans also struggling in House contests
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 Democrats now favored in key midterm races that could give them control of US Senate, new projections find – as it happened This live blog is now closed.
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 Deion Sanders created Prime Time so he could get paid. Why deny college athletes the same chance? The Hall of Famer says his successful college career helped him and his family thrive. Now he appears to be backing legislation that would help others
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 New Jersey congresswoman faces deadline in Trump case days after giving birth LaMonica McIver is only the 15th member of Congress have a baby while serving, and also the only member indicted for visiting ICE facility
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 Trump is fueling a culture of misogynistic impunity The allegations against seven men at Cornell University come amid a climate of belligerent sexism
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 ‘I will not be moving on’: sale of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun leaves Native fans facing cultural loss The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team’s move echoes centuries of erasure and displacement
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 ‘Using the presidency to line his pockets’: could claims of corruption fuel backlash against Trump? Experts say president is vulnerable amid discontent over rising prices
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says