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Genetics journal retracts 18 papers from China due to human rights concerns (www.theguardian.com)

OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it (www.theguardian.com)

OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan

Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes (www.theguardian.com)

A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would criminalize the spread of nonconsensual, sexualized images generated by artificial intelligence. The measure comes in direct response to the proliferation of pornographic AI-made images of Taylor Swift on X, formerly Twitter, in recent days....

‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts (www.theguardian.com)

There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?...

EU opens investigation into TikTok over online content and child safeguarding (www.theguardian.com)

Video platform under scrutiny over potential breach of Digital Services Act in areas such as age verification...

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals | Recycling (www.theguardian.com)

Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regar

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals | Recycling (www.theguardian.com)

Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regar

Ministers confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in England (www.theguardian.com)

School uniforms may be barrier to physical activity among younger girls (www.theguardian.com)

Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials (www.theguardian.com)

Israel has gone ‘beyond self-defence’ in Gaza, says Labour’s Streeting (www.theguardian.com)

Tampa man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly four decades to receive $14m (www.theguardian.com)

Robert DuBoise, sentenced over a 1983 rape and murder he did not commit, says he hopes others in his position now ‘get justice’...

‘A lot higher than we expected’: Russian arms production worries Europe’s war planners (www.theguardian.com)

Dozens killed in outbreak of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea highlands (www.theguardian.com)

Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials (www.theguardian.com)

Two police officers and firefighter fatally shot after call in Minneapolis suburbs (www.theguardian.com)

I’m not trying to destroy art, says man planning to do just that if Assange dies in jail (www.theguardian.com)

HMRC investigations of wealthy ‘tax dodgers’ halve in five years (www.theguardian.com)

The number of civil investigation cases opened by a HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) fraud unit investigating offshore, corporate and wealthy taxpayers has fallen by more than half in five years, figures reveal....

Russia claims full control of Avdiivka after Ukrainian retreat (www.theguardian.com)

Russia has said it has taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, its biggest gain since capturing Bakhmut last May, after a retreat by Ukrainian troops....

Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)

Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution::The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

Warren Buffett’s Squishmallows firm sues Build-A-Bear amid ‘knock-off’ claims (www.theguardian.com)

Jazwares claims that rival has created its own pillow-like toys to cash in on its viral success...

Sora: OpenAI launches tool that instantly creates video from text (www.theguardian.com)

Model from ChatGPT maker ‘simulates physical world in motion’ up to a minute long based on users’ subject and style instructions

Japan loses crown as world’s third-largest economy after it slips into recession (www.theguardian.com)

Fall in rank below Germany has been attributed to a weak yen and country’s ageing, shrinking population...

Japan loses crown as world’s third-largest economy after it slips into recession (www.theguardian.com)

Japan has been eclipsed by Germany as the world’s third-biggest economy and has slipped into recession, according to data released Thursday, as the country battles a weak yen and an ageing, shrinking population....