‘He was always a bit of a groundbreaker’: David Bowie enters a new dimension in ‘extended reality’ documentary

Hundreds of unseen images of the star feature at the Venice film festival, alongside virtual worlds exploring wildfires, wolves and the birth of stars

The Guardian view on loneliness: the decline in friendship leaves gen Z exposed

Editorial: Problems with housing, jobs and technology have dented young people’s confidence in the future and each other

Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs

AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models

‘It brings me joy’: how young people are making CDs cool again

Compact discs are back, with searches for players up 96% at John Lewis and popular models sold out online

‘I feel like I’m at war’: are we losing the battle against machine-made music?

Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button

Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them

Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performers

The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity

Beyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your life, says author Stefan Stern

Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac

For the festival’s 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to generate visuals reflecting Wagner’s tetralogy’s past, present – and future. The hyperactive result is a dismal, mindless mess

Robert Laidlow: Reality Eaters album review – wildly imaginative and intricate, but eminently approachable

Einstein’s field equations, Newton’s universal law and artificial intelligence are among the subjects of Laidlow’s ambitious orchestral works

Open earbuds let you tune in without tuning out the world. Here are the five best pairs in the US

Don’t float through the world in an AirPod bubble – enjoy music or podcasts and carry on using these tested favorites

Is the most popular song played on Australian radio stations the product of generative AI?

Josh Fawaz’s song, a cover of Like a Prayer, has raised questions about how generative AI is being used in music and whether it should be declared

‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work

A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about it

The Guardian view on the analogue resurgence: the shock of the old

Editorial: Long-abandoned formats such as cassettes and VHS tapes are finding new life as consumers seek a digital detox

AI ‘art’ is boring, soulless theft – and when I see it as an artist I see red

I draw the old way – with my hand. Doing it with AI would not make me more creative, it would drain the colour out of my existence

Spotify boss defends move to AI music, saying it is better than ‘slop’

Streaming platform says remix tool agreed with Universal Music Group will protect artists from piracy