From AI with Hannah Fry to David Attenborough's early days, these are the five must-watch science documentaries of the year to date, says Bethan Ackerley In 2015, an amateur trophy hunter from the US shot and killed the largest lion in Africa. The vitriol unleashed after Cecil's death isn't surprising (or entirely unwarranted), but what is remarkable is how this delicately-crafted film uses the case as a locus for all sorts of arguments about conservation. A symbol in life and in death, Cecil and other large, charismatic animals exist in a complex balance with humans who, one way or another, invariably stake a claim on them. Almost everyone in the world now needs to have some knowledge of how AI technologies work, from all the chatbots they encounter to driverless cars and more. Mathematician Hannah Fry is an excellent person to impart such knowledge: across three episodes, she guides us through recent cases where AI has become entangled with very human problems.

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'Tis the season to slob out on the sofa and demolish a packet of mince pies in front of a good movie, or a bad movie - or a movie that's so bad it's good. This year, as ever, a crop of new Christmas films are hoping to be part of our festive viewing - and perhaps even join the ranks of enduring classics alongside the likes of Home Alone, Elf, Love Actually and Die Hard (don't start). So, in an effort to bring you a vital public service by sorting the crackers from the turkeys, and in an attempt to get myself into the Christmas spirit, I binged as many new Christmas films as possible in a day. This is the only 2025 release on Rotten Tomatoes' list of the greatest 100 Christmas movies of all time. The Jonas Brothers find themselves stuck in the UK after wrapping up their world tour and must get home for Christmas.

Will AI Take My Job? Dispatches AI presenter Aisha Gaban. Will AI Take My Job? Dispatches AI presenter Aisha Gaban. Channel 4's first AI presenter is dizzyingly grim on so many levels The AI-generated host of Dispatches raises worrying questions about Channel 4's environmental impact. She's also a dead-eyed host who might leave Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Kevin McCloud fearing for their future L ast night's Dispatches was called Will AI Take My Job? Usually when something like this employs a question mark in the title, it's because the answer is no. Not this time, though, because the sheer overwhelming inevitability of AI taking our jobs is genuinely painful to think about. According to the film, 8m jobs in the UK alone are at risk of being outsourced by AI.

British female politicians have become the victims of fake pornography, with some of their faces used in nude images created using artificial intelligence. Political candidates targeted on one prominent fake pornography website include the Labour deputy leader, Angela Rayner; the education secretary, Gillian Keegan; the Commons leader, Penny Mordaunt; the former home secretary, Priti Patel; and the Labour backbencher Stella Creasy, according to Channel 4 News. Many of the images have been online for several years and attracted hundreds of thousands of views. While some are crude Photoshops featuring the politician's head imposed on to another person's naked body, other images appears to be more complicated deepfakes that have been created using artificial intelligence technology. Some of the politicians targeted have now contacted the police.

More than 250 British celebrities are among the thousands of famous people who are victims of deepfake pornography, an investigation has found. A Channel 4 News analysis of the five most visited deepfake websites found almost 4,000 famous individuals were listed, of whom 255 were British. They include female actors, TV stars, musicians and YouTubers, who have not been named, whose faces were superimposed on to pornographic material using artificial intelligence. The investigation found that the five sites received 100m views in the space of three months. The Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman, who was found to be among the victims, said: "It feels like a violation. It just feels really sinister that someone out there who's put this together, I can't see them, and they can see this kind of imaginary version of me, this fake version of me."

It is the front line of technology and causing marvel and alarm every day. Artificial Intelligence or AI may have extraordinary benefits in areas like health and education but when it's been deployed in areas like policing, it's accused of reinforcing social and racial prejudices rather than overcoming them. One artist and futurologist has been highlighting that in her new show.

Channel 4's alternative Christmas message will this year be generated entirely by artificial intelligence, the broadcaster has announced. The message will be delivered by Ameca, one of the world's most advanced robots. The broadcast, which will run after the King's annual Christmas message at 3pm, will see the robot speak about the highs and lows of 2022. During the address Ameca will also respond to questions about humans. She is due to say that human-kind should be "neither happy nor sad" about the past year and "take it as a learning opportunity, a chance to change the way we think about the world and a reminder to help those in need whenever we can".

England's BBC Channel 4 is going have an AI robot named Ameca provide the alternative Christmas message to King Charles' official royal remarks. A dystopian humanoid cyborg is set to give us the seasons' greetings this year on Channel 4. According to a report from Deadline, the AI robot, whose name is Ameca will be delivering alternate remarks to King Charles III's annual Royal Christmas message which will broadcast on its usual home on Channel 1. The robot was developed by Engineered Arts, a developing firm in Cornwall, England. The AI for Ameca is apparently set to deliver remarks which seek to calm the nation and the world at large, by reassuring us that 2022 was a "learning opportunity, a chance to change the way we think about the world and a reminder to help those in need whenever we can." This sounds suspiciously like some kind of terrifying cyborg threat, especially without hearing the accompanying Apple Maps voice delivering the statement, but Channel 4 assures us the robot supports the human race and loves a good laugh when times get tough.