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In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users’ API keys.At the time, RubyGems described it as a “major malicious attack” and shut down signups for four days as it tried to mitigate the damage and collect data. Researchers said that the contents of the packages that brought RubyGems to its knees were clearly authored by an LLM, and that the agents submitting those…

Seven councils were to be merged into one in Gloucestershire but the government has paused its national plans over legal queries.

The police command in Ebonyi State said on Saturday it rescued an abducted Methodist cleric, Ede Sunday. Joshua Ukandu, the police spokesperson in Ebonyi, disclosed this in a statement in Abakaliki. He added that the command also recovered a locally made Beretta pistol and a stolen mobile phone in separate operations in the state. Mr Ukandu, a superintendent of police, said the cleric was abducted on 9 September at about 11:55 p.m. at Ndulo Amofia in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. According to him, preliminary investigation revealed that two armed men accosted the cleric in front of his…

Sep 11, 2026, 06:28 AM ETEach Friday, Adam Rank will provide his take on how developments from around the NFL impact his thinking as it pertains to setting fantasy football lineups for that weekend’s games.It’s Not Too Late To Play Fantasy FootballDraft before Sunday’s games kick off and play the entire season. Create a league with friends and family, or join a public league today. Sign Up Now! Baker Mayfield signed his long-awaited contract extension (in the dark of night, some say), and I can’t help but think there was some sort of Jack Sparrow-like negotiating going on. While I’m…

May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has scooped the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival, at an awards ceremony that also saw the Gaza documentary NAZA win the jury prize.Set in the immediate aftermath of Danish liberation from Nazi occupation, the Egyptian-Danish director’s film tells the story of a young housemaid, Marie (Mathilde Arcel), who is about to marry her widowed employer but anxious about him discovering a shameful secret in her past: during the war, Marie had an intimate relationship with a German soldier.The Guardian’s film critic hailed Woman Unknown as “elegantly appointed” in his review, likening it to Alfred…

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has offered immediate employment to three Commonwealth Games medallists in the state’s Ministry of Sports Development. Mr Eno announced the offer on Friday in Uyo while receiving the Unity Torch to commence the 2026 Akwa Ibom Sports Festival. The governor identified the medallists as Edidiong Umofia, who won gold in weightlifting; Ruth Nyong, who won silver in weightlifting; and Enku Ekuta, who won bronze in judo. He said the employment offer was intended to reward their achievements and motivate them to pursue greater accomplishments in sports. Mr Eno described sports as a “multi-billion-dollar…

Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja Two persons have been confirmed killed from a diphtheria outbreak in Abuja. This was as the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said it will activate a multidisciplinary Incident Management Team to check the outbreak of diphtheria in the capital city. The two victims were among the patients confirmed following laboratory tests to be afflicted with the disease, according to the Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environmental Secretariat, FCTA, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe. Fasawe, who represented the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, said the FCT had received reports on the outbreak of diphtheria in communities in recent weeks, prompting the…

Spain’s small forward #09 Helena Pueyo (L) and USA’s guard #04 Paige Bueckers vie for the ball during the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup semi-final match between Spain and the United States in Berlin on September 12, 2026. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesAfter a tight three quarters in the FIBA World Cup semi-finals, Team USA was able to finally pull away from Spain in the fourth quarter to win, 76-66. Team USA will face France for a chance at their fifth consecutive FIBA World Cup gold medal.USA was led by the veteran…

We’ve been seeing increasingly dire warnings from AI researchers about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and even comments from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that it may be time to “pace” AI development. But what would that actually look like? In a new blog post, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei not only echoed the call to “pace the frontier,” but also outlined three broad strategies for doing so. And he said Anthropic is “unilaterally committing” to one of them, with Altman chiming in to say OpenAI will follow suit. The debate over AI safety and alignment intensified this week after researcher Jacob…

South Norfolk MP Goldsborough criticised Sutton’s decision and said: “If Colin Sutton wants to be a celebrity that’s his choice, but Norfolk deserves a police and crime commissioner whose first priority is Norfolk.”Matthew Taylor, a Conservative county councillor who finished second in the PCC election, said he was “shocked” to learn of the former detective’s plans for a long run in theatres.”If there is a major incident, you would expect the police and crime commissioner to be there, front and centre,” he said. “Not operationally, that’s down to the chief constable, but in terms of lending his support, communicating with…