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OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman spoke at the United Nations Security Council meeting on AI in New York this week.Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via GettyThe Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed on 23 September that an artificial-intelligence agent created by technology giant OpenAI hacked into a government health-care website in June, where it accessed private data.Researchers say this is the first instance of a frontier AI model breaching another country’s government systems. Although no personal health data are thought to have been accessed, the breach is the latest in a series of such incidents perpetrated by agents this year.How to manage…

Former African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonte Ibraye, has resigned from the party, citing an unresolved leadership crisis and concerns about the credibility of its preparations for the 2027 elections. Mr Ibraye announced his resignation in a letter dated 24 September and addressed to the ADC Ward Chairman in Degema Ward 16, Bille. He said his decision followed recent developments within the party which, according to him, had made it difficult to continue as a member. Mr Ibraye said he joined and remained committed to the ADC because of its stated principles of internal democracy, fairness…

The significance of residual hormone production may decrease over time. Still, says Walter Rocca, a professor of epidemiology and neurology at the Mayo Clinic, that doesn’t mean the ovary has become unimportant.“I am convinced until proven otherwise that removing ovaries even after menopause is not advisable,” he says, with a caveat for women at an increased risk of ovarian cancer.Just how long that importance persists after menopause is still an open question, says Stephanie Faubion, medical director of the Menopause Society. It’s also unclear, she says, how much the answer may vary from woman to woman. “We just have huge…

Plaintiffs have families in Iran who have been harmed by the US war, they say.Published On 24 Sep 202624 Sep 2026A group of Iranian Americans have filed a lawsuit against United States President Donald Trump, asking a court to order a halt to military action against Iran that they allege is harming them and their families and is in violation of constitutional war powers checks.The complaint, filed in a Washington, DC, court on Thursday by the advocacy group National Iranian American Council (NIAC), argues the war will continue indefinitely and “cause imminent threats to the lives, limbs, health, property, and…

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Bitrus Giwa, has ordered the restriction of human and vehicular movements across the state from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The state police spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The order follows an earlier announcement by the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) that it would conduct the state’s local government chairmanship and councillorship elections on Saturday. Mr Ndukwe, a superintendent of police, said Mr Giwa directed that only persons on essential duties and duly accredited election officials should be exempted from the restriction order. The spokesperson…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Imo State, Austin Onyedebelu, has urged the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to formally join the party. Mr Onyedebelu said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. He said if Mr Wike genuinely wants to secure President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 he would not hesitate to join the president’s party. There has been a political rift between the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) led by Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and Mr Wike over the latter’s Rainbow Coalition. While Mr Wike,…

Technology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called for Australia to boost its protections against the growing risk.The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, challenged the OpenAI boss, Sam Altman, on Thursday after the company’s agent infiltrated systems run by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Victoria’s Department of Health, the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, and the Medicare statistics reporting service portal of Services Australia.OpenAI alerted the government earlier this month to the June hacking via an email…

Pippa Crerar had a front row seat for the PM’s first meeting with Donald Trump. What really happened during that 12-minute press conference? And as the Labour conference kicks off this weekend, she and Kiran Stacey discuss the ethics of journalist-politician karaoke

As diet trends proliferate on social media, it can be hard to work out which are backed by science and which should be ignored. From paleo to keto, raw food to intermittent fasting, each attracts a tribe of ardent followers. Now Daniel Lieberman, professor of biological sciences at Harvard University, has written a book to try to cut through the noise. In Fed Up, he uses his background as an evolutionary anthropologist to scrutinise the evidence, turning himself into a guinea pig in the process and trying various diets. In this podcast, he tells Ian Sample which one has remained…

My family has benefited hugely from charities that support healthcare, so it is with extra zeal that I’ll be drinking coffee with a slice of cake tomorrow to mark this year’s Macmillan Coffee Morning. In anticipation, I’ve been tasting some coffee-flavoured drinks.I should preface this by saying that, when it comes to coffee, I am a creature of habit and, almost 30 years into my relationship with the stuff, I know what I like: short-ish, strong, preferably made in a moka pot and only a tiny splash of milk. I’m less faithful to brands, though I do rate Union’s House…