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The University of Ibadan has honoured a loyalist of President Bola Tinubu, Kehinde Olaosebikan, for his contributions to the establishment of the institution’s Sports Academy. Olaosebikan received the Iconic Friend of the University of Ibadan Sports Academy award on Tuesday at the headquarters of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-Kehinde Olaosebikan Grassroots Movement in Olomi, Ibadan. A delegation from the university, led by the Chairman of the UI Sports Academy, Prof Olufemi Adegbesan, presented the award on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Kayode Adebowale. Adegbesan said the honour was in recognition of Olaosebikan’s contributions and support towards the establishment of the…

Apple is pushing for “expedited discovery” in its legal battle against OpenAI over concerns the company is actively destroying evidence, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In a filing on Monday, Apple alleges OpenAI only just handed over a MacBook used by a former employee at the center of the lawsuit, which contained discussions about “destroying the types of forensic data Apple needs.”This is the latest development in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI, which accuses the ChatGPT-maker of stealing trade secrets to build an AI device. The lawsuit revolves around three former Apple employees who recently joined OpenAI, including Chang Liu, who…

A former senior care facility caregiver in Wisconsin has learned her fate after she was arrested for shoving a 76-year-old patient, who died following complications from her injuries. Abrianna Clark was found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide and physical abuse of an elder in an Ozaukee County courtroom on Monday, August 31. Following the verdict, Clark, 28, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision. Clark was arrested following a series of events that took place at Story Point Senior Living in Mequon surrounding the victim’s assault in 2024. According to her criminal complaint…

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State on Tuesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Army to site the headquarters of the newly created 83 Division in the state. Mr Oborevwori made the appeal when the committee from the Nigerian Army Headquarters visited him for a stakeholders’ consultative meeting at the Government House, Asaba. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the committee, led by the Chief of Army Standards and Evaluation, Thompson Bobby Ugiagbe, a major-general, was in Delta as part of consultations on the realignment of areas of responsibility, arising from the creation of the 83rd Division.…

The Director-General of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, DIG Johnson Kokumo (retd), has dismissed allegations contained in a viral video claiming that persons arrested over the seizure of illegal arms at the Tin Can Island Port were allegedly being sponsored by the  National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. Addressing journalists on Tuesday in Abuja during the joint security spokespersons briefing, Kokumo explained that he was personally present at the Tin Can Island Port when the Nigerian Customs Service handed over 399 assorted automatic weapons intercepted at the port to the centre. He said, “The…

Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood’s biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to train its AI models on copyrighted material in exchange for massive piles of cash. In theory, these deals would be a win-win: a huge financial boon to the studios that would also give Google a significant advantage in its race to outpace other AI companies. But while there’s little downside for Google, these deals pose a distinct set of risks to each of the studios that might be thinking about going all-in on AI. Getting into bed…

Teen Mom alum Maci Bookout is marking an exciting milestone in her son Bentley’s life. The former 16 and Pregnant star, 35, gave fans some major nostalgia with her Monday, August 31, Instagram post commemorating the 17-year-old’s senior night in high school. “The Last Dance 🏌️🏼‍♂️🥹🙏,” she captioned the post, in which a school administrator could be heard listing Bentley’s accomplishments. “Bentley Edwards,” the person began. “He plans to attend Motlow State Community College to play baseball and major in business. He has a 3.5 GPA.” Bentley has not only been a five-year starter on his golf team, but also…

For the next three weeks, President Bola Tinubu will be away from Nigeria on vacation, reviving controversy over whether a Nigerian president can proceed on holiday and continue to exercise the powers of his office, or does the Constitution require him to transfer those powers to the vice president. Mr Tinubu left Abuja on Sunday for Europe, with London as his first destination. The Presidency said the trip is part of his annual leave and described it as a “working vacation.” He is expected to return after three weeks. At almost the same time, Vice-President Kashim Shettima travelled to Luanda,…

The United Kingdom has told the United Nations General Assembly that Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory and attempted annexations have not altered Ukraine’s sovereignty or borders, while calling on Moscow to accept a full and unconditional ceasefire. Speaking at the UN General Assembly meeting on Ukraine in New York on Tuesday, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Sarah MacIntosh, said Russia’s continued military actions amounted to violations of the UN Charter and Ukraine’s territorial integrity. “It is 1,651 days since Russia began her illegal, full-scale invasion of Ukraine,” MacIntosh said, adding that it had also been “twelve years since…

Depending on who you ask, developer platform Hugging Face was recently attacked by OpenAI — after it lost control of its own AI tools — or by a succession of AI “civilizations.” Welcome to the linguistic battlefield of AI safety, where word choices can shift responsibility for a massive cybersecurity incident from a company to the AI it built. And the discourse online is getting heated, and all over a blog from last week.Until last week, the details surrounding the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack felt fairly settled. In July, a cybersecurity test of one of OpenAI’s autonomous AI agents went wrong.…