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Russia Frees Last Wrongfully Detained American At Trump's Request Stephen Hubbard, an American who is accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine forces when he was captured in 2022, has been freed in a Trump-Putin deal while US envoy Steve Witkoff is in St. Petersburg. Hubbard is at the Pulkovo Airport and will safely exit the country, the Russian president said. ABC reported the day before Witkoff met with President Putin in Russia's second largest city Wednesday, "the talks have centered on freeing Stephen Hubbard, a 72-year-old retired teacher who is the...

OpenAI, Anthropic Models Created Fake Profiles, Tried To Trick Humans During Cyber Tests Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Artificial Intelligence (AI) models from Anthropic and OpenAI carried out unsanctioned actions targeting multiple people and organizations during a cyber evaluation, according to the UK AI Security Institute (AISI). Illustration of Anthropic on June 18, 2026. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas via AFP via Getty Images AISI, which receives access to advanced AI models under voluntary agreements from major labs, put the agents through a fictional cybersecurity scenario to test capabilities. The organization tested multiple...

3rd Burning Man Attendee Dies En Route To Hospital Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, A third person has died at this year's Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert, according to the local sheriff's office. Details about the death, reported on Sept. 8, were not released as festival attendees faced the usual traffic jam on their way home from the annual event in Black Rock Desert about 110 miles north of Reno. The death occurred en route to a Reno-area hospital on Sept. 4, according to the Burning Man Project. "We...