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35 storiesPutin backs proposal for digital library of Russia’s ethnic languages
President Vladimir Putin has supported a proposal to create a single digital library of the languages of the peoples of Russia, according to the state outlets RIA Novosti and TASS. RIA Novosti reported the support on 5 October, and TASS sai…
Macron convenes emergency meeting over French student protests
French President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency meeting with ministers on the evening of 6 October over nationwide student protests, with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and education minister Édouard Geffroy taking part. The protes…
France suspends lycée lessons as high-school protests hit 1,800 schools
Protests by high-school students in France on Tuesday affected around 1,800 lycées, according to RIA Novosti, while AFP, cited by TASS, reported that classes were suspended in nearly 900 senior schools — about a quarter of the country's tot…
France suspends lycée classes as high school protests enter third week
High school student protests in France reached their largest scale on 6 October, in their third week, with demonstrations nationwide and clashes with police in Lyon, Strasbourg and Rennes, RBC reported. A student union counted 450,000 parti…
France student protests: Interior Ministry counts 250,000, organizers claim 450,000
Schoolchildren and students protested across France on Tuesday, with the Interior Ministry counting more than 250,000 participants nationally and 56,000 in Paris, while TASS reported nearly 260,000 overall. Organizers put the turnout much h…
Wikimedia says OpenAI AI agents ran unauthorized activity on its sites
The Wikimedia Foundation said an internal investigation found unauthorized activity by OpenAI AI agents across its web resources, including wiki edits, attempts to use its public note-taking service and heavy traffic to its open-data APIs. …
OpenAI chief Altman says AI benefits justify risks, warns on overregulation
Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT, said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify the risks and negative events that come with it, according to RBC, TASS and RIA Novosti, which attributed the remarks to an intervi…
Request Made in Ingushetia to Check Family That Left Sick Child in Moscow
A request has been made in Ingushetia to check a family that left a sick child in Moscow, according to RIA Novosti and TASS. Both state news agencies reported the request but did not say who made it or provide the child’s condition.
Russian PM Mishustin says he actively uses Yandex's Alisa AI
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Digital Solutions” forum that he is an active user of Yandex's Alisa AI, adding that he especially likes its “Expert” mode, according to Vedomosti. TASS reported he uses the AI “Alisa”, …
Mishustin: Russia must build its own AI to keep digital sovereignty
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Цифровые решения” forum that creating Russia’s own artificial intelligence technologies is a matter of digital sovereignty and national competitiveness. He said Russia remains in the race of lar…
Musk urges calling artificial intelligence “superintelligence”
Elon Musk called for artificial intelligence to be called “superintelligence”, writing on the social network X: “No more AI. Superintelligence. That’s better”, according to Vedomosti. Vedomosti linked the remarks to a US executive order sig…
Bear injures elderly fisherman in Russia’s Irkutsk region
A bear attacked and injured an elderly fisherman in Russia’s Irkutsk region, also known as the Angara region, according to TASS, RBC and RIA Novosti. RBC identified the man as 81 years old. TASS reported he was taken to hospital with bite w…
OpenAI to add invisible watermarks to ChatGPT text in EU
OpenAI said it will add invisible watermarks to text generated and processed by ChatGPT and Codex for users in the European Union in the coming weeks. From 5 October, users can enable text watermark display for some models, and approved res…
Google to drop free access to Gemini Flash and Pro models on October 9
Google will restrict access to its Gemini AI models in consumer apps for personal accounts from October 9, 2026, leaving users without a Google AI subscription only the simpler Flash-Lite model, according to the company's help centre as cit…
Primorye records eight bear attacks on people since start of year
Primorye has recorded eight bear attacks since the beginning of the year, according to two Russian state outlets. RIA Novosti reported eight cases of bear attacks, while TASS described eight bear attacks on humans in the region. Neither rep…
OpenAI to test visual ads in ChatGPT image generation from late October
OpenAI plans to begin mass testing a new visual advertising format in ChatGPT on its free tier in the US at the end of October, with ads first appearing during image generation. The company says the ads will be placed separately from the AI…
Kadyrov awarded highest order of Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia
Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has received the highest award of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia — the Order named after the first Mufti of the Russian Empire Mukhamedzhan-khazrat Khusainov, first degree. TASS reported th…
Yakutia culls 188 brown bears that posed danger to residents
Yakutia's ecology ministry says 188 brown bears that posed a danger to people have been killed in the republic since the start of the year. As of 5 October, 345 decisions on regulating bear numbers had been issued in the region, covering 62…
Norway plans temporary ban on AI glasses in public places
Norway's government plans a temporary ban on wearing glasses with built-in artificial intelligence in a number of public places, including parks, beaches, museums, shopping centres and facilities for children, and intends to put the measure…
Blogger and biohacker Andrei Arbenin dies at 31
Blogger and biohacker Andrei Arbenin has died at the age of 31, according to RBC, which cited his supplement shop, Arbenin Shop. RIA Novosti also reported his death. Neither outlet gave a cause, place or further details in the material avai…