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First ChatGPT arrest in China over fake train crash news

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Beijing: Chinese police have detained a man for allegedly generating fake news of a train crash and disseminating it online using artificial intelligence technology, in what was reported to be China’s first arrest for misuse of ChatGPT.
Police in northwestern Gansu province said in a statement on Sunday that a suspect surnamed Hong had been detained for “using artificial intelligence technology to concoct false and untrue information”.
The case first caught the attention of the cyber division of a county police bureau when they spotted a fake news article that claimed nine people had been killed in a local train accident on April 25, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported on Monday.

The cybersecurity officers in Kongtong county found the article simultaneously posted by more than 20 accounts on Baijiahao, a blog-style platform run by Chinese search engine giant Baidu. The stories had received more than 15,000 clicks by the time it came to authorities’ attention, it said.
The Gansu public security department said Hong was suspected of the crime of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a charge that normally carries a maximum sentence of five years. But in cases that are deemed especially severe, offenders can be jailed for 10 years and given additional penalties, the Post reported.
This is the first time the public has been made aware of an arrest by Chinese authorities after Beijing’s first provisions to regulate the use of “deepfake” technology officially took effect in January, it said.
The police said they traced the origins of the article to a company owned by the suspect Hong, which operated personal media platforms registered in Shenzhen in Guangdong province in southern China.
Some 10 days later a police team searched Hong’s home and his computer and detained him.

The statement said Hong confessed to bypassing Baijiahao’s duplication check function to publish on multiple accounts he had acquired. He input the elements of trending social stories in China from past years into ChatGPT to quickly produce different versions of the same fake story and uploaded them to his Baijiahao accounts, it said.
While ChatGPT is not directly available to Chinese IP addresses, Chinese users can still access its service if they have a reliable VPN connection.
Chinese IT outlets were experimenting with their versions of the ChatGPT after Microsoft and Google announced their innovations.
China closely monitors its social media through firewalls, especially Sina Weibo, which has over 592 million users to ensure no critical content against the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC).
China’s top internet regulator has long voiced concern that unchecked development and use of deep synthesis technology could lead to its use in criminal activities such as online scams or defamation.
As ChatGPT has gone viral in recent months, China’s law enforcement agencies have repeatedly voiced suspicion, and even warnings, about the technology.
In one of the first comments on the chatbot made by the Chinese security apparatus, police in Beijing specifically warned the public in February to be wary of “rumours” generated by ChatGPT, the Post reported.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 8, 2023
Mumbai’s prime real estate given away for Bullet Train, alleges Thackeray

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Mumbai: Shiv Sena-UBT President and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday accused the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance of handing over prime real estate, “worth like gold”, in the Bandra Kurla Complex for the Bullet Train project.
He said that when the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was in power, they had halted the BKC land for the Bullet Train terminus, but as soon as the government of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis came to power (June 2022), they gave it away.
“How many of you are going to travel from Mumbai to Ahmedabad in the Bullet Train daily? How many will come from Gujarat to Maharashtra in that train…? Yet, the land of Mumbai valued like gold was given away for the project… Nobody knows how many ‘khokhas’ (slang for crores of rupees) exchanged hands?” thundered Thackeray.

He was addressing the MVA’s third massive rally at the BKC Grounds in the presence of the top leaders of the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena-UBT, as a curtain-raiser for the upcoming civic polls and next year’s Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
These included Nana Patole, Jayant Patil, Bhai Jagtap, Ajit Pawar, Ambadas Danve, Balasaheb Thorat, Ashok Chavan, Sushma Andhare, Dr. Jitendra Awhad, Chhagan Bhujbal, Naseem Khan, Subhash Desai, Aslam Shaikh, Sunil Kedar, besides Thackeray’s family members, wife Rashmi and their sons Aditya and Tejas.
Thackeray said that similar was the case with the Mumbai Metro carshed which the MVA did not allow in Aarey Colony for the city’s environmental concerns and proposed the Kanjurmarg site which could help the Metro railway expansion to distance places in Thane-Raigad.
“However, the minute they came to power they reversed the decision.. Even the Central government which had blocked our proposal for the Kanjurmarg land in the court, suddenly gave up their claims. But now, after the Aarey Colony, they were compelled to seek even the Kanjurmarg land (15 hectares) for the project… In the process, Mumbai is the loser,” the ex-CM pointed out.
The Sena-UBT chief attacked the state government for its series of advertisements splurging public money and said that no government in the state had resorted to so much publicity.

“This is not your money. It is the taxpayers’ money that is being blown off to hide your shortcomings. If you want to advertise, use the BJP’s 2014 election campaign against inflation, unemployment, etc… it will be valid today,” declared Thackeray, targeting Shinde-Fadnavis.
Touching upon the agitation against the Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicls Ltd (RPPL) project, the ex-CM said that he had suggested the land around Barsu in Rajapur taluka) for the mega-venture with Arab collaboration.
“Nowhere did I say in my letter that the people should be oppressed in the name of the project without their consent. What is the government doing now? I will go to Barsu on Saturday and speak with the villagers. If they don’t want the project we are with them,” said Thackeray.
Targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said that “he (Modi) said Congress abused him 91 times – but what about the abuses that your people give to my family… we shall also give you a fitting reply,” and wondreed where is the culture that is taught at the BJP’s Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini in Thane.
He warned that the BJP will not escape the “curse” of the tribal victims of Palghar or those who lost their lives in Navi Mumbai last month in the scorching heat, and called upon the people to vote out the saffron party in the civic, Lok Sabha and Assembly elections to save the country.
Patil, Dr. Awhad, Patole, Chavan, Aditya Thackeray, Jagtap, and other leaders also made fiery speeches, how central agencies are let loose against the Opposition parties and leaders, and predicted the downfall of the BJP government starting from the Karnataka elections next week.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 1, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Vande Bharat train in Thiruvananthapuram

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Vande Bharat train in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with students aboard the Thiruvananthapuram Central-Kasaragod Vande Bharat Express train during the train’s flagging off ceremony, in Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)
Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with students aboard the Thiruvananthapuram Central-Kasaragod Vande Bharat Express train during the train’s flagging off ceremony, in Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)
Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with students aboard the Thiruvananthapuram Central-Kasaragod Vande Bharat Express train during the train’s flagging off ceremony, in Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)
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Water logging disrupts train service between Qazigund-Banihal section

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Qazigund, Apr 19: Incessant rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir has disrupted train service between Qazigund and Banihal section after water logging at Hillar railway station in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that train service between Qazigund and Banihal has been suspended as a precautionary measure.

He said due to continuous rainfall for the last 24 hours caused water logging at Hiller railway station, thereby disrupting train service.

The service will be restored after improvement in weather conditions, the official said—(KNO)

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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

MP: Goods train collide in Shahdol, 2 workers feared trapped

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Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh): The driver has been injured and two workers are feared trapped after two goods trains collided with each other near Singhpur railway station in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, officials said.

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Mumbai train blasts: HC quashes death row convict’s plea seeking info under RTI

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by a death row convict in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case seeking disclosure of information pertaining to the ban imposed on terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen.

Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddique had filed an application under the RTI Act seeking “background notes” of the Centre and reports of state governments of Gujarat, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh in relation to the ban on the organisation, which was stated to have carried out the blast. The outfit was proscribed under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The petitioner challenged in the high court an order passed by the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on June 13, 2019 denying him the information on the ground that it was covered under the exemptions provided in the RTI Act.

While refusing to interfere with the CIC’s decision, Justice Prathiba M Singh said the information sought by the petitioner has far reaching consequences and has to be seen from the “larger issue of safety and security of the public and the nation”. It said the information Siddique has sought, if provided, will have a bearing on sovereignty and security of the country.

“A perusal of the information shows that the same has far reaching consequences. The same organisation is stated to be involved in various unfortunate incidents since 2005, some resulting in severe loss of life and property,” said the court.

It observed that the disclosure of the information sought by the petitioner can “jeopardize the sources” of the government in relation to the ban on Indian Mujahideen and the CIC’s opinion that sharing the information would endanger the sources is “correct and does not require interference”.

“In view of the above, the writ petition is devoid of merit and is dismissed,” ruled the court.

Advocate Arpit Bhargava, representing the petitioner, contended the information sought in the RTI application was needed to prove the innocence of the petitioner in the criminal case and there was no further need to maintain confidentiality in relation to the “background notes” and the reports of the states as Indian Mujahideen has already been declared a banned organisation under UAPA.

The counsel for the Centre said the information in question cannot be disclosed as it is confidential and disclosure will be against public interest.

Siddique was awarded capital punishment for the July 11, 2006 serial blasts when seven bombs packed with RDX ripped through many western line local trains in Mumbai killing 189 peeople and injuring 829.

The petitioner, currently lodged in a prison, claimed in his plea he was falsely implicated by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Mumbai in the train blasts case.

The trial court’s order of sentence is still pending confirmation by the Bombay High Court and the reports of the state governments and the Centre’s background notes would prove the innocence of the petitioner as well as violation of his human rights, the plea said.

Last year, the high court had dismissed another petition by Siddique challenging a CIC order denying disclosure of certain information pertaining to the sanction granted by the Maharashtra government for his prosecution under UAPA.

The high court had earlier this year rejected his petition seeking reports submitted by the Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh governments regarding investigation into the train bombings.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

17 year old Girl dies After Hit By Moving Train, ‘While Taking Selfie’, in Kashmir – Kashmir News

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17 year old Girl dies After Hit By Moving Train, ‘While Taking Selfie’, in Srinagar

Srinagar, Apr 17 : A 17 year old girl died after she was fatally hit by a moving train ‘while taking selfie’ in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district this afternoon, officials said.

They told GNS that a 17 year old girl (name withheld) resident of Shankarpora Srinagar was hit by the train when she alongside a child was taking selfie close to a track at Manchowa along Srinagar-Budgam railway lane.

She was fatally injured in the incident, leading to her instant death, the officials said.

Confirming the death of the woman, a police official told GNS that they are ascertaining the details into the incident.

“The child accompanying the woman is however safe”, the official said. (GNS)

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Kerala train fire: Accused highly radicalised person, alleges SIT

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Kozhikode: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has been probing the train arson incident of Kerala that resulted in the loss of three lives, on Monday said the accused is a “highly radicalised” person who reached the state to commit the crime in a pre-planned manner.

ADGP (Law and Order), M R Ajith Kumar, who heads the SIT, said the accused Shahrukh Saifi used to watch radicalised videos of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and said provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, have been invoked against him based on the scientific evidence collected.

The investigation team has invoked Section 16 of the UAPA which deals with punishment for terrorist acts.

“We went to various states and based on scientific, documentary and oral evidence collected, conducted a comprehensive probe and decided to invoke the concerned provisions of UAPA. He is highly radicalised. He saw radicalised videos of Zakeer Naik and others. He came here in a pre-planned manner to commit the crime,” Kumar told the media here.

The senior police official said the accused is 27 years old and has completed plus two education from National Open School.

He said the investigation team has found evidence in connection with the accused and the crime he committed and was probing whether he received any help from anyone else.

The investigating team, which has been granted custody of Shahrukh Saifi, had on April 12 taken him to Kannur for collecting evidence from the two train coaches of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train in which he had set fire to some passengers leading to the death of three persons, including a two-year-old child.

Saifi’s police custody is set to expire on April 18.

A Kozhikode First Class Judicial Magistrate had granted 11-day custody of Saifi to police after he was discharged from the hospital upon undergoing treatment for the injuries he suffered during an attempt to escape from the moving train.

Saifi has also confessed to the crime committed by him, according to the police.

On the night of April 2, Saifi had set his co-passengers on fire onboard the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train when it reached the Korapuzha bridge near Elathur in Kozhikode.

Nine people had suffered burn injuries in the incident while three, including a toddler, were found dead on the tracks. Police suspect that they fell while trying to escape from the fire.

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Woman Gets Hit By Train While Clicking Selfie, Dies

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SRINAGAR: A woman died after she was hit by a moving train while taking selfie in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday, officials said.

Quoting an official, KNO reported that the train hit the woman between Srinagar and Budgam junction, while she was taking selfie with her child.

He said the woman died on the spot.

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Woman hit by moving train while taking selfie in Srinagar, dies

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Srinagar, Apr 17: A woman died after she was hit by a moving train while taking selfie in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday, officials said.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the train hit the woman between Srinagar and Budgam junction, while she was taking selfie with her child.

He said the woman died on the spot—(KNO)

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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )