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AI Joins the Force: Maharashtra Police Deploys ‘Crime-OS’ for Smarter Investigations

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By Dheeraj Fartode  Imagine a police officer uploads an FIR and within seconds, an AI assistant begins planning the investigation. It write official letters, scan bank data and spot suspicious transactions. It sounds like science fiction - but it’s now reality in Maharashtra. The state police have started using Crime-OS, a powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed under the MARVEL project (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement). This tool, built in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, works like the co-pilot feature in Microsoft Office - but to solve crimes. It helps police save valuable time and reduces the heavy workload of investigations. Assistant Superitendent of Police (ASP) Deepak Agrawal explained that police investigations usually take a lot of time and effort. Crime-OS is designed to ease that burden. “For example, if a fraud case FIR is uploaded, the tool automatically picks out important information. It t...
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Piers Morgan has landed in trouble from advocates of the transgender community

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PIERS MORGAN JANET MOCK

CNN host Piers Morgan has landed in trouble from advocates of the transgender community for referring to trans woman and writer Janet Mock as "formerly a man." Mock says she was simply "born a baby" and discovered her "girlhood" and "womanhood" as she grew.

Mock first appeared on a segment of Piers Morgan Live on Tuesday evening titled "From Boy to Girl" where she discussed her life and promoted her new book, Redefining Realness.

The trans woman said she took offense to Morgan referring to her as formerly a man during the show, but waited until it was over before raising concerns about it on Twitter.

"@PiersMorganLive I was not 'formerly a man.' Pls stop sensationalizing my life and misgendering trans women. #redefiningrealness," she tweeted Tuesday after the interview aired on CNN.

The outcry resulted in Morgan inviting her back to his show on Wednesday to explain why he was being "vilified" when he had nothing but praise for her during the interview.

"Why have I been vilified for being transparently supportive of you. I don't get it," asked Morgan in the follow-up interview. "Before commercial break we were having a lovely conversation when all of a sudden you said, 'who was formerly a man.' I was a baby. I was assigned male gender because of the appearance of my genitals. As I grew up, I discovered my girlhood. I discovered my womanhood and I proclaimed and defined myself for myself as Audre Lorde said," she continued.

She said she didn't correct him during the show on Tuesday because she was scared and wanted to be a "cordial guest."

Despite the praise for Mock from her supporters, many others felt she was being overly dramatic about the interview while others refused the idea that she is a woman, despite the way she looks or however she wants to define herself.

"He was and still is a man because he has the XY chromosomes. It's a biological FACT! Having hormone injections and a mutilated penis does not make him a woman. Although I wouldn't have guessed he is a dude from this video," wrote Charles Drumley in a video of the interview posted to YouTube.

Alex Skyson, another commenter wrote, "I think Piers is despicable, but I did watch the original interview and I thought he literally drowned her in praise and completely lionized her and was overly supportive. I don't understand what her problem is? It's like we need a rule book on what words and phrases we can use around trans people."

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