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Nearly a year after the Top Gun star's death the move has been described as "controversial" by the movie's director Coerte Voorhees, who confirmed he used AI to complete Val's role as Father Fintan after the actor was unable to film his scenes during production in 2020 due to health issues.

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Lucknow: Lucknow University's department of computer science will introduce specialised courses in artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber security fro.

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A jury in San Francisco found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors before his 2022 acquisition of Twitter, determining he intentionally affected the stock price. However, Musk was cleared of fraud, as the court concluded he did not plan to deceive investors.

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The Centre is gearing up for a major overhaul of railway station management, with Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewing key reforms focused on security, crowd control, and passenger convenience. The first phase of these changes will be implemented at New Delhi Railway Station, before being expanded nationwide. AI Surveillance to Strengthen Security As part of the upgrade, the Railways will deploy an extensive AI-enabled camera network to monitor station premises round the clock. The system will cover platforms, entry and exit points, and other sensitive areas. A centralized control room will analyse live video feeds using AI, instantly flagging suspicious or unsafe activities. Officials say this will enable faster response and reduce reliance on manual monitoring. New Identification System for Staff To improve transparency and accountability, all personnel working at stations—both railway staff and external workers—will be required to wear colour-coded fluorescent jackets along with mandatory ID cards. This move aims to help passengers and authorities easily distinguish between different categories of staff, including vendors, porters, and maintenance teams. QR-Based Entry System to Manage Crowds In a bid to streamline station access, a QR code-based entry system will be introduced on a pilot basis at New Delhi station, especially ahead of the Diwali and Chhath festival rush. The system will allow entry only to valid ticket holders and help manage the flow of passengers by categorizing them into reserved, unreserved, and season ticket holders. RailOne App to Offer Seamless Last-Mile Travel To improve connectivity beyond stations, the RailOne app will soon be integrated with Bharat Taxi, a cooperative-based ride-hailing service. This integration is expected to reduce congestion outside stations and provide passengers with a more reliable and transparent option for last-mile travel. Holding Areas and Better Signage Planned The Railways is also developing designated holding areas at major stations to manage crowd flow more effectively. These spaces will allow controlled entry to platforms, reducing overcrowding in station concourses. Additionally, improved signage and upgraded train information systems are being planned to guide passengers more efficiently. Also Read: Centre launches 5-minute in-flight yoga routine to promote health among air travellers Nationwide Rollout After Pilot Officials said New Delhi Railway Station will serve as a model for these reforms. Based on the results, the measures will be gradually implemented across other high-traffic stations in the country. The initiative reflects Indian Railways’ broader push to create safer, more organised, and technology-driven travel hubs, enhancing the overall experience for millions of daily passengers.

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Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) is drawing renewed investor and industry attention after the U.S. Department of Defense officially designated its Maven Smart System as a program of record, a classification that...

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Our generation — weary, pragmatic, and shaped by the aftershocks of multiple economic, cultural and technological upheavals.

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In the March 9 letter to senior Pentagon leaders and U.S. military commanders, Feinberg said embedding Palantir’s Maven Smart System would provide warfighters “with the latest tools necessary to detect, deter, and dominate our adversaries in all domains”

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Amazon is reportedly developing a new AI-powered smartphone, codenamed "Transformer," to integrate its commerce and Alexa services. Led by the ZeroOne team, the project explores both traditional and minimalist "dumbphone" designs. This marks Amazon’s first mobile effort since the 2014 Fire Phone flop, aiming to bypass traditional app stores.

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Lucknow: The finance committee of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) on Friday approved Rs 1,187.6 cr annual budget allocating significant.

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Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ: SMCI) saw its stock drop as much as 14.6% in after-hours trading Thursday following a major legal development tied to illegal exports of artificial intelligence technology to China. The...

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Anthropic just shipped an OpenClaw killer called Claude Code Channels, letting you message it over Telegram and Discord VentureBeat Hands-On with Claude Dispatch for Cowork MacStories Anthropic Launches Dispatch : Links Mobile & Desktop AI for Remote Control Geeky Gadgets Claude's new chat feature lets users continue work across phone, desktop | A Pro or Max plan needed for the feature | Inshorts Inshorts Anthropic prepares Projects for Claude Cowork on desktop TestingCatalog

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Jeff Bezos is raising $100 billion to acquire manufacturing firms and automate them with AI, targeting chipmaking, defense, and aerospace. He's also raising $6 billion for Project Prometheus.

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ADIR and Fiverr unite young developers for an AI marathon to tackle rising online antisemitism in gaming and digital spaces. An Israeli nonprofit and Fiverr ...

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Reliance on Big Tech clouds poses risks. A gigawatt-scale AI campus in Alaska would offer power and a national economic upside.

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The hit open source autonomous AI agent OpenClaw may have just gotten mogged by Anthropic. Today, Anthropic announced Claude Code Channels, a way to hook up its own powerful Claude Code AI agentic harness to a human user's Discord or Telegram messaging applications, letting them message Claude Code directly whenever they want while on the go and instruct it to write code for them. Official documentation is here . This isn't just a new UI; it is a fundamental shift in how developers interact with AI agents, moving from a synchronous "ask-and-wait" model to an asynchronous, autonomous partnership. Previously, Claude Code users were stuck interacting with the agentic harness on the Claude desktop application, terminal or supported developer environment, and Claude mobile app through a somewhat flaky (in my experience) interconnection setting called Remote Control . Now, Anthropic is offering some of the same core functionality as OpenClaw that drove its rapid adoption among software developers and vibe coders following its release in November 2025 by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger (who, ironically, originally called his project "Clawd" in honor of Anthropic's own AI model Claude which powered it initially, until Anthropic sent him a cease-and-desist for potential trademark violations. Steinberger was since hired by Anthropic's rival OpenAI. ) Central to OpenClaw's appeal was its capability of allowing users to have a persistent, personal AI worker that they can message 24/7, whenever they feel like, over common messaging apps such as iMessage, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp and Discord, and have their AI message them back — not just to chat with, but to perform real work for them on its own, from writing, sending and organizing email and files to creating whole applications , applying for jobs on the user's behalf, to managing complete ongoing social marketing campaigns. When the AI finishes a task, it can immediately alert the human user over their preferred messaging platform. But OpenClaw also came with a high degree of security risk (since it could be given access to a user's hard drive and file system, or other personal information, and run amok) and difficulty for non-technical users, inspiring a wave of offshoots promising greater ease and security, including NanoClaw , KiloClaw and Nvidia's recently announced NemoClaw . By giving Claude Code this same basic functionality — the ability for users to message it from popular third-party apps Discord and Telegram, and have it message them back when it finishes a task — Anthropic has effectively countered OpenClaw's appeal and offered something it does not: the Anthropic brand name with its commitment to AI security and safety, and ease of use right out of the box for less technically inclined users. Technology: The Bridge of the Model Context Protocol At the heart of this update is the Model Context Protocol (MCP) open source standard that Anthropic introduced back in 2024 . Think of MCP as a universal USB-C port for AI: it provides a standardized way for an AI model to connect to external data and tools. In the new "Channels" architecture, an MCP server acts as a two-way bridge. When a developer starts a Claude Code session with the --channels flag, they aren't just opening a chat; they are spinning up a polling service. Using the Bun runtime—known for its extreme speed in executing JavaScript—Claude Code monitors specific plugins (currently Telegram and Discord). When a message arrives, it is injected directly into the active session as a event. Claude can then use its internal tools to execute code, run tests, or fix bugs, and reply back to the external platform using a specialized reply tool. The technical achievement here is persistence. Unlike a standard web-chat that times out, a Claude Code session can now run in a background terminal or a persistent server (like a VPS), waiting for a "ping" to spring into action. How to set up Claude Code Connectors on Telegram and Discord Setting up these native connectors requires Claude Code v2.1.80 or later and the Bun runtime installed on your desktop PC or Mac. Follow the instructions here or below. 1. Setting up Telegram Create your Bot: Open BotFather in Telegram and use the /newbot command to generate a unique bot and access token. Install the Plugin: Inside your Claude Code terminal, run: /plugin install telegram@claude-plugins-official Configure the Token: Run /telegram:configure to save your credentials. Restart with Channels: Exit Claude and restart using the channel flag: claude --channels plugin:telegram@claude-plugins-official Pair your Account: DM your new bot on Telegram to receive a pairing code, then enter it in your terminal: /telegram:access pair 2. Setting up Discord Create an Application: Go to the Discord Developer Portal, create a "New Application," and reset the bot token to copy it. Enable Intents: In the Bot settings, you must enable Message Content Intent under "Privileged Gateway Intents." Install and Configure: In Claude Code, run /plugin install discord@claude-plugins-official followed by /discord:configure . Launch and Pair: Restart with claude --channels plugin:discord@claude-plugins-official . DM your bot on Discord and use the /discord:access pair command to finish the link. Product: From Desktop to "Everywhere" The immediate practical impact is the democratization of mobile AI coding. Previously, if a developer wanted to check a build status or run a quick fix while away from their desk, they had to rely on complex self-hosted setups like OpenClaw. With Channels, the setup is native. A developer can create a Telegram bot via BotFather, link it to Claude Code with a /telegram:configure command, and "pair" their account with a security code. Once configured, the phone becomes a remote control for the development environment. The product also introduces a "Fakechat" demo—a local-only chat UI that allows developers to test the "push" logic on their own machine before connecting to external servers. This reflects Anthropic’s cautious, "research preview" approach, ensuring developers understand the flow of events before exposing their terminal to the internet. Licensing: Proprietary Power on Open Standards The licensing implications of this release highlight a growing trend in the AI industry: proprietary engines running on open tracks. Claude Code remains a proprietary product tied to Anthropic’s commercial subscriptions (Pro, Max, and Enterprise). However, by building on the open-source Model Context Protocol, Anthropic is encouraging a developer ecosystem to build the "connectors" that make their model more useful. While the core Claude "brain" is closed, the plugins for Telegram and Discord are being hosted on GitHub under official Anthropic repositories, likely allowing for community contributions or forks. This strategy allows Anthropic to maintain the security and quality of the model while benefiting from the rapid innovation of the open-source community—a direct challenge to the "free" but often fragmented nature of purely open-source agent frameworks. And because it's built on MCP, the community can now build "Connectors" for Slack or WhatsApp themselves, rather than waiting for Anthropic to ship them. Community Reactions: 'The OpenClaw Killer' The response from users, especially AI observers on X, was swift and definitive. The sentiment was best captured by Ejaaz (@cryptopunk7213) , who noted that Anthropic’s speed of shipping—incorporating texting, thousands of MCP skills, and autonomous bug-fixing in just four weeks—was "fucking crazy." For many, this update renders local-first agent frameworks obsolete. BentoBoi ( @BentoBoiNFT ) observed, "Claude just killed OpenClaw with this update. You no longer need to buy a Mac Mini. I say this as someone who owns a one lol," referring to the common practice of developers buying dedicated hardware to run open-source agents like OpenClaw 24/7. By moving this persistence into the Claude Code environment, Anthropic has simplified the "hardware tax" for autonomy. AI YouTuber Matthew Berman summarized the shift succinctly : "They've BUILT OpenClaw." The consensus among early adopters is that Anthropic has successfully internalized the most desirable features of the open-source movement—multi-channel support and long-term memory—while maintaining the reliability of a tier-one AI provider. While Anthropic’s Claude has long been a favorite for its reasoning, it remained a "brain in a jar"—a stateless entity that waited for a user to type before it could think. Meanwhile, open-source projects like OpenClaw thrived by offering "always-on" persistence, allowing developers to message their AI from Telegram or Discord to trigger complex workflows. Now, with Anthropic closing the gap, it's up to the users to choose which approach is best for them.

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Amazon has acquired RIVR, a company that uses physical artificial intelligence and wheeled-legged robots to automate doorstep delivery. RIVR CEO and Co-Founder Marko Bjelonic announced the acquisition in a Thursday (March 19) post on LinkedIn, and several media reports said an Amazon spokesperson confirmed the deal. “This step will accelerate our vision of building [...] The post Amazon Buys Robot Maker RIVR to Win Last-Mile Delivery Race appeared first on PYMNTS.com .

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By smoothing out grammar, chatbot-assisted complaints may convince decision makers that a case is more legitimate.

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Razorpay’s CEO Harshil Mathur has AI agents walking him through his day’s calendar, reading out the most important stories of the day to him and planning his travel itinerary. As the chief of one of India’s largest fintech companies, Mathur is one of the key figures who has advocated for the wide adoption of AI [...]

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US Federal prosecutors have charged a co-founder of Super Micro Computer Inc. (Supermicro) and two associates in a massive conspiracy to illegally divert billions of dollars worth of restricted AI technology to China.

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These prompts can easily transform your regular images into vibrant festival-themed images for Navratri wishes. The post Navratri wishes: Google Gemini AI photo editing prompts to make customised festive greetings with your photo appeared first on News24 .

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(MENAFN - EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- The AI agent market is dominated by a mix of global technology providers, cloud service companies, enterprise software vendors, and specialized artificial ...

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(MENAFN - EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- In the rapidly evolving landscape of 2025 and 2026, the artificial intelligence industry has shifted from a period of experimental novelty to a phase of ...

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