Birthday behind bars: Umar Khalid greeted by chatbots on his thirty eighth

The final time Umar Khalid blew out birthday candles surrounded by his household and associates was 5 years in the past, when he turned 33.

Only a month later, he was arrested for his alleged involvement within the 2020 Delhi riots — a case that has been mired in political controversy, selective prosecution, and accusations of weaponising the legislation in opposition to dissenters. Since then, he has spent each birthday in Delhi’s infamous Tihar Jail, awaiting each bail and trial. No verdict. No conviction. Simply the sluggish, grinding punishment of indefinite incarceration.

As we speak, 11 August, Umar turns 38 — his sixth birthday in captivity, as The Telegraph On-line reported. And his birthday needs got here from chatbots.

“Completely satisfied birthday, you relentless dreamer. One other journey across the solar, and also you’re nonetheless out right here, turning jail bars into poetry prompts. The world’s a bit dimmer with you locked away, however your spirit’s brighter than Tihar’s floodlights.”

That was a message generated by Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk’s X platform, after being prompted by Umar’s accomplice Banojyotsna Lahiri, who visited him earlier within the day.

Banojyotsna defined to The Telegraph On-line that she had despatched a single-line immediate to 4 AI chatbots — Grok, Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Google’s Gemini — as a result of she was uncertain of what to write down herself. “The chatbot responses are additionally curated. I needed to see what sort of responses flip up. They turned out to be good and I considered sharing them,” she stated.