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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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constitutional amendment that was passed by the National Congress of Chile and signed by the president, the people of Chile are the first in the world to be granted a new kind of human rights—“neurorights”—which advocates say are made necessary by rapid advances in neurotechnology. The right to personal identity. Thanks to a.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear.

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The Tesla Autopilot Excuse: How EV ignorance created the perfect storm for a misinformation nightmare

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It’s a chilling thought, but it is one that seemed to be casually supported by Ford CEO Jim Farley, who shared Consumer Reports ‘ Autopilot defeat device walkthrough on his personal Twitter page. . There was only one problem: the whole premise of the article was false. To add salt to the wound, Texas Rep.

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The Tesla MCU1 conundrum: How early FSD adopters were left behind in limbo

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This promise has not been granted by Tesla — at least not fully — and a good number of early FSD adopters, who were the first to put their faith in the company and its autonomous driving program, have now found themselves in a limbo of sorts. . The ad) also stated ‘The person in the driver’s seat is only there for legal reasons.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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This article was first published as “Of Mice and menus: designing the user-friendly interface.” brought the friendly interface to thousands of personal computer users. The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface.

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7 Revealing Ways AIs Fail

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There are lots of possible reasons why organizations are reluctant to get into the nitty-gritty of what exactly happened in an AI incident or controversy, not the least being potential legal exposure, but if looked at through the lens of trustworthiness, it's in their best interest to do so.". 4) Explainability. Chris Philpot. Chris Philpot.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., The Indian government has consistently asserted that it will not agree to legally binding emissions reductions under any circumstances. “ Internationally, we reject legally binding emissions. “It has implications for us.

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