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Can Autonomous Weapons Be Compatible With International Humanitarian Law?

Cars That Think

This fuzziness can be challenging for any autonomous system navigating the uncertainty of a human world—such as Alexa reacting to the wrong conversations, or self-driving cars being stymied by. white trucks and orange traffic cones. Is it possible for a machine to learn the difference between a civilian and a combatant dressed as a civilian?

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

Cars That Think

Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.” Microsoft reportedly decided against turning this idea into a product, but the company didn’t stop because of legal or rights-based reasons. The chatbot would then talk “as” that person. Others may recoil.

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Researchers Say Growth of Cellulosic Biofuel Industry Hurt by GMO Regulations

Green Car Congress

Traits that could be improved with gene modification include enhanced stress tolerance, reduced costs of conversion to liquid fuels, reduced use of water and fertilizer in cultivation, avoiding dispersal into the environment, and synthesis of new, renewable products such as industrial enzymes. —Strauss et al.

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Why Rip Off Creatives, If Generative AI Can Play Fair?

Cars That Think

Spectrum : I recently read Joy Buolamwini’ s book Unmasking AI , in which she documents her painstaking process to put together a dataset that felt ethical. We’ll ultimately see what shakes out in terms of the courts in terms of whether this is going to be okay from a legal perspective. It was really impressive. back to top

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How One Bad Manny Can P**s Away Your Brand

Creative Greenius

Hello Joe, I was asked by the Director on this project if you can send me via e-mail the 10 Year Warranty so that she and Legal can review it. I scanned the 16 pages of original documents and emailed them the same day. Applications Engineer, Technical Services. T: 1-631-812-6705 | F: 1-800-832-9538. Leviton Manufacturing Co.,

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

Drive Electric

This demand will come from a range of drivers associated with decarbonisation and other technologies, including industrial process heat conversions, population growth, data centres, and electric vehicle uptake. It could be an informal arrangement or a legal entity. through funding or partnership). Safety and other settings.

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How Police Exploited the Capitol Riot’s Digital Records

Cars That Think

According to charging documents, at 10:57 that evening, a PayPal account registered to a Gmail address paid US $84.72 Department of Justice and the Program on Extremism at George Washington University have made available thousands of legal documents about those charged in connection with the 6 January riot.

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