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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott. He spoke about the decision by South Africa during the Artificial Intelligence and the Law virtual event held in September by the IEEE student branch at the University of South Florida , in Tampa. Charles, Mo.

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Timnit Gebru Is Building a Slow AI Movement

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Your press release about the founding of DAIR mentioned that AI is often presented as inevitable, and that you want to combat that idea. These modes of research require organizations that can gather a lot of data, data that is often collected via ethically or legally questionable technologies, like surveilling people in nonconsensual ways.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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People actually love the idea of a bicycle that does not need pedalling. Green.view New on Economist.com An altered political landscape in South Africa (EIU ViewsWire) Apr 28th 2009 Sri Lankas war is close to an end Apr 27th 2009 Does a new virus from Mexico threaten a global pandemic? Exchange ideas in the boardroom.