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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. Abbott, a physician as well as a lawyer, is a professor of law and health sciences at the University of Surrey’s School of Law. If that person couldn’t prove he or she was the inventor, the patent couldn’t be enforced.

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Ford launches innovate mobility challenge series

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The worldwide challenges kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal; Los Angeles, United States; and Mumbai, India; before moving on to Delhi and the Chennai region in India; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a countrywide challenge in Argentina. Connected vehicles Personal Transit Sustainability Urban mobility'

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Nearly six in 10 people consider themselves “car people,” and 81% feel that the car they drive reflects their personality, a least to some degree. Ipsos suggested that perhaps the reluctance of Americans to embrace this emerging technology has to do with its strong identity as a car-culture. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ±3.5

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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In 2024, we will see a new breed of intelligent travel agents built on top of chatbots,” said Oren Etzioni , professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Washington. Not immediately, said Leigh Rowan of Savanti Travel , a personal travel management service. The expanding use of A.I.

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Access South Africa’s Leading Research Journal’s Entire Collection

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He is a professor and a deputy vice chancellor for research and internationalization at the University of Johannesburg. The majority of the authors are from Africa. In collaboration with the IEEE Africa Council , special issues focus on areas such as East Africa.

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The Algorithm that Mapped Omicron Shows a Path Forward

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When Omicron, the now ubiquitous COVID-19 variant, first emerged in South Africa in November, scientists were immediately worried. The task of vaccines is to present antigens that will trigger this immune response without making the person sick. Wilks and Derek Smith of the University of Cambridge. Chris Philpot.

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Nielsen global survey finds concerns about climate change slipping behind concerns over other environmental issues; air and water pollution top worries, pesticide use #3

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Boykoff, Senior Visiting Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. Global increase for climate change concern was driven largely by Middle East/Africa markets where awareness rose significantly in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel, and remained high in South Africa.